What have you learned?

The Forums Ask Us.
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I’m extremely curious to know what each of the many patrons of Charliefrancis.com have learned. There’s such a plethora of information that can be found for free on these forums, and a lot of it was contributed by the forum-surfers here. I think it would be interesting to hear what some of the heavy hitters like Kitkat, Charlie, Nikolouski, PJ, have LEARNED from their interaction with athletes on the forums. But I also think it would be VERY interesting to hear what the athletes on this forum have learned!

Personally, I have learned that REST is intentional!

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I have learned that ultimately you have to train as fast as possible, as often as possible, eat well, sleep well.

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What is this about ? a pocket e-book with the resume of the site ?

Contrast shower are the goods for me
actualy, i´m gonna do a session right now !!
:eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek:

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I presume you mean a quick nugget, so:

The importance of being hindbrain.

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Livestrong is lazy

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lol Clemson relax with the kid ;).

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Well, it’s kind of hard to not sound connotative when asking for a “nugget” from all of the folks here… :smiley:

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I’ve learned relaxation is key to becoming faster. Also, recovery and injury prevention are very important parts in a training program.

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LESS IS MORE

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Short to long progression for 100m

I’ve sort of got it down

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That Clemson is a bad mother…

and that I’m not nearly as smart as I thought I was.

Oh and Dr. Evil’s the best damn coach on the planet.

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Better is Better…
the “art” of coaching - things to look for like heavy feet, dead legs, how to work around obstacles.

it’s an “approach” thing more than any actual protocol.

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Quality is better than quantity with high intensity training - although hard training is still required - just try the tempo “Big Circuit”!.

Do not get too hung up on high intensity, low intensity is equally as important.

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That there is a wealth of knowledge from people who share the same passion from Sport Sciences to Sports Medicine.

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-That “everything changes and nothing changes” and Charlie is still the best. I used CFTS in 1992, then worked my way through Wells(Jr Elite Camp), Seagrave(Level II), and Winckler(one of my sprinters attended Illinois) and ended up right back where I should be at CFTS.

-Keep it simple and let the results you produce speak for themselves. Anybody can work with a 10.12 sprinter, but it’s a far greater accomplishment to get somebody from 10.41 to 10.12.

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I’ve learned that almost every athlete trains hard and only a select few train smart. The smarter athlete will almost always prevail.

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Don’t get hurt.

Realize there are consequences and effects with every aspect of training, including getting stronger or faster.