Author name: Hugo Noya Enríquez

Weight training

HOW TO USE STRAPS FOR YOUR HEAVY DEADLIFTS, RACK PULLS, OR OTHER LIFTS

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As you progress in your lifting and in your pulls, you will need to use some kind of an aid with your grips, especially if you’re doing rack pulls, if you’re doing heavy shrugs or if you’re doing a lot of volume on your pulls. Sometimes just alternating the grip or hook gripping is not a good idea because of the positions that the bar will start in, or just general fatigue in your hands. So what you’ll do is you’ll use straps.

Weight training, Biomechanics

3 SIMPLE BENCH PRESS TIPS

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We’re going to talk about bench press tips. These are three quick tips that Starting Strength coach Pete Troupos brings us. He thinks they might help out your bench press. Hopefully, you find them useful.
The first tip is going to be about grip and gripping the out of the bar. The harder you grab the bar, the more likely you are to be able to control your wrists and elbows and get them to do what you want them to in the bench press. It also works for the press as well, but taking a deliberate grip and squeezing the bar tightly is going to help you manipulate the bar and your joints in a way that you want. So, give it a try.

Track and field, Physical preparation, Sports training

HOW TO DEVELOP TOP SPEED OR MAX VELOCITY

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Contrary to popular belief, all out sprinting will not increase speed. Recent studies have shown that sprinting all out will actually cause the nervous system to “record” and reinforce an athletes current max velocity – not help to increase it. If you want to develop and improve your top speed other techniques must be utilized. I´m going to share with you one of the best ways, which is supported by Olympic coach Karim Abdel Wahab, to increase sprinting speed and maximize top speed development.

Track and field, Biomechanics, Kinesiology

SPRINT FASTER WITH A PROPER FOOT STRIKE

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Learn how to sprint faster by maximizing ground contact and developing a proper foot strike. A common mistake many sprinters make is striking the ground on their toes resulting in massive ankle amortization and increased ground contact times. The goal of these drills is to get the athlete to develop a flat foot strike by overemphasizing landing flat on the heel. The result will be a flat foot strike during sprinting (landing on the forefoot or where the track spikes are).

Track and field, Biomechanics, Kinesiology

HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR BLOCK STARTS

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Run faster with proper sprinting technique. In order to maximize speed at the start of the race, you need to learn how to properly perform block starts. When done correctly, blocks starts are the best platform to apply maximum force in order to overcome inertia. This post looks at how to properly work your way down from a 3 point start to achieving the hard post and triple extension out of the blocks.

Weight training, Biomechanics

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREARM POSITION IN THE BENCH PRESS TO AVOID IMPINGEMENT AT THE SHOULDER

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In the last post we talked about the close grip bench. We explained why you would do a close grip bench, how to do close grip bench… Now, we´re going to talk about the way is teached the regular bench press, that is to say, the standard bench press from the blue book that Starting Strength coaches teach. I’m going to talk about elbow position, forearm position, and shoulder position, and why we want those positions the way we have.

Weight training, Biomechanics, Kinesiology

WHAT GRIP WIDTH SHOULD YOU USE IN THE BENCH PRESS?

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The width of your grip on the bench press is a relatively important variable in the training effect you obtain from the exercise. A wide grip on a bench press is typically what is used in powerlifting meets because the wider grip in the bench press reduces the range of motion that the bar has to travel. It is thought that a shorter range of motion would enable you to bench more weight. And if you get used to doing it with a wide grip, that’s probably true. Most bench press records are set with a wide grip. In fact, the inside score mark on a bar is the widest permittable grip for the bench press. In other words, your index fingers have to be making contact with some part of that inside ring, and that’s the widest permittable grip.

Track and field, Biomechanics, Kinesiology

HOW TO DEVELOP PROPER SPRINTING POSTURE: THE HARD POST

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Run faster with proper sprinting posture and technique. In order to maximize speed you have to be able to apply maximum force to the ground. This post addresses some of the biggest mistakes made by sprinters and coaches (i.e. staying low and breaking at the waist). In it, I show you based on the teachings of coach Karim Abdel Wahab how to develop proper posture (the hard post) and demonstrate one of the first sprinting drills to achieve this. Finally, you can read Olympian Jeremy Dodson´s insight into developing proper posture and the hard post to maximize speed.

Track and field, Biomechanics, Exercise physiology

DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT BODY TO BE FAST?

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Do you have the right body to be fast?  The hard truth is your parents set your speed potential. We know that’s not some hot take. Everyone points it out all the time. But what are the specific physical traits that are supposed to make you fast? Scientists have measured it  all: leg length, muscle fibers, bone structure,  and even the so-called speed gene. So, let’s find out if you have what it takes to be fast.

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