Sprint Coach John Smith from HSI recommended 400 meter training program Sample workouts for Early Season (January – February) Monday: 1. Warm-up one mile 2. Drills and Stretching 3. 500 – (55 second 400) Rest 12 minutes 4. 400 – 54 seconds rest 12 minutes 5. 3 x 200 meters at 28 seconds Tuesday: 1. [...]
TRAINING PROCEDURES IN SPRINTING By Valeri Borzov Munich Olympics double gold medalist, Valeri Borzov, discusses the principles employed by his coach, Valentin Petrovski, in sprint training. The article is based on translated extracts from Borzov’s recent book, titled “10 Seconds — a Lifetime”, serialized in Kehakultuur No’s 4 and 5, 1983, published by Penioodika, Tallinn, [...]
Top Speed or Maximum Velocity is another way of saying running at full speed. The point in a race, workout or game that you reach maximum velocity depends on strength levels, experience and running mechanics. However, regardless of where and when you reach full speed, there are some differences in running mechanics and effort when [...]
Sprinting technique is all about power and efficiency. In a sport where ‘elite’ and ‘run of the mill’ athletes are separated by fractions of a second, getting the most out of an athlete’s ability is essential to success, from the youth through professional levels. How efficient an athlete’s running style is basically boils down to [...]
Training Sprinters – Workouts First two weeks: Stretch as a team, then separate into 3 main groups: (1) Endurance athletes, (2) Mid-distance (3) sprinters, jumpers, throwers. Team leaders per group will be helpful. Train event specific. Research shows specificity of training will negatively or positively impact performance if the workouts are not event specific. During [...]
In our high-speed, hectic world many people complain that they don’t have time to visit a gym for any length of time. That is where a sprint training workout can help you to get fit, and yet do so in a brief amount of time. So, let’s look at what’s involved in a sprint training [...]
In the fast-paced world we live in, there seems to be no time to squeeze burning calories in between our demanding boss at work, our mother’s incessant nagging and the next-door neighbor with the annoying habit of letting his dog bark on and on at all hours. There seems to be too much to think [...]
How should the keen sprint runner carry out their sprint training workouts? What follows are some key training techniques. Because stretching exercises play such a huge role in increasing flexibility, they should play a large part in sprint training workouts. No matter what the nature of exercise to come, a slow gradual warm-up that consists [...]
You’ve read and reread all articles on various running websites and books. You’ve found a safe and accessible place where you could run to your heart’s content. You bought nearly all of the sweatshirts, sweatpants, water containers and handy towels in Walmart. You’re just about ready to take your new found flair for running to [...]
Isometric training is a kind of resistance exercise that can use a particular muscle group against other muscle group in order to enhance the physical strength level so that bodybuilding and physical fitness like activities can be performed with a better approach. Isometric training for speed is the most effective approach that is now drawing [...]
