THE 10 DON´TS OF SPEED TRAINING
Here are the 10 don´ts of speed training by coach Tony Holler, the autor of the “Feed the Cats” program. 1. Don´t see speed as purely genetic and immutable. There´s a saying that God creates sprinters and coaches create milers. That´s wrong. 2. Don´t sprint without getting timed. If you ain´t getting timed, you ain´t…
Read more“FEED THE CATS” BASKETBALL PROGRAM
Coach Tony Holler is knowed as a sprint coach and track coach, and the “Feed the Cats” program. “Feed the Cats” has started to venture outward into other sports: lots of stuff right now on lacrosse and rugby, tons of stuff with football… But what about basketball? It´s something coach Tony Holler knows a lot…
Read moreHOW TO TRAIN THE HORIZONTAL JUMPS: LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP
According to coach Justin Kinseth, jumping is the glue between those football players and those track athletes, knowing that you can have a field event on the in between that can be able to provide both. You´re getting great plyometric work in, you´re sprinting… The long jump and triple jump is such an athletes and…
Read moreHOW TO COACH THE HURDLE TRIALS ACCORDING TO THE BASES OF THE “FEED THE CATS”
Let’s talk about the hurdles according to coach Tony Holler´s training methodology. One of the biggest things you can do is find your hurdles. A junior set of five hurdles costs $500. You don´t need 10 hurdles. That´s all you need for training. The great thing is they’re adjustable to 18, 20, 24, 27, and…
Read moreHOW YOU SHOULD TRAIN BY ADAPTING TO THE GYM TEMPERATURE
If you are going to start training in your garage at a home gym, you’re going to be pretty much at the mercy of the elements because most people’s garages are not air conditioned and heated. If you’ve got a utility room that’s adjacent to the house and you can keep a door open to…
Read moreWHEN SHOULD YOU ADD OLYMPIC LIFTS TO YOUR GYM WORKOUTS?
In the Starting Strength programming we use versions of the Olympic lifts and they’re very important to the program. But a lot of people figure out a way to get out of having to do them. The reason they don’t want to do them is because they don’t know how. They haven’t figured out how…
Read moreHOW SPEED TRAINING CAN IMPACT DISTANCE RUNNERS
According to coach Tony Holler, your body adapts to the specific stresses applied. For example: If you properly train speed, your body will adapt to run faster. If you properly train speed endurance, your body will adapt to run faster longer. If you train long and slow, your body will adapt to run longer and…
Read moreTHE ATOMIC WORKOUT: ONLY 16 MINUTES OF SPEED TRAINING
Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method.…
Read moreWHAT THINGS DO YOU NEED TO CARRY IN YOUR GYM BAG?
If you’re a serious liter, you’ve got a bag that you carry into the gym when you train that contains things that you need when you’re training. Things are obvious like your training shoes. Your belt needs to be in there. Other things that might need to be in the gym bag will be dependent…
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