One of the Fitness testing ratios people love to throw around in the gym is BMI or Body Mass Index. To calculate your BMI, simply divide your body weight in kilograms with your height in meters squared. I am 1.83m and 85kg, which is 85 / (1.83)2 = 25.4 BMI (6 feet tall is 72 inches x 2.54 … [Read more...] about Usain Bolt’s Leanness Ratio, or Reciprocal Ponderal Index (RPI)
Fitness Testing
The Interference Effect: Can you Train Strength and Endurance Concurrently?
Should Decathletes run 7 miles on Sunday morning just to improve their 1500m time? Can you train both short-to-long and long-to-short at the same time? Can you train for strength AND train for endurance, for example, the STREND event? (i.e. 5 weight events followed by a 5k/3 mile run?) And … [Read more...] about The Interference Effect: Can you Train Strength and Endurance Concurrently?
What is the World Record for the Plank?
At SpeedEndurance, I like to cover strength endurance just for fun. One of the popular articles on this Blog is my former training partner Matt Bogdanowicz and his 60 second pull up record. (It has since been broken, but hey, records are made to be broken) This challenge was a training prep … [Read more...] about What is the World Record for the Plank?
The RedBull 400 meters… Uphill!
The Alpe Cermis is the toughest race in the Cross Country Skiing World Cup. It's the final stage of the Tour de Ski, a 9km course just outside of Trento (Trentino) Italy, with a total climb of 495 meters! Just search Google for photos and videos, and all the skiers literally collapse in exhaustion … [Read more...] about The RedBull 400 meters… Uphill!
Calculating 100 meter Potential from 30 meter Flys
Friday’s article on Calculating 400 meter Potential stopped at 60 meters. So to continue the downward spiral, I will show some extrapolations from 30 meter fly times or running start. You can use the Freelap to accurately test 30 meter fly times. I wrote a lengthy piece on What is a good … [Read more...] about Calculating 100 meter Potential from 30 meter Flys
Calculating 400 meter Potential [Video]
I did a 10 minute video on Calculating 400 meter Potential, giving conversions for 200m, 100m and 60 meter times.The indoor track competitive season has begun, so if you just ran a 60 meter indoor, read on. Scroll below, or click here for the video on YouTube. Here is the presentation in … [Read more...] about Calculating 400 meter Potential [Video]
NEW: fitnessMeter for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Sten and I would like to thank all the beta testers who took the time to evaluate the latest fitness tester for iOS devices. You may recall we had a call-out for the iPhone, iPad and iPod FitnessMeter: Beta Testers Wanted. The company, Appmaker, also makes the iPhone sprintTimer – Photo … [Read more...] about NEW: fitnessMeter for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
iPhone, iPad and iPod FitnessMeter: Beta Testers Wanted
Coaches and Athletes, If you remember the iPhone sprintTimer – Photo Finish & Race Timing last May, you’ll be glad to hear some more iPhone, iPad and iPod apps coming your way. (We’ve seen an iPhone ECG App and iPhone Starter Pistol too) fitnessMeter fitnessMeter is a tool for … [Read more...] about iPhone, iPad and iPod FitnessMeter: Beta Testers Wanted
How to Improve your Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift
If you are into Powerlifting, then the name Andy Bolton comes to mind. Even if you are interested in improving your lifts in the Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift, then you’ll love these books. Of course, improving these numbers will carry over to the Olympic lifts such as Cleans (power … [Read more...] about How to Improve your Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift
How High can Jeremy Wariner Box Jump?
Several years ago in the days before YouTube, there was a viral video in the running forums of Ato Boldon doing a 60 inch or 1.50m box jump (approximately, video below). The height of the box reaches Ato's neck or chin. Obviously, people confused this with the vertical jump or vertical leap test, … [Read more...] about How High can Jeremy Wariner Box Jump?
