posted on 7-11-2002 at 12:50 AM by jacko
speed development
Mike, how do you guys go about Vmax development, what days do you do this work and do you use any contrast methods.
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posted on 7-11-2002 at 03:57 AM by mike
Our Vmax would ussually be on Tuesday or Thursday. This would depend on what type of runway work we do for the day. The workout might consist of 4-6 x 90m done as a sprint-float-sprint type of repeat. The athletes would get full recovery. I’m not quite sure what you mean by contrast training.
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posted on 7-11-2002 at 05:14 AM by jacko
Mike. by contrast I mean a mixture of resisted, asssisted and normal conditions.
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posted on 7-11-2002 at 11:47 PM by mike
We do resisted and normal runs but only our normal runs are vmax. Just by the nature of something being resisted it can’t really be Vmax. The speed of movement is so much slower (even if you heed the 10% rule) and the neuromuscular demand is also lower. As a matter of fact, we don’t really even do our resisted runs very hard. They are probably done in the range of 80-85% effort. It’s more of a specific strength activity. Assisted runs on the other hand are a very serious Vmax activity and place a very high neuromuscular demand on the athlete. We don’t do these but the women’s sprints and hurdles group uses both assisted and resisted repeats quite frequently.
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posted on 11-3-2002 at 08:01 PM by ktolbert
i’ve used some contrast methods in a sense. i’ve done assisted running over short distances. the problem is that many athletes will just let you tow them and don’t do enough work w/in the run when they are being assisted.
but i’ve done a lot of “complex” (as in complexes) stuff like
1. pogo jumps w/a wt vest then flying sprints
2. resisted Straight Leg Bounds then flying sprints
3. Hurdle hops over small hurdles w/ and w/o resistiance then sprint
4. Speed Bounding w/a 5-25m run-in then sprint
etc, etc.
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posted on 11-3-2002 at 10:09 PM by mike
That sounds like a great idea. How do the athletes react to training like this and how much rest (immediately after each set and also between sessions) do you give them. That seems like it would have a super high neuromuscular demand and require lots of recovery time. Also, at what times of the year do you use contrast training.
I used contrast training in the weight room quite a bit when I was at OU. I’d mix in various forms of jumps with squats or bench presses with med ball throws. I thought it was quite effective.
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posted on 11-3-2002 at 10:17 PM by ktolbert
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Originally posted by mike
That sounds like a great idea. How do the athletes react to training like this and how much rest (immediately after each set and also between sessions) do you give them. That seems like it would have a super high neuromuscular demand and require lots of recovery time. Also, at what times of the year do you use contrast training.
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normally the break isn’t too long.. say maybe 2-4 mins. although i haven’t used it as much in the last 2 yrs, i think that the contrast stuff is great in special prep and early comp.
re: intensity — i think it ‘s somewhat high, but probably not as much as you’d
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