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I’ve searched the forums and materials but didn’t find what I was looking for, so I’m bumping this up in hopes of prompting discussion about practical implementations of the exergenie/IEX in SPP.

What percentage of runs on an Acc Dev day would utilize the IEX

  • in early weeks of SPP?
  • in the final weeks of SPP?
  • moving into comp?

E.g. A 2:1 ratio of resisted to unresisted runs during early SPP, a 1:1 ratio res:unres in mid SPP, and 1:2 res:unres in late SPP? etc., etc.

In various phases, what percentage of runs on an Acc Dev day would use the IEX from
- high starts?
- 3 pt starts?
- blocks?

E.g. are IEX runs in late SPP mostly from blocks? Are IEX runs in early SPP mostly from high starts? etc., etc.

I’m mostly interested in how long to keep resisted runs (via the IEX for me, sled/tires for others) in the yearly programme. We use hills in accordance with Charlie’s recommendations during the GPP. Assume S-L for 60-100m collegiate males.

Look for threads on the use of sleds and you can pretty much transpose the info from there

All of SPP I like to do 2-4 sprints over 30m with the sled follow by normal 30’s and flys or fef etc. During comp I normally have one accel day where the athletes will do 4x30 sled follow by 4x30 blocks. Late outdoor season we drop all sled work.

Sounds about like I’ve done, tamfb. In early SPP1 I’ve had closer to a 1:1 ratio of resisted:unresisted runs, with resisted runs included within the sets, and late SPP more like 1:3, with resisted runs at the beginning like you listed.

I believe in the benefits of the contrast runs, but also think at some point we need to ditch the sleds and get down to the real thing. Just curious how others set it up.

In th epast I have used resisted sprints maybe too much for my team sport athletes. I have gone with shorter periods of using these in “GPP” and moved to more 30-40s with a focus on the last 10-20 ala max speed EFEs, finihsing drills etc

Any reasons why you felt like you used the resisted runs to much?

Figured you guys might like this…

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“The Exer-Genie also Excelled heavily in the sports world and was accepted by numerous schools, colleges, and professional teams and even Olympic athletes. By allowing the motion of the sport to be simulated against selected resistance, and uniformed through a complete range of motion the Exer-Genie became a must have for all sports enthusiasts.” [/i]

http://exergenie.com/history.html

Dam, the more I learn about training for track properly, the more I find myself stepping back in time.

Does anyone know where you’d get longer nylon ropes that could be used for isorobics? Maybe home depot? or is online better choice? What thickness should I get? Would about 60-80m ropes cost a lot? Trying to find a cheaper, more portable, storable alternative to GPP hills since I’m having hard time finding hills.

you will find plenty of options at a home depot or similar store as well as on line under climbing rope and utility rope such as:
https://www.amazon.com/SGT-KNOTS-inch-Utility-Rope/dp/B010EPA7AI/ref=lp_3402851_1_3?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1466140662&sr=1-3

Tire and a rope.

Will have to make a visit to home depot and get an idea of the cost and how much space it takes up, thank you.

It’s an option, but the difficulty with the tire is that I can’t adjust the loads, without getting a different tire altogether.

By association, just today I picked up 50m of black nylon 1/4in rope for my Isorobic exerciser at a local hardware store. Cost me $28 US. I’d attach a photo, however, it is a pain in the ass to attach photos to this forum due to having to use on-line means of resizing all file sizes.

All ropes with poly sheathing are not good for isorobic or Apollo exerciser.
After few runs the top coat/sheathing starting to separate from inner core and creates uneven resistance, can even stuck, dangerous.

Good point.

If I could get a rope at anywhere near the cost you got it, that sounds pretty good to me. I’ll have to look around hardware stores around me. Thank you.