[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on April 20, 2009 at 11:55 pm #15639

I have a friend who coaches an athlete that I used to work with. She is an elite DIII sprinter who pulled her hamstring back in March. She has now returned to competition. She has a lost her high level of fitness as well as overall speed. She has run 12.03 in the past and 7.08 for 55m. She has approximately 5 weeks until NCAA’s, however she still needs to qualify. I would think that her shot is to get her as fast as you can get her over a 4 or 5 weeks span. Here is a set up that I think would work well for her. Comments?

Monday – Acc. Dev.
Tuesday – Ext. Tempo
Wednesday – Max V./Speed End.
Thursday – Tempo
Friday – Compete
Saturday – Tempo

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on April 21, 2009 at 2:13 pm #81943

I have a friend who coaches an athlete that I used to work with. She is an elite DIII sprinter who pulled her hamstring back in March. She has now returned to competition. She has a lost her high level of fitness as well as overall speed. She has run 12.03 in the past and 7.08 for 55m. She has approximately 5 weeks until NCAA’s, however she still needs to qualify. I would think that her shot is to get her as fast as you can get her over a 4 or 5 weeks span. Here is a set up that I think would work well for her. Comments?

Monday – Acc. Dev.
Tuesday – Ext. Tempo
Wednesday – Max V./Speed End.
Thursday – Tempo
Friday – Compete
Saturday – Tempo

That’s a little vague.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on April 21, 2009 at 4:13 pm #81948

As a general template I think it works. I’d make the Saturday workout contingent on what she does at the meet and how close she gets to the peak period. If she has a heavy competition it might be best to take 2 days off.

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[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on April 22, 2009 at 1:05 am #81965

I know it’s a little vague, but it’s just a general idea. She’s someone that can go to NCAA’s in 3 races, however she’s missed 3 or 4 weeks with the hammy issue. I would think in a 4-5 week time period, it’s best to get her as fast as you can get her and not worry too much on overall fitness.

Monday – Acc. dev. 10-30m of work volume dependent on recovery from weekend and upcoming week
Tuesday – ext tempo 100-200m of work – 4-8 reps
Wednesday – Max. V???? flys up to 30m, starting on the low end or speed dev. 60m+ with reps dependent on how the athlete feels.
Thursday – workout depends on week. Most of her meets now are on Fridays.
Friday – Meet
Saturday – Light workout or day off

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on April 22, 2009 at 1:14 am #81966

Where is she? It’s amazing hot 200 dollars of therapy can do better than 4 weeks of psuedo training.

[mortac8]

mortac8 on April 22, 2009 at 1:38 am #81967

Where is she? It’s amazing hot 200 dollars of therapy can do better than 4 weeks of psuedo training.

You can say that again. Therapy seems expensive at the time but often when athletes do not pursue it, they find themselves near the end of their season with shoulda, woulda, coulda thoughts.

For example, one therapist helped get one of my guys back from a hamstring injury (200m @21.x pace, fell over like a shot at 30m…walked with a bad limp). 21 days later he equalled his long jump PB (takeoff leg was the injured leg).

Pelvis/sacrum/lumbar “alignment” is almost always a player.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on April 22, 2009 at 2:06 am #81968

I hope people listen to you Mortac

[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on April 22, 2009 at 5:00 am #81973

Where is she? It’s amazing hot 200 dollars of therapy can do better than 4 weeks of psuedo training.

She’s in Rock Island, IL. I coached as Frosh and she ran 7.17 and 12.10 for me. My buddy said she sat on it for a week and didn’t do anything because she’s very stubborn. She has therapy for it, although I can set her up for a screen at sport performance/PT place where they can work on, give her treatment and exercises. I can pursue that avenue for her, but I try to distance myself from those things because I don’t coach her anymore, but they seem to call me when issues arise with training. I’ve told them that strength and speed are the issues that need to be resolved. If she can increase her strength I think it can enhance her speed. If she can get treatment from her trainers before and after practice she can make it back. With 5 weeks to go, every aspect is critical at this point.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on April 22, 2009 at 9:26 am #81979

If she doesn’t want help then what can one do. Perhaps she needs to get smoked to learn a lesson on the value of manual therapy…not tubing, not core work, but hands on tissue work. Sure the other things will be required down the road but hands on manual therapy is needed now.

[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on April 22, 2009 at 11:36 am #81982

If she doesn’t want help then what can one do. Perhaps she needs to get smoked to learn a lesson on the value of manual therapy…not tubing, not core work, but hands on tissue work. Sure the other things will be required down the road but hands on manual therapy is needed now.

Well, that’s already happened. She got it handed to her this past weekend. Sure they were happy she got thru the race and wasn’t hurt, but if you take that week of therapy you’re a week ahead. I explained to her coach today that therapy is crucial, more crucial than training when something like this is going on.