[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 12, 2003 at 4:12 am · in reply to: Jonathan Edwards Training Diary #19077

Sorry….didn’t mean it like that 😛 One thing you might want to take note of though is how low his volume is (with everything but especially his weight training) during his competitive phase. Keep that in mind when you’re putting together you’re training plans.

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[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 12, 2003 at 4:32 am · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19144

I think you could alternate bench press and db press. Like I said before though, what you do for this exercise won’t be a make or break deal.

Keep in mind though that if you do the bench press with the front squat’s set and rep scheme it would no longer be a conditioning exercise and would become a max strength exercise (much more taxing on the body).

As far as eliminating it, do it whenever you want or maybe not at all. You could just change it into speed-benching (ala WSBB). Whatever you decide, I would try to include some upper body strength work all the way through the comp phase…just keep the volumes low.

On a related note, I’m not a huge fan of bench pressing. I think it has its place but it’s not the wonder-exercise most people think it is. One of the main reasons I include it in weight programs is to appease people who think that it’s an irreplaceable exercise. In reality, there are plenty of exercises on par or better than the bench press.

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[flight05]

flight05 on March 12, 2003 at 8:13 am · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19145

okay thanks!!;););)

[flight05]

flight05 on March 12, 2003 at 8:26 am · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19146

how should my jumping sessions look like?

i was thinking this as an example:

Light Day:
TJ from 6 steps x2
TJ from 10 steps x2
speed bounding 1×12

Hard Day:
TJ from 6 steps x3
TJ from 10 Steps x3
Bounding from short run up 3×12
Hops 2×12
Steps 1×10

the sumber of steps in the TJ will graduallly increase into 14 steps and full run ups every once in a while during the later part.

what do you think?
last year our jumping workouts were…jump till ya puke! 😉 (seriously, it was pretty bad)

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 12, 2003 at 10:58 pm · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19147

What you wrote looks pretty good but I might consider separating short approach work and full / longer approach work. I’ve got 2 reasons for this:

1. You don’t have to switch approaches in the middle of a workout which can cause problems and waste some precious time.

2. When you keep them separate your short approach days can actually be recovery days because the velocities are so much slower and as such the demand on the body is much less. That way, you can include up to 3 technical days a week.

Also, don’t get too regimented into the exact number of approaches, takeoffs, etc. Some days you might want to shut it down early and other days you might need to continue working on something and you wouldn’t want to have to stop just because you’ve planned it to be that way.

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[flight05]

flight05 on March 12, 2003 at 11:10 pm · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19148

sorry, what i meant was: i would start with the short approaches, and then later in the season i would progress to longer ones. i would still do full approaches scattered throughout the season.

any other drills i should add?

thanks coach

[Todd Lane]

Todd Lane on March 13, 2003 at 12:19 am · in reply to: Optimal Distance for Speed Development #19215

Mike and Jacko-

Interesting thoughts. I’m like Mike I go back and forth. I do agree that true max velocity occurs only for 10meters. Looking at 1999 Biomechanics research
a majority of the 100m men’s finalist had one 10m segment that was faster than any other.

To change the direction just a tad, my thoughts are that, speed development and max velocity are two different concepts, one building on the other though. It seems like we use the two interchangeably quite a bit.

I go this way with the two (sorry don’t have any cajun examples)
Speed Development- In some way challenging the system in the two areas of stride length or stride frequency. Stick drills, resisted runs, assisted runs, intermuscular, anything involving running that is doing something to directly affect those two parameters. It is in the 10m or 1-2 second time frame.

Max Velocity to me is just flat out sprinting for that 1-2 second time frame. It is similar very much to speed development, but it is not specifically trying to change one of the two parameters mentioned above, merely rehearsing and “locking in” firing patterns.

I’ll have to think of a good south Georgia analogy in relation to barqecue for this.

Thoughts from others?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 13, 2003 at 12:56 am · in reply to: Inseason Track and Field Program for me #19149

Ok. That looks good then. I wouldn’t really add anything else except maybe including some non-TJ related plyos every now and then. These could be done on non-technique days.

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[daa20]

daa20 on March 13, 2003 at 8:38 am · in reply to: Jumps #8291

1. Which spikes do you think work best for Right Footed High Jumpers?
I have found a pair that look and sound good for high jumping but the only problem is that they are for lLeft Footed Jumpers only. (The Asics Cyber High Jump)
2. Is there another High Jump shoe like it for Right Footed Jumpers?

Thank you for your time and information, if I have anymore questions I will come back and add plenty more.

-David:cool:

[daa20]

daa20 on March 14, 2003 at 3:30 am · in reply to: Hurdles #8292

What are some good drills to get a hurdler closer to the hurdle so he/she isnt “floating” over it?
What are some good drills to get speed between hurdles instead of keeping a constant speed the whole race?

Thanks again for the answers. I fiigured I would help out and start 2 topics for people to get interested in. Once agin, Thanks for all your advice.

-David

[daa20]

daa20 on March 14, 2003 at 3:45 am · in reply to: Suggestions, Recommendations, or Complaints #8293

When you start to get large numbers of members like 150+ you should add a public chat type of thing, this way people can converse with others and get their oppinion on things without having to wait for a response. This also frees you from replying to so many messages.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 14, 2003 at 4:23 am · in reply to: High Jump- All Questions #19230

That’s strange… I didn’t think companies still made takeoff-foot specific shoes anymore (other than custom jobs for the elite guys & gals). I know for sure that Nike and Reebok make shoes that can be used for right and left footers. I’m pretty sure addidas does too.

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[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 14, 2003 at 4:25 am · in reply to: Chats #19249

That’s a nice idea. I was thinking about something similar and was still kind of wondering how to implement it or how receptive people would be to the idea….glad to see at least one person wants it:D

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[Mike Young]

Mike Young on March 14, 2003 at 4:30 am · in reply to: Coaching help #19210

I agree with what Tank said, especially the pushups. I think body weight exercises will go a long way in developing that age group of athletes. So few kids that age have any kind of fitness level at all and general strength exercises will help to remedy that problem.

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[daa20]

daa20 on March 14, 2003 at 4:32 am · in reply to: Chats #19250

Currently the only problem that you really would come across is that there arent enough people to have a constant flow of people in there, I will recomend this site to some friends and have them check it out and see how they like it if that helps. When it comes down to it the more the better.