Imagine that you are at a concert in Sevilla, after a stunning flamenco performance, clapping at a fast uniform pace, much like a heart beat while jogging. Even better, try it out right now, but stop after you reach twelve claps. Then do it again but this time execute the first, third, fifth, eighth, and eleventh claps loudly, and the remaining seven claps softly. Your clapping patte [...]

We've recently been spoiled by the amazing feats of Asafa Powell's 9.72 personal best in Lausanne and Usain Bolt's string of sub 9.85s. So much so that it's easy to forget that someone other than these two actually produced the fastest 100m ever. EVAR. Tyson Gay. Remember him? He's that guy who didn't make the final at the Olympics due to lack of race fitness caused by an injury at the U.S. [...]

Jorge Carvajal of Hollywood, Florida emailed me the following: "I was wondering if you could blog on your approach to reading. Do you read to increase performance knowledge? Do you read sometime just for pleasure? Do you read any magazines? How do you structure your reading to get the most out of it without getting information overload, yet stay current with respect to training information?"Read [...]

Yesterday, the following transcript of Lynn Cannon's remarks was posted on the USATF Associations listserve on Yahoo Groups. For those on the 'inside' this isn't new news, but it's still shocking as more and more enters the public domain. Following is the text of comments made at the USATF Association Workshop on August 23, 2008. Many attendees offered thanks for these comments and several as [...]

While I was at the USATF Level 2 Coaches Education School 2 weeks ago in Houston, I had several conversations with students about what certifications were important and beneficial. Some heated discussion came up regarding the National Strength & Conditioning Association's CSCS certification and whether it was beneficial and worthwhile. A couple of my fellow instructors were pretty passionately op [...]