HOW TO FIX ERRORS IN BLOCK STARTS, ACCELERATION AND MAX VELOCITY MECHANICS
Below, you´ll read an analysis by coach Tony Holler, author of the “Feed the Cats” program, on the mechanics of the acceleration and max velocity phases of a sprint. You’ll also learn about the most common mistakes people make and several exercises to help you overcome them.
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JUMP HIGHER WITH PLYOMETRIC TRAINING DESIGNED BY HORACIO ANSELMI
Horacio Anselmi is a prominent Argentine physical trainer and high-performance coach with over four decades of experience in national and international sports. Below, I’ll show you the system he designed for training plyometrics in a structured and organized manner, with the goal of developing and improving the reactive strength of any athlete. At the end,…
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LEARNING HEALTHY HABITS WITH PHIL HUGO
In this post, I want to highlight a very interesting episode of the Wall Street Wolverine podcast, which I recommend you follow because they typically interview very unique people from whom you learn a lot. In this case, the guest is Phil Hugo, a pharmacist and expert in nutrition and health habits. The first time…
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LEARN TO DO THE BASIC LIFTS OF THE STARTING STRENGTH PROGRAM (PART 2)
Mark Rippetoe is the author of the Starting Strength method. This strength training method is the most succesfull way to increase your strength levels, and it’s suitable for all audiences: children, adults, and seniors; men and women; and those with fitness goals or those looking to improve athletic performance. It’s important to mention that for…
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LEARN TO DO THE BASIC LIFTS OF THE STARTING STRENGTH PROGRAM (PART 1)
Mark Rippetoe is the author of the Starting Strength method. This strength training method is the most succesfull way to increase your strength levels, and it’s suitable for all audiences: children, adults, and seniors; men and women; and those with fitness goals or those looking to improve athletic performance. It’s important to mention that for…
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GROUND CONTACT TIME AND VERTICAL FORCE
According to Dr. Ken Clark, every step you sprint from acceleration all the way through the end of a 100 meters or 200 meters, or you name it, you need to apply enough vertical impulse. Impulse is the product of force and time. It’s force applied for a period of time. You need to apply…
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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…
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“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…
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HOW 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…
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