Dwain Chambers: Why such a radical change?

JohnG109 · March 9, 2012, 4:11pm

T-Slow:

Dwain Chambers ran 6.42 and 6.46 indoors in Torino in 2009, then 6.48 in Doha to win World Indoors in 2010.

He then intentionally dropped a significant amount of muscle mass in 2011 and ran 6.54 for second in Paris last year, and so far has managed 6.58 this season. The only reference I’ve seen to his changes by UK coaches is Dan Pfaff saying that Chambers “overpushes” once he reaches top speed. Does anyone know who the architect of this change is?

I know that Chambers mentioned that last season he dropped size to “concentrate on the 100m”, but the fact is running .05 to .10 slower to 60m (especially if you’re training is short to long) is not necessarily going to help your 100m regardless of body composition changes.

Anyone have any insight on this? This change did not pay off in faster 100m times last year, yet they seem to be sticking to it again this year, and he’s got the same SB of 6.58 going into World’s as he did last year.

He has mentioned that he is not specifically preparing for indoors this year