[big-m]

big-m on February 3, 2006 at 11:27 pm #11617

Hej Guys,

I started this buisness (sprinting) 8 month ago and in the begining I made great gains I think. I started at 3.24 in the flying 30m (electronic timing) first time i tried, and In january I did 3.02. Did my first competition ever last week 🙂 really enyojed it! 🙂
My problem is that I´ve stoped improving. I´m not getting any better! What should I do? More technique more strengh? what do you guys do to combat stagnation?

[scarter]

scarter on February 4, 2006 at 12:00 am #51798

What's your 0-30m time? Laser-timed if at all possible.

Respectfully,
–Smoot

P.S. Get in touch with Mike and start working smart is your answer, IMO.

[scarter]

scarter on February 4, 2006 at 12:02 am #51799

Also, what are your power #'s?

[big-m]

big-m on February 4, 2006 at 1:40 am #51800

What's your 0-30m time? Laser-timed if at all possible.

Respectfully,
–Smoot

P.S. Get in touch with Mike and start working smart is your answer, IMO.

0-30m =3.78 (laser timed starting 1feet behind the beam)

Yeah It sure Would be amazing to have micke as coach, maybe he has a training program for a 60m specialist laying around 🙂

Also, what are your power #'s?

I´m pretty strong (was a powerlifter before)…. No not one of those enormous monster powerlifters I have never been over 167lbs,

Squat:  about 390 now
clean: 265 (good technique 🙂
those are the most relevant lifts right

[scarter]

scarter on February 4, 2006 at 5:29 am #51801

Big M,
      What's your age? The clean # is above-average. Your weight makes sense. The time is equivalent to Donovan Bailey's time when he trained at LSU (not the fastest time in history at LSU anymore [3.72])… That time is so above average… this is why I would be naturally skeptic, but it makes sense.

Get in touch with me at smootcarter@yahoo.com. I can hopefully either redirect you to the best situation for you or help you in some ways.

Best Wishes.
Respectfully,
–Smoot

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on February 8, 2006 at 6:20 am #51802

Smoot-
While the times are fast, starting one foot behind the beam makes a HUGE difference. I've personally tried it out before and I'd say that it works out to a difference of between 0.15-0.25 seconds when compared to a touchpad start. Even at the higher end though the time is still pretty fast.

Big M-
The plateau your experiencing is normal. After an initial improvement, performance typically will go through periods of plateaus and sudden explosions / improvements in performance. The key is keeping the plateaus short and the performance improvements progressive.

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