My goal is to run 7-12 races before my major race which is Nationals July 18-20.
Do you mean what is the qualiyting time for the World Championsips for the Canadian Team? For the 100m it is 10.21 seconds. For my event the 110mH it is 13.54 seconds.
thats rolling herb
Stupid Question 110547:
With split endurance runs, should the start of each run be from a standing start, the first one standing and the rest flying or does it matter…?
For split endurance runs, I’d start them all from a stand and adjust the results after. It’s a lot easier to time and compare that way. I agree with Herb about the 10 day taper. If you do it too oftewn, you loose the qualities you built up. This approach is the most effective for those at the highest level and the most high intensity training background. This is because training effect can be maintained/advanced from this proceedure only by the successful administration of a very high intensity stimulus at the end of the taper.
My stupid question;
For somebody who’s not under 11seconds for 100meters(like myself), could I get away with doing a few sprints 5 (yes five) days per weak. Sometimes, the next day after a sprint session I feel like I could go back out their and do it again.
How on earth can I tell the difference between relaxed sprinting and submaximal sprinting?
My arm action for the entire sprint feels loose and fluid, no real feeling of power (I’m not conciously driving my hands down, just letting the arms cycle naturally). After the initial flicking of the front wrist, my arms just seem to cycle naturally without any concious thought.
It feels relaxed, but how do I know I’m not just going 97% without having to time everything? Is this what it should feel like?
Kyle, i can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic to that guy?
Sprinting 5 days per week?! Thats insane, I can’t imagine how you would maintain quality of speed work. I couldn’t do more than the conventional 3 x week training even when I was running 12s times.
Originally posted by Kyle
[quote]Originally posted by Goose1
My stupid question;For somebody who’s not under 11seconds for 100meters(like myself), could I get away with doing a few sprints 5 (yes five) days per weak. Sometimes, the next day after a sprint session I feel like I could go back out their and do it again.
you CAN. go ahead and do it. please post your results after 1 month. [/quote]
Kyle, thanks for that response, I’ll sprint on any day I feel like, even if it’s the very next day after a previous sprint session, seeing as I won’t get the c.n.s fatigue leval of faster athletes.
You also did a good follow up on the bodyfat loss thread, i’m interested in buying the hormone enhancement book(to further my knowledge in that area) though i live in the U.K (not paying by card either), I need a mail address to send to in the states.
Now that i’ve read Dave’s response and your follow up to dave, I’m not sure if you was being serious or not about 5 days per weak. Kederis and his training partner will do 5 days per weak and it seems to work for them. I guess it also depends on volume and density aswell, not just intensity, so I’ll try it and see how it goes…
Did Ben reach top speed faster than the other guys, or did he reach his top speed about the same time but with a higher top speed? Uh, I think that’s what I meant.
I’ve always wanted to clear this up: What is the primary source of energy in sprinting, fats or carbs? I’ve heard both.
Originally posted by bohersch
Did Ben reach top speed faster than the other guys, or did he reach his top speed about the same time but with a higher top speed? Uh, I think that’s what I meant.
Ben had both a higher top speed and a higher G-force (in ratio to his bodyweight) quicker pick-up than other sprinters.
For example, in the 88 Olympic final he had a split of 0.83secs from 30 to 40meters, where as the other sprinters(apart from Carl) did not reach 0.83split at any point of the race. Some of the other sprinters best splits were past 50meters but still not 0.83. Carl Lewis was the exception as he too reached 0.83secs but apparantly from 80 to 90m.
Ben might have actually accelerated to 60 plus meters despite what guiness book of records stats suggest, but then we’d have to deal with thousandths of a second as opposed to hundredths of a second discrepencies.
I have a few stupid questions to ask:
1.Is orange juice a good drink to have in the morning or does it get very processed and lose some things? I usually drink Tropicana, I don’t know if there is a difference between how different brands are made.
2.I’m sorry if I missed this somewhere, do you all agree that O lifts should be done jumping up instead of pulling back (ala Chris T) for a sprinter, not just someone trying to increase vertical?
3.Does a higher level of testosterone boost strength by itself or is it the gains in LBM and loss of fat that causes the strength gains?
4.Do any of you do deadlifts by starting with the weight at your chest, out of the powerlifting rack then lowering it slowly and exploding before it hits the ground? I haven’t tried this, but I thought it might work well. I usually do little 10-20 second breaks in mid-set before each rep in deadlifts, so usually I pull from the floor each time.
5.Is there a benefit in doing the same 3 core exercises repeatedly in a weight training program (i.e. squat, bench, lat pulldown; squat, bench, lat pulldown; squat, bench, lat pulldown etc.) or could one just keep switching it up, still doing only three core exercises every session, but doing something like:
Squat, bench, lat pulldown
Deadlift, incline, pullups
Front squat, dips, low cable row
?
Ben’s .83 segment was from 50 to 60 meters, though his acceleration was also the highest.
Anyone?
I also have one more question, this one also incredibly stupid:
When the mind listens to rhythm is this a forebrain activity? I was trying to sort of cue my hindbrain in speed workouts when I wanted to just run and not think technically by listening to the rhythm of my feet hitting? However, this may be as forebrain as counting foot contacts, I just don’t know.
That is an interesting question. How would the process go? Sound enters ear>> ear stimulates brain>> brain reacts how? Would the brain react by making you run faster? I think the cues that preceed the forebrain activity need to be rehearsed and practiced over and over. “Down, down, down down” is what I would concentrate on." and then, “When the gun goes off the race be over.”
I have a few stupid questions to ask:
1.Is orange juice a good drink to have in the morning or does it get very processed and lose some things? I usually drink Tropicana, I don’t know if there is a difference between how different brands are made.
Generally speaking the whole food version is always better…oranges instead of orange juice, rice instead of rice krispies, etc.
2.I’m sorry if I missed this somewhere, do you all agree that O lifts should be done jumping up instead of pulling back (ala Chris T) for a sprinter, not just someone trying to increase vertical?
The o lifts should be done correctly regardless of your goals. In other words if you have a sprinter doing a hang power clean and a basketball player doing a hang power clean the technique on the hang power clean should look the same.
3.Does a higher level of testosterone boost strength by itself or is it the gains in LBM and loss of fat that causes the strength gains?
Both. It influences every cell in the body and the cells behave in a fashion more conducive to strenght, hypertrophy, and fat burning.
4.Do any of you do deadlifts by starting with the weight at your chest, out of the powerlifting rack then lowering it slowly and exploding before it hits the ground? I haven’t tried this, but I thought it might work well. I usually do little 10-20 second breaks in mid-set before each rep in deadlifts, so usually I pull from the floor each time.
That sounds like a good way to put money in your chiropractors pocket 
5.Is there a benefit in doing the same 3 core exercises repeatedly in a weight training program (i.e. squat, bench, lat pulldown; squat, bench, lat pulldown; squat, bench, lat pulldown etc.) or could one just keep switching it up, still doing only three core exercises every session, but doing something like:
Squat, bench, lat pulldown
Deadlift, incline, pullups
Front squat, dips, low cable row
?
Nothing wrong with sticking with the same lifts. General rule - If an exercise is good enough to put in your routine it should be good enough to keep in your routine.
Carbohydrates. Any activity sustained for fewer than, say, 20 minutes is dominated by carbohydrate metabolism.
Any sprinting you do will be almost entirely via carbohydrate metabolism.
Does anybody have the link to the Jason Gardener thread about his training under the advanced strength portion of the forum?
On top of that, is there any way to search the locked part of the forum?