The Sprinters Compendium goes live on August 1, 2017! If you missed the excerpt from the upcoming book , here is the link to the Free Chapter. (NOTE: over 6000 people have downloaded this already) Other excerpts of the book can be found here on this Blog: 14 Tapering Strategies to Bring Speed … [Read more...] about The Sprinters Compendium Book Review by Mike Hurst
Archives for July 2017
Will Usain Bolt Win the 100m World Championships?
There's an expression: In order to win, you don't have to win by 10 meters, you only have to win by a nose. So the question is, who does Usain have to beat to win the 2017 World Championships? By looking at the past majors (Olympics and World Champs), Bolt will need to run in the 9.8's … [Read more...] about Will Usain Bolt Win the 100m World Championships?
200m Splits from USA National Championships
Once again, many thanks to Andy Ferrara who complies these splits which he does on a VOLUNTARY basis! I wrote about 200m splits way back in 2008 when Usain Bolt ran 19.30 in Beijing 2008, followed by 2009 Berlin with his 19.19 World Records. If you take away 1 full second for acceleration … [Read more...] about 200m Splits from USA National Championships
Sprinting: 10 Research Articles for Effective Sprint Training [Part 18]
Click here for all the previous Sprint Reviews Paul Hoffman has read and researched several research papers on sprinting and performance articles, so you don’t have to. If any of these articles interest you, feel free to research the case studies and methodology and come up with your own … [Read more...] about Sprinting: 10 Research Articles for Effective Sprint Training [Part 18]
Comprehensive Recovery Training for Athletes [Part 4]
This is Part 4 of a multi-part article. Please read Comprehensive Recovery Training for Athletes [Part 1] first. Then read Part 2 here. Then read Part 3 here. Up until now I’ve only discussed “passive” forms of recovery training that athletes can partake in to help increase the likelihood that … [Read more...] about Comprehensive Recovery Training for Athletes [Part 4]
400m Splits from USA National Championships
First, many thanks to Andy Ferrara who complies these splits which he does on a VOLUNTARY basis! I think it's clear from the below splits (100 & 200) that everyone has their own way to race a 400m. You can look at some of the older articles and compare how the splits and differentials … [Read more...] about 400m Splits from USA National Championships
