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A LEGACY AMD RE-EMERGENCE OF STRIDE LENGTH IN SPRINTING

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adarqui:
blog post article..

good read

http://blog.spikesandflats.com/2009/01/23/dr-bert-lyle--usain-bolta-legacy-and-reemergence-of-stride-length-in-sprinting.aspx

peace




different blog post, just some cool data to go along with the initial article:

http://davidvirgil.blogspot.com/2009/05/getting-inspired-and-un-tired-during.html

Kellyb:
A 6'5 guy takes longer strides than 5'9 sprinters?  No shit?

The white mans common view of sprinting is almost laughable and I think easily surpasses the degree of OCD overanalyzing that takes place in any other sport.  All the relevant research in the sport would appear to make things simple for them (see the Weyand study), but evidently people don't get it.  All the OCD film analysis, lingo, form talk, charts, training regimens, etc. is laughable considering the sport is more about genetics than any other and improvements are damn near as synonymous with performance enhancing drugs as bodybuilding, which few of these folks ever mention.

Edit:
If you ever decide to train more for sprinting instead of vert I think you'll know exactly what I mean. You know your science and terms and all that, but I bet it takes you 6 months just to translate the lingo and figure out what the hell people are talking about. "MY GPP consisists of a warmup of A & B skips, intensive tempo,  SE1 work, and power speed drills designed to improve my frontside mechanics and full body weights on a 3-1-3 scheme.  haha  WTF?"

RJ Nelsen:
Dammit, Kelly. We're going to have to do this again, aren't we. ;)

Yes, some people overcomplicate it, but a lot of the terms you just made fun of are necessary. Just to give one example, there is a clear distinction between SE, SE1, and SE2 because they will provide specific endurance relative to the distance run. All the 250s in the world will not ensure a fast 60-100M. This is one area where the terms are necessary (and very easy to follow).

Basically, I'm just saying that you're simplifying things too much now. Bodybuilding and sprinting a random distance every so often will not optimally build a sprinter (though it probably could make a good one).

100m200m:
Well I thought the article seemed kind of odd as well, but it probably could have been better if it explained the ideas behind the different types of running a little more.  From the running I have done, I think that it is possible to run differently depending on what you're focusing on and the type of form you try to keep when you run.  I also believe that different forms are more appropriate for different people.  Other than height, some important factors would be stuff like skinny joints and reactivity, as well as hip power.  A guy like Ben Johnson relied mainly on hip power and put out a smaller ratio of power through his ankles than hips compared to some other people and this could have had something to do with his style having a high rate of turnover.

As for the fact that people sometimes overanalyze technique, I would have to admit that I obsess about a bunch of stuff that I later decide is pointless as well. However, a lot of the time you're only trying to improve by tenths of a second, so anything to make you more efficient is worth it.

adarqui:

--- Quote ---If you ever decide to train more for sprinting instead of vert I think you'll know exactly what I mean. You know your science and terms and all that, but I bet it takes you 6 months just to translate the lingo and figure out what the hell people are talking about. "MY GPP consisists of a warmup of A & B skips, intensive tempo,  SE1 work, and power speed drills designed to improve my frontside mechanics and full body weights on a 3-1-3 scheme.  haha  WTF?"
--- End quote ---

i dont think i'd dive deep into sprinting terminology etc..

ive got hardly any experience under my belt.. so if i was to train for 100m, my training would consist mostly of just running a ton of them.. on days i felt good i'd run all out 100's (~3 or so), other days i'd run submax (~5-6 or so).. followed by either single leg bounds, primetimes, or double leg bounds.

every third day.. ^



i've done A and B skips etc.. i personally wouldn't have people spend tons of time on them... just use them during a warm up or before sprints just to loosen up.

i've seen a coach have their track team do them for about an hour when i was at a h.s. track testing one of my clients.



peace

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