that could be it, sometimes i even get a premature adrenaline rush during warm ups. what exactly do you mean by “slow cook the goose” warm up?
Since you’re already buzzing you need a warm-up that prepares the muscles and joints but doesn’t over excite the nervous system. Rather than ramping up intensity you need to warm-up the body while calming things down.
Slow and steady is the key. Be smooth throughout the warm-up, take mini-breaks rather than burning through it in one chunk. Spread it out, think of a plane slowly climbing to cruising altitude versus one catapulting off an aircraft carrier.
yeah, i could try something like that… would doing something like taking a 5-10 min break between sprinter drills and runs serve that purpose?
That could work. It might even be in the way you approach drills, runs, etc. I’ve had athletes that go through drills and build-up runs in a normal pace in practice then come big meets they do drills at about twice the speed and take about 10 seconds rest between build-ups. They are just flying through everything.
With cases like these first I talk them down, get them to relax as much as possible, then I have them go through the warm-up in a controlled and methodical way. If everything has gone well they enter the staging area ready to run but in control and not bouncing off the walls.
ok, my problem could def be a mental thing, and im definitely more relaxed after the real abbreviated warm up, so ill try to take the best from both worlds. since at my next meet i might run three heats of 55’s and a leg of the 4x200 i might cut a little volume in the build up part of warm ups just because almost 400m of sprinting is a lot for me at this point of the season, thanks for your input