N2, by far the most interesting post in the thread.
With the term regeneration of feet etc, you mean also the use of EMS in pulsing mode, regular osteophatic check and so on?
I agree that some terminology in sports training may be not totally correct, but the meaning is worldwide accepted, and varying it just to be more " precise", do not know if it leads to just more confusion without adding anything.
James, thanks to your posting and training style, I found myself a fan of Pittsburgh U.!I had a chance to watch a couple of games on TV here in Italy.Good job, and good luck for next january bowl game.
Out of curiosity…during this month, from a physical perspective, what will you stress with the players?I suppose, recovery at least the first week would be paramount, but then?
James bowl game is about a week after our bowl game. The first week after the season we had no football practices, we did have two strength training sessions and one running session. Week two no football practices+4 lift and run sessions. Week 3 football practices + three strength training sessions.
Week 4 football practices+ two strength training sessions. Week 5 - game week…
Thanks, regarding the training, Coach Wannstedt resigned yesterday so I’m not certain how long I will continue to be employed here.
We are in fantastic physical condition, however.
yesterday we performed low volume power speed, explosive med ball, and weight trained earlier in the day and then performed alactic capacity sprints in the afternoon.
I had my non-special teams guys perform 450yds of total volume and my special teams guys performed 650 yds of total volume.
In no particular order we completed:
10yd x 10
15yd x 10
20yd x 10
- special teams 50yd x 4
I randomly selected sprint distances from the above grouping from one rep to the next and each set consisted of 5-9 repeats. 40sec rest between reps and 4 minutes between sets.
They absolutely killed it. Laughing and joking in between reps and sets.
Buddy did the same with his big guys and down linemen and they killed it as well.
In addition, last week we assessed our guys general organism strength via the bench and squat and it is clear that we are operating at near PR levels.
If Buddy and I are no longer here for 2011 the coaches who replace us are going to inherit a highly trained group of players.
You know how things are, I wouldn’t be surprise if the next strength coach disagree with your last comment.
Ouch, sorry to hear about Wannstedt…I’m sure you and Buddy would perform well everywhere.
RB, I just saw the pm yesterday…received mine?
It was a funny exchange. They seemed to look for approval for what they were doing, rather than advice how they could improve things.
Yes - pulsing EMS can be used to manage tone and increase circulation throughout the lower legs and feet. Checks of the arches of the feet can be critical to make sure they haven’t collapsed from the load.
And significantly stimulate cortical feedback. I have no experience with this EMS modality,but have you ever checked and experienced improvements in hamstrings length after such a stim?
This is how velocity endurance ends up helping max v. Give the brain enough repeated maximally fast stimuli,and it will pick it up,shifting all areas of the curve.
I haven’t checked the hamstrings but I can assume that with improvements in the arch of the foot their would also be changes in the resting position of the pelvis that could positively influence hamstring tightness.
I have tried reciprocal inhibition work with EMS on tibialis anterior to loosen up calves. Works quite well.
This is more on the lines of what I was thinking:increasing GENERAL cortical feedback to increase specific outputs.
I remember you guys talking about this at the seminar. Some of the details of her program were still a little fuzzy, and I remember your comment that you probably would have gotten more information from them if Charlie hadn’t been antagonizing her so much.
He was antagonizing her, but I was the one sitting closest to her, watching her devour her medium-rare steak with a sharp knife! 
No specificity needed here? Were all these efforts truly maximal for this athlete and her level? Couldn’t she have been more effective? As Charlie used to say, these are all history lessons, but it’s still interesting to chat about such scenarios.
How velocity (or its sub-trait velocity endurance for that matter) isn’t specific to the force-velocity curve?
I doubt they were maximal,if I remember correctly the athlete we are talking about. Charlie mentioned her possibly in the thread “organism strength” in the very first forum,years and years ago!
I threw in “maximal” as food for thought,as history tends to be what we make of it.
NumberTwo, could you give an example session of the kind of jump session that might induce the CNS adaption you’re speaking of?
A common example would be hurdle jumps. Charlie commonly used 10 hurdles over 10 sets for 100 total jumps in a workout.
The athlete in question used a combination of jump types which may have included hurdles and boxes - I can’t recall completely. But the total would be closer to 300-500 total reps per session.
Charlie commented that his sprinters were okay at performing the hurdle jumps, but the high jumpers (i.e. Milt Ottey) were sensational at them in terms of their elasticity and amplitude. This makes sense because the GCT of the HJ is much closer to that applied in hurdle jumps (0.15 to 0.20) so they were likely using them as a more specific stimulus. The sprinters, on the other hand, would have GCT times at Max V closer to 0.085, thus the hurdle jumps could be classified as a general stimulus that assisted with speed development later on. This is similar to Charlie’s characterization of max weights. I would think the conversion from hurdle jumps to sprints would be more direct in terms of transfer down the road, as opposed to max weights - but it could depend on the individual and their fiber composition.
Wow, 100 hurdle hops…
QUOTE=NumberTwo;243822]A common example would be hurdle jumps. Charlie commonly used 10 hurdles over 10 sets for 100 total jumps in a workout.
The athlete in question used a combination of jump types which may have included hurdles and boxes - I can’t recall completely. But the total would be closer to 300-500 total reps per session.
Charlie commented that his sprinters were okay at performing the hurdle jumps, but the high jumpers (i.e. Milt Ottey) were sensational at them in terms of their elasticity and amplitude. This makes sense because the GCT of the HJ is much closer to that applied in hurdle jumps (0.15 to 0.20) so they were likely using them as a more specific stimulus. The sprinters, on the other hand, would have GCT times at Max V closer to 0.085, thus the hurdle jumps could be classified as a general stimulus that assisted with speed development later on. This is similar to Charlie’s characterization of max weights. I would think the conversion from hurdle jumps to sprints would be more direct in terms of transfer down the road, as opposed to max weights - but it could depend on the individual and their fiber composition.[/QUOTE]
100??But…a suggestion in a L to S set up, without a havey weight program?
Those times and Charlie’s subtle classification are the key to understand and manage the stimulus occurring more than any total numbers,set/rep scheme,or given plan.