Mechanics

Just Relax

by Ian Warner October 7, 2010
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Ever wonder why the guy who approaches a female and is relaxed and confident seems to always do better than the guy who is all tense and nervous. It works in all aspects of life, there is no need to be tense and be all uptight. Ever wonder why it can seem like when you [...]

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Guess What?… The Big Toe Is Big for a Reason

by Ian Warner September 23, 2010
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I will keep it simple. I do not care what sport you play, or how good you are. Grab one of your feet and feel the bottom, the space under your toes! Feel for the parts of your feet that seem to have the most padding. If the place of this padding is all under [...]

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Walking ‘A’ – Every Detail Matters

by Justyn Warner December 15, 2009

You can improve your sprinting mechanics by breaking it down to it’s slowest component…a walking A. How you practice your walking A is pretty much how you will sprint. During this drill is the time you focus on the mechanics and fix what needs to be changed to sprint efficiently. Ya, they may be small little [...]

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3 Ways to Improve Your Running Biomechanics

by Justyn Warner November 4, 2009
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If there was one thing I learned (and remembered) from Dr. Southards’ intense biomechanics class it was running mechanics of a sprinter. Everybody runs differently. There’s no “perfect” running form out there since we all have different lengths in our limbs, different muscle sizes, different fiber sizes, different weight…no athlete will run the same. There are [...]

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