This is not about you. This is about content I spend time and money to support for a story I wish to make available to anyone able to read.
It’s a big story and it the story flipped my life upside down.
I am tried of people telling me how they train as though I have zero thought and opinions about this topic.
I am allowing the entire planet to see what I say and do and have for 20 years. When it starts coming back to me about people saying there is a general belief that Charlie did this or that I am going to make sure it’s clear that one has to gather their info from the source.
You get to think what ever you want about speed training.
I don’t care if you agree with me or not about how often you need to perform speed training.
This site is not masters track info dot com.
I think it’s great and cool you are doing as you are. Good for you but other than your short hand training log no one can actually see what is going on without tons more specifics and data hard and soft data.
I am not making an e-book anytime soon with information on anyone’s post about how they interpret what Charlie did as a coach and athlete.
I will keep everyone posted if or when I create an ebook. Maybe that is how I will spend my time or not.
I know as much as I need and have needed to know and should I want different it will change. I have spent the last decade with my hands full dealing with lots. Not overly interested in much different and thank goodness I’ve learned what I have from one of the best.
The Americans are looking Great for the 100. I don’t see anyone closing on Bromell if he gets out.
Su under R Huntington looks like a threat for the Bronze.
Let the Games Begin.
A family member shared a site he has been using for years for Sports. I will confirm if the Track and Field events will be covered on there live and share it. Dirt cheap cost.
Why/how did you add sled work back in your training if it was the cause of hamstring injuries in the past?
I was also wondering the thought behind bare foot running cool downs? Are you doing it similar to tempo speeds?
Just catching up in your log … not sure where that argument came from.
Well, when the issue first popped up in 2018 I thought it was an injury. After talking to other athletes and coaches it’s more tightness than an injury. Sleds tend to cause very tight lower hamstrings, especially if form isn’t great and weight isn’t perfectly chosen. This year I kept the weight at 10lbs. There tends to be a more jarring foot strike (and more likely to have some overstriding) when using sleds. Seems that knee flexors are more active when using sleds and it is related too to the resistance use and how smooth the resistance is. This year I have managed the issue (lighter weight, massages etc) a lot better and I’m in a better place regarding the lower hamstring tendon tightness etc. Those runs are nothing more than easy jogging etc. Doing a small amount of barefoot training can be helpful in becoming forefoot dominant.
I posted this in my journal on another site:
People asked why the barefoot work.
1: I did similar work several years ago when rehabbing from plantar fasciitis and it worked well.
2: The bigger reason is the 4 keys I think you need to work on to become a “forefoot” dominant athlete. 1: Barefoot training - running barefoot will force you to run on the forefoot. 2: Become glute dominant. Strong glutes inherently drive a more forefoot dominant posture 3: Strengthen the psoas in the end range. Everyone has heard coaches yell, “High knees, high knees!!”. Some athletes can do this naturally others aren’t helped by the cue. One key is being strong in 90 degrees plus of hip flexion. It ensures the muscles high on your hip are controlling your thigh bone. 4: Stretch the rectus femoris, quads, and psoas. Stretching the quads and rectus femoris turns off what are often tight and overactive muscles controlling the knee and that promotes better hip dominant movement. I hit most of these things on my recovery days…
Hardest sled session this year - very fitting since this will be the last one until winter sets in. Probably around November when the weather gets cold, I’ll probably add sled pulls back in a couple times a month. I prefer to keep the jump circuits to one block after that I prefer moving on because I usually don’t get much from that type of work from a speed/power standpoint. Depends how my body feels on Friday I’m leaning towards using a 30m intensity limit to keep from getting into trouble.
I wonder how you will feel about this after getting a full year or two years under your belt.
Took me years after coming back to achieve 3 times a week-
Mon Speed max out
Tue tempo
Wed sub max 95% target. weight lifting was a breeze after these days.
Thur circuit/agility
Fri sub max
Was faster at 50 than 48 bc of the time commitment and nothing else going on, but I was always close to fighting weight.
Recovery was on point. Again, took the year off bc of the BS. Only worked referrals.
One of the things I did do that Ange will not likely agree with is downhill sprints.
Up for reps, down for reps followed by flat sprints. This was not a last minute thing I did to play catch up either…did them from May to 2nd week of July 2020, where I maxed out. 14 days later. Boom! A new me emerged.
Shut it down soon after…no meets to attend and it was redline and risky after that.
Never did sleds. Lucky to never have hamstring issues since my blow up at 19 after achieving two-three massive PBs in practice. Same day went from best day ever to worst day ever. Felt fantastic. Sure, I’ll do another…
The only time I have ever thought I may have had a low hammie issue is when I was practicing starts one day and the Family Dog made a loud choking sound exactly on my third step and I tightened up and felt it behind my knee.
As a precaution, I did the 10 day hamstring recovery training deal that Mach/Charlie/Derek prescribed with their athletes.
Went normal after that in between softball games.
Took me years after coming back to achieve 3 times a week-
Mon Speed max out
Tue tempo
Wed sub max 95% target. weight lifting was a breeze after these days.
Thur circuit/agility
Fri sub max
A little too much work for me. I try to model most of my training from Charlie, Boo, Dan, Curtis Taylor, Carol Gilbert, and Tony Wells. Those last 3 names really believe in cutting the fat. I wouldn’t dare try to make my master sprinters 50+ do 3 speed sessions per week. Most really good master sprinters are lucky to get 2 high quality sessions. The above template has too much tendon loading.