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A little bit more about the planning

We are working on a triple periodisation model (I can’t acccess my files at the moment, as I write this while testing our cloud server for work)

First period is about acceleration, this is about 16 weeks
Second period is max speed, this is about 16 weeks
Third period is speed endurance, this is about 16 weeks

Period 1 (Acceleration)

4 weeks GPP

Tuesday (Wk 1): 4-6 x 30m x sleds at 10% bodyweight; 3 minutes recovery
Thursday (Wk 1): breathing patterns
Tuesday (Wk 2): 3 x 3 x 50m, accelerate for 10m and hold; walk back/reps and 10 minutes/sets
Thursday (Wk 2): Three strides over low hurdles, working on breathing
Tuesday (Wk 3): repeat Wk 1
Thursday (Wk 3): Honestly - can’t remember
Tuesday (Wk 4): 2 x 4 x 50m, accelerate for 10m and hold; walk back/reps and 10 minutes/sets
Thursday (Wk 4): Off

We will do weights after those sessions, but literally it is the athlete learning the warm up.

Other sessions include 10-15 minutes of activity on the bike/rower as recovery. I give athletes options, so there are two tempo sessions, one longer interval, and one continuous.

The other session is Sunday which is a recovery/conditioning session with tempo running, bodyweight, and medicine ball work.

The athlete was going to play field hockey, but is unsure so the structure may change - Sunday may become a hurdle session.

The athlete did the sled session last night. His first time using the sled, so each rep got better. After his fourth I gave him the option of stopping, he wanted to do six. He did his fifth, which was ordinary so we terminated it. Athlete learnt a lesson.

Athlete is 42 years of age.

PB’s are

60 - 7.76
100 - 12.32
Hurdles - 18 I think

Aim is sub 12 in the flat and 16.5 in hurdles.

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The athlete has been pulling up sore after training, and his injury issues at the last season seem to be more of an issue then he thought.

I am concerned that who may Osteitis Pubis (http://www.physioadvisor.com.au/10474150/osteitis-pubis-pubic-symphysitis-physioadvisor.htm) or something similar.

My approach until we can get him into see the sports doc (this could be a month) is do no harm and if any pain we do not train. Or treat water

Anyone had any experience with this and training around the injury

Today we did some medicine ball throws.

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This week we have reduced the volume but managed a couple of decent sessions

Tuesday the plan was 3 x 3 x 50m, accelerate for 10m and maintain. Walk back rest/reps, and 8-12 minutes rest/sets. We dropped a rep per set.

Wednesday athlete did bike session, 30 sec at 120rpm and 30 sec easy. 3 x 3 x 30 sec.

Thursday we worked on breathing, specifically on breathing out on touch down of hurdle, then I taught him hip hinge in the gym using kettlebell.

Athlete has not done a huge amount of weights, so going to concentrate on medicine ball and kettlebell initially.

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Last week managed a decent week of training

Tuesday - 5 x 30m sprints x 10lb + sled, with 370m jog/walk recovery (it was 3 degrees celsius).

We also mucked around with kettlebell swings and push ups

Thursday - easy strides over 30m working on breathing then kettlebell swings x 5, front squat x 5, and 1 arm farmer walks for 20 sec each side - 4 sets

Sunday - 10 x 30 sec run, 30 sec jog.

During the week he also did mobility work, balance work, and foam roller.

This week is a recovery week, with a session on Tuesday (same session from two weeks ago) and a resistance screen on Thursday

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Nothing much has happened past few weeks, athlete got in and finally saw the sports doctor in Hobart.

Doctor has suggested evidence of a chondral lesion of the left anterior hip joint, as well as osteitis pubis. Athlete is getting MRI next week to confirm, but has been told no running or weights for a while.

Once athlete has a MRI, we will set down with athlete, and medical team (doctor and physio) to map a plan moving forward.

Any ideas on training around this - bike and pool sessions are my thoughts

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Interestingly, we knew someone with osteitis pubis. Apparently it’s a typical hockey injury. There is a strong relationship with this injury and overtraining, tightness and working on bad or hard surfaces.

At first Charlie was stumped and had no idea why the person was not responding to any of the training or therapy. It took well over a year and I can’t remember exactly what finally lead us to the find the injury.

Because of my knee injury we knew the right people to go to and we were able to quickly get an MRI and we had someone that specialized in reading the photos with a high interest in athletes. This was helpful because just because you get an MRI does not mean the quality of the photo will be good ( apparently machines vary ) nor does it speak about who reads the picture ( quality of radiologist also varies due to experience and interest and specialty ) and therefor interprets the photo. After this step you need to create the idea of what needs to be done from a training and therapy view point.

I don’t want to scare you but for many it’s a career ending injury because of the scope of how you need to treat and train the athlete.

The first therapist involved where the guys who work with professional athletes primarily in hockey and baseball and golf. Charlie performed routine message and enforced routine hot and cold’s. The therapist performed ART and acupuncture. Pool is a good idea but we did not yet have the bike.

As with most things you need to work around the area using pain , discomfort as guidelines. Strengthening and maintaining mobility while ensuring pressure off the joint. PNf stretching was used a great deal to ensure the hips and back area were mobile.

Another important aspect of the training is to stay on the grass all the time except when it’s really important for speed. This was something we did aways regardless of injury but more so if there was an injury slowing someone down.

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Thanks Ange

Hopefully it isn’t the end of his career, I am hoping to chat to the specialists to find out some stuff from him.

Last year he definitely trained too hard (intensity) and track far too frequently. I was surprised he got through as much of the season as he did to be honest.

How did you go with hurdling work on grass? Although we are a long way off hurdling (I suspect he may not do hurdles again)

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it’s also been fairy common in AFL due to the nature of kicking. there was a big spate of it in the late 90s and early 200s, but I haven’t heard of it for a while. perhaps they have cracked the code. would it be worthwhile contacting an AFL trainer to discuss what they do regarding osteitis pubis??

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Thanks Hornblower, I am hoping to catch up with John Quinn in the next few weeks.

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The athlete was NOT a hurdler.
I did not suggest his career would be over but if I did I did not intend this to be suggested
It’s going to be tough but it’s doable. I am not sure my message conveyed this feeling I wanted to come across.
I think it’s more than worth while to pursue something that most just give up on because it’s difficult.
I hope my note was not interpreted as a negative. My hope was to share the information to give you the sense and scope of what you need to know and then you can put into place your own resources.
I want to make sure the experts are not telling you otherwise. This is most important to me.

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If you contact me directly I may have a few people you would be able to speak to as well.

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Thanks Angela

No offense taken on my part, I try and look for solutions to problems and is probably why I asked the question in the first place.

I will message you

Thanks