[benny-the-jet-rodriguez]

benny-the-jet-rodriguez on January 30, 2007 at 6:39 pm #12709

High school coach with zero access to any hills.  I have a waist harness, but have never really been a huge fan.  I was hoping someone might know of a good hill substitute that maybe I'm not thinking of.  Right now I'm thinking I'll either use the harness or just do more plyo work and med ball work.

[jakob]

jakob on January 31, 2007 at 1:23 am #62424

Hmm – got access to long flights of stairs?

[benny-the-jet-rodriguez]

benny-the-jet-rodriguez on January 31, 2007 at 4:28 am #62425

Nope.  I don't think I'd use them anyway.  I normally don't like to do anything that will cause a deviation from good sprinting mechanics.  Towing isn't ideal, but I think given the circumstances its the best I'll get.

[jakob]

jakob on January 31, 2007 at 4:32 pm #62426

I'd go that way as well, but I would keep the load very low. I wouldn't use a load which decreases speed by more than 10 %.

[benny-the-jet-rodriguez]

benny-the-jet-rodriguez on January 31, 2007 at 6:34 pm #62427

I agree.  In fact thats my problem with harness work.  Since we're inside they have to tow eachother.  I can barely trust these guys to judge their own tempo speed, let alone 10% of somebody elses max effort. 

[jakob]

jakob on February 1, 2007 at 3:27 am #62428

An Isorobic exerciser could solve your problem – this way the resistance could be fixed.

[benny-the-jet-rodriguez]

benny-the-jet-rodriguez on February 1, 2007 at 6:35 pm #62429

Whats an Isorbic Exerciser?  I thought that was one of those skating simulaters that Bo Jackson used to promote back in the day.

[jakob]

jakob on February 2, 2007 at 3:01 pm #62430

An isorobic exerciser is a rope, which is attached to an adjustable brake mechanism.

It's very useful for resisted running.

Check it out on this picture on Ebay (not mine, so I hope it's okay to post this link).

[benny-the-jet-rodriguez]

benny-the-jet-rodriguez on February 2, 2007 at 9:43 pm #62431

Ooooh.  I think I used one of those in college, but never knew what it was called.  I really like those, how much do they cost?  Also the one in that pic looks reeeealy old school.  What are those wooden handles for?

[jakob]

jakob on February 3, 2007 at 10:13 pm #62432

I bought one myself on ebay -and it is old school  :laugh:

The wooden handles are for other uses – biceps curls and stuff.

What you have to do is to replace the cord with a longer one, since the one ine the exerciser is only meant for stationary drills.

Looks old school – is old school – but it works.