In my previous blog a few people asked about bleed runs; what they are and how I’ve used them. Bleed runs are a very dense and intense form of intensive…
Author: Matt Gardner
Matt Gardner
As a track and field coach Matt has produced school record holders and state champions in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and middle distance events. He has coached athletes from a wide variety of sports including Professional Football, World Cup bobsleigh, Swimming, Track and Field, Olympic Weightlifting, Baseball, Tennis, and Golf. Matt has extensive experience consulting and collaborating with high level sports medicine professionals to help rehabilitate injured athletes and optimize the performances of healthy ones.
This week I was having a conversation on the phone about bleed runs with a fellow coach. We were talking options, coaching, and average velocities of the runs (% of…
I use bilateral lifts in my programs, but this post focuses on some of what I emphasize with the execution of single leg lift variants and how, as with most…
When teaching and training lateral and multi-directional plyos, I follow the same general force progression I do with linear plyos. I generally start with simpler (lower or appropriate intensity) lateral…
Look around and you’ll find lots of linear plyos, but lateral plyos get little love. Most commonly people do heiden variations for lateral plyo work. However, just as people can…