[Todd Lane]

Todd Lane on March 16, 2005 at 6:44 am #10973

Okay let’s get it going, We’ve seen the videos, but need more…

Strength philosophy??? The 6 foot drops and step ups with 3 plates on each side is impressive, but what’s the overall philosophy…

Micros, any samples for SPP and Comp for 100 and 400?

thanks for any information

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 17, 2005 at 4:23 am #46380

Calling all Portland State head coaches………..

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[Dave Hegland]

Dave Hegland on March 29, 2005 at 6:59 pm #46381

Whoops, looks like my original reply got lost in that last shuffle. Here goes again…

From what little I know: Tony is all about power development. He loaths tempo. Lots of hops, bounds, etc. He’s all about staying within the energy systems that the athletes will use in competition.

Here’s a sample microcycle for sprint hurdlers:
M – Hurdle (acceleration type day)
T – Hurdle (technique day)
W – hills
Th – Pool (about 2000m. You could probably categorize this as tempo)
F – Hurdle

Weights on M – F. All lower body exercises.

It’s amazing to note that his results have come using a 2 lane, 100m (I’m guessing) rectangular track. Over two hurdles, then slam on the brakes before you hit the wall. Is all of this power development a case of him being a product of his environment?

One peculiarity I’ve noticed is that all of his athletes have both knees on the ground in the “on your marks” position. What’s the theory behind this?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on April 2, 2005 at 5:18 am #46382

I think I made a post here that got lost in the mix. When you say weights on M-F do you mean Monday through Friday? While I do this, it’s not all lower body and 2 or 3 of the days are low intensity circuit activities.

KT help us out here….

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[Dave Hegland]

Dave Hegland on April 4, 2005 at 9:07 am #46383

No, he’s told me just Monday and Friday.

[Dave Hegland]

Dave Hegland on April 7, 2005 at 9:23 am #46384

Another question: Why do all of Tony’s athletes start with two knees on the ground in the “on your marks” position?

[xplosive]

xplosive on May 25, 2005 at 12:35 am #46385

Whose Tony Wells?

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[Mike Young]

Mike Young on May 25, 2005 at 1:42 am #46386

Perhaps the most prolific HS sprint coaches of all time. He consistently produces HS athletes who are capable of competing at the international level directly out of HS.

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[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on May 25, 2005 at 10:15 am #46387

What school does he coach?

[Kebba Tolbert]

Kebba Tolbert on May 26, 2005 at 5:55 am #46388

power development/wt room wk is normally the classical exercises (clean, bench, squat) at very high percentages. low reps (1-3) and low numbers of sets (1-3).

tony is very non-classical in the sense that he tries to trim a lot of the fat off the training. he tries to tap into and expliot the physical and technical areas need for elite performance.

one of his main ideas is “adapt or die”… he basically means that if you aren’t structuring the training so that athlete has to adapt to the higher stimulus then you’re doing them a disservice. he also feels that there are certain parameters (technical, psychological, physical) of elite/high level performance and you’d better have them developed when you get to the starting line.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on May 30, 2005 at 11:50 am #46389

[i]Originally posted by DaGovernor[/i]
What school does he coach?

I’m not sure that he actually coaches at a HS. I think he just coaches HS athletes as a coach with the Colorado Flyers Track Club.

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[Dave Hegland]

Dave Hegland on May 30, 2005 at 9:47 pm #46390

Yeah, he trains out of a rec center in north Denver. I think pretty much every top-notch athlete in the metropolitan area works with him.

[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on May 31, 2005 at 1:01 am #46391

So then I know the great Montebello teams of the past few years have worked with him.

[Kebba Tolbert]

Kebba Tolbert on June 12, 2005 at 9:54 am #46392

don’t know how many people noticed… but last week at the Great SW meet Tony’s kids went

11.88 for 2nd (has gone 11.69 this yr)
13.64
20’9/5’8

not a bad day’s work… don’t know when the last year was that he didn’t have someone under 11.80 or 13.85

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on June 14, 2005 at 7:57 pm #46393

“adapt or die”……..sounds like something Puffy would say.

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[highjump42]

highjump42 on June 28, 2006 at 10:43 am #46394

I've been hearing a lot about these 'tests' that Coach Wells puts his kids through to find their 'championship potential' event…does anyone know where I can find these?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on June 30, 2006 at 9:02 am #46395

I may see him in a couple weeks. I'll ask him when / if I do.

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[Kebba Tolbert]

Kebba Tolbert on July 1, 2006 at 2:49 am #46396

SLJ
3 Bound
5 Bound
10 Bound

Clean
Squat

30m fly
30m accel

150m
250m
350m
450m
600m

these are the main tests that tony uses in addition to stick drills and box series.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on July 17, 2006 at 2:50 am #46397

Does Tony use those for all athletes or are certain ones for specific events? Also, what is his standard test setup….first week in the meso, last week in the meso, embedded within the training cycle, etc.

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[Kebba Tolbert]

Kebba Tolbert on July 21, 2006 at 11:27 am #46398

no not for all…

standard – 30m fly, SLJ, 3B, 5B, 10 Bound

Endurance Test is based on events run… 100m would do tests in 120-250m range.
200m person would do 120-300 range. 400 person would test up to 450 range. 800m would do test up to 1000m.

He usually will test at the end of 4-6 week blocks. but sometimes within cycles as well.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on July 19, 2012 at 5:29 am #117247

Godspeed.

[Matt Gardner]

Matt Gardner on September 25, 2012 at 9:20 am #118012

Bump for those who’ve never seen this thread.

RIP to a legend

[Zane Evans]

Zane Evans on September 29, 2012 at 8:52 am #118043

I had the luxury of training with the legend Tony Wells this past year. I feel fortunate too have this opportunity, especially since it was his last year of coaching. RIP Tony.

But to answer your question, his over all philosophy is explosiveness, and to PUSSHHHH the first 8 steps very hard.

We did Hurdle hops, Shock method work, and a wide array of bounds.

Monday and Fridays are our explosive days, hurdles/3 step bounds/5 step bounds/shock method drops

Tuesday and Thursdays-Technique days, Shorter thans, +5 minus 5’s

Wednesdays were are strength endurance bounds for 30m x3 for one set.
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Keep in mind this is for indoor.

Outdoor, we did about 3 150’s full blast every week. the rest was just block work and tight skirts.

I was reluctant to post his workouts because I didnt know if we wanted people to know, but after figuring out he had dvd’s that explain most of what we did, I had to post the information.

PUSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and EXPLODE is the phllosophy.

The weight rooms stuff is all based off the Bulgarian system, usually 1 set of 3 at around 75% to 95% with speed of movement and explosion in mind. All Hamstring isolation (RDL’s, Leg Curls) were around 3 sets of 6 wit explosive contraction and controlled excentric movements.

Happy too give you the low down, From a former Colorado Flyer.