Charlie Francis once said about Vertical Integration: Do ALL the components, ALL of the time. You shouldn't do weights all Fall & Spring, only to stop in the Summer pre-competition, or even Competition phase. Today, it's not unusual to see Sprinters do a weight session 4 days away from an … [Read more...] about You Have To Be an Athlete First, Before You Can Be a Sprinter
Abs & Core
My Top 7 Circuit Training Workouts
If you want to run a fast 400m time, you better have good tolerance to Lactic Acid. Or Lactate. Or Acidosis. Or a net gain in H+ hydrogen ions. With the COVID-19 lockdown that started mid-March 2020, we no longer have access to gyms and weight training. But that doesn't stop you from … [Read more...] about My Top 7 Circuit Training Workouts
How To Improve Sprint Speed With The Forward Ball Roll And Prone Jack Knife
Here is another article guest blogged by Karsten Jensen and Steve Millward, who co-wrote Top Five Strength Training Exercises For Sprinters Revisited. You many remember Karsten wrote The # 1 Lower Body Strength Exercise to Improve Horizontal Acceleration (Part I) and Part 2. (Karsten Jensen, … [Read more...] about How To Improve Sprint Speed With The Forward Ball Roll And Prone Jack Knife
Let’s Stop this Planking Madness – the 8 Hour World Record
I wrote about the effectiveness of the plank in a 2009 article Isometrics and Ab Core Exercises – The Hidden Secret? and how I thought (at the time) 2 minutes was a great milestone. Beginners can aim for 1 minute as a goal. The plank is usually the last exercise I do for my core strength … [Read more...] about Let’s Stop this Planking Madness – the 8 Hour World Record
List of Top 20 Medicine Ball Exercises
Since it's GPP fall training, here is another continuation of articles dedicated to core training. See Isometrics and Ab Core Exercises – The Hidden Secret? and Core Muscle Training: How much is Enough? I LOVE medicine or med balls so I am biased in this article. They are cheap - yet, can be … [Read more...] about List of Top 20 Medicine Ball Exercises
Another World Record for the Plank
Records are meant to be broken. But this is ridiculous! First, George Hood set the world record for the plank in 1 hour, 20 minutes and 5.01 seconds in 2011. Then, Mao Weidong, a member of the Beijing Police department SWAT team, did 4 hours and 26 minutes in 2014. Then Hood, a former … [Read more...] about Another World Record for the Plank
Anatomy Train & the Missing Link: The Importance of Slings & Chains in Athletes
The human body is made up of approximately 206 bones, 340 joints, 640 muscle and 900 ligaments. These are rather big numbers when you add them together, and this doesn't include the dense and complex neurological system that coordinates all these processes. None of these 2086 structural … [Read more...] about Anatomy Train & the Missing Link: The Importance of Slings & Chains in Athletes
Speed and Strength Training with Resistance Bands
DYNA-BAND 6ft Green Medium Resistance Band Resistance bands are great. They can easily be rolled up to take along for travel. You can tie 2 together and make a large loop. You can shorten the length for extra resistance. Resistance bands are available in a range of colours that relate … [Read more...] about Speed and Strength Training with Resistance Bands
What is the World Record for the Plank?
This article is more about strength endurance. 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 for his 30 minute pull up … [Read more...] about What is the World Record for the Plank?
Latest in Strength and Conditioning
If you liked the the presentation Mike & Meg Stone: Periodization for Strength Power Sports, you’ll like this one. This is the Keynote address at the October 2013 Asian Conference on Sports Science by Professor Robert Newton titled "Latest in Strength and Conditioning”. It’s 20 minutes long and … [Read more...] about Latest in Strength and Conditioning
