Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share When was the last time you crammed for an exam? Why didn’t you keep up all year long, studied a bit every day, so you would just have to review your notes as a refresher the night before? Would you run a marathon the night before a marathon? This sounds ludicrous, but I see [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. Click here for Part 1. Here is another resource for you, and best of all, it’s free. It’s called Self-Myofascial Release: Purpose, Methods, and Techniques by Mike Robertson. If you look at the cover of the ebook, you will notice 3 objects, and these are the [...]
Share . This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. If you wonder why a big portion of this Blog is dedicated to recovery and regeneration, it is because I believe it is the next important element next to training, especially for Masters athletes. Sure, nutrition and supplements are also important, but overtraining without proper [...]
Share One of these days, I’ll have to interview my USA based soft tissue specialist Joe Horrigan or Canadian-now-UK specialist Gerry Ramogida and talk about what it’s like to be a therapist at the Olympic or World level. I am sure they will have very interesting stories to tell. Until then, Australia’s Brad Hiskins (in [...]
Share Everyone is going light these days. Take a look around you, and you’ll understand why. When you’re watching your calories, you want every calorie to count. For example, Gatorade G2 is 25 calories per 8 ounce serving (~250 ml) which is about half the calories compared to the regular Gatorade. With the popularity of [...]
Share This is part one of a series entitled, What’s on Your Bookshelf? I’m always inspired by someone else’s reading list. Or Bookshelf. Have you ever watched a comedy movie with a group of people? Do you notice how some people laugh at certain scenes, while others laugh at other scenes? It’s the same with [...]
Share Jimson’s Note: If you think the men’s compression shorts were popular, take a look at this new product. Press Release: Looking for the ultimate gift for your man this season? Normally a gift of underwear would be considered uninspired, but not if it is Equmen Core Precision Undershirt and Precision Underwear. Promising health and [...]
Share Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD) From the mailbag: Jimson, You’ve covered a lot of great 400m coaches on your website like Clyde Hart, Bud Winter and Stan Dowell. How about LaShawn Merritt’s coach? What kind of training philosophy does he have? Long to Short or Short to Long? First of all, Dwayne [...]
Share There are a lot of coaching experts out there who deal with sports specify. And they all charge big bucks. I simply look at any given sport and break it down to the fundamentals of training principles and sports physiology. For example, I’d rather focus on the short speed of a Soccer player than [...]
Share Here are some thoughts and opinions from the 2009 World Championships in Berlin “half-time report”. As usual, I’ll try to focus on coaching and training concepts. Starting Blocks – Back to the Low Blocks Track and Field at the elite level has gone back and forth from low blocks to high blocks during the [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Click here for Part 2 with 10 meter splits . Honestly, I didn’t expect Usain Bolt to run sub 9.60. I felt a WR was imminent after watching his SF, and I knew his chest thumping slowdown in Beijing showed me he could run low [...]
Share It is amazing how many items in the local grocery store are supplemented with common vitamins and minerals. Table salt is iodized, to prevent goiter. Milk is supplemented with Vitamins A and D because calcium absorption to the bones decreases during the Northern winter months. Our past generation (before the supplementation) would suffer rickets [...]
Share Matt Bogdanowicz’s is a sub-Masters middle distance runner who set WR for 1 minute pull-ups (46), 1 hour pull-ups (522), 30 minute pull-ups (433 set in 2006) but missed the 30 minute WR on Oct 2007 (completed 417 when the current record at the time was 442). In comparison, Alicia Weber is a former [...]
Share What is the STREND Fitness Challenge? Basically, it is when running a 5K alone just isn’t enough. This is a 6 event decathlon that combines strength and endurance. It’s the total repetitions of 5 exercises divided by run time in minutes (the 6th and final event), plus there is a strict recovery between events [...]
Share I discussed the topic of protein in great detail, and promoted Omega 3 fatty acids. I even promoted chocolate milk, which contains saturated fats, especially the whole milk variety. But what about fats? Here is a brief overview of the 3 main fats: Saturated Fats, Monounsaturated Fats, and Polyunsaturated Fats, and of course, the [...]
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