Sprinting

(5 Best) Lifts to Increase Speed

by Ian Warner July 28, 2011

These are my personal 5 favorite lifts to do in the weight room to help strengthen the correct areas to increase my speed on the track.

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Contrast Speed Training: A Secret to Gains in Speed

by Cover Ground July 2, 2011

Guest Post by Khash Farzam…a sprinter from the Greater Toronto Area who has been a Cover Ground fan right from the beginning of the blog. To start things off, most people will look at the title of this article and ask what is contrast speed training? Well the definition of the word “contrast” is to [...]

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The Best Race is The One You Can’t Remember

by Justyn Warner June 12, 2011

I don’t know how many times I have run a new personal best and had a mild case of amnesia during my sprint?! My coaches would always ask me “How I felt” and I would always reply with “Couldn’t tell you, I couldn’t remember a thing”. Some may think that’s not such a good thing, [...]

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Training Your Muscle Fiber Types

by Justyn Warner May 11, 2011

As my coach use to say to me when I was in high school, my body does not go slow! Why? Because my muscle fibers are predominately fast twitch muscle fibers. Does your success as an athlete depend upon muscle fiber type, to some degree, Yes! You could be sprinting 100 metres or running a [...]

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Do Taller People Run Faster?

by Justyn Warner September 7, 2010

As written on Livestrong.com, Dare to Change Your Life. The World’s Faster Man as of 2010, 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt, takes 40 to 41 strides in the 100-meter dash. America’s fastest man, 5-foot-11, takes 46 to 47 strides at the same distance. The stride definitely provides the taller sprinter with an edge. Generally, height has been [...]

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Speed Development (Pt.3 – Speed Endurance)

by Justyn Warner September 1, 2010

Read…Intro, Part 1, Part 2. So now it’s time to put it all together. We went over Acceleration, Maximum Velocity or Top Speed, and the last piece to the puzzle is Speed Endurance. Speed endurance is basically the ability to maintain your speed without decelerating. So while you’re sprinting and start to fatigue, the person [...]

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Speed Development (Pt.2 – Maximum Velocity)

by Justyn Warner August 12, 2010

Read…Intro, Part 1, Part 3. Maximum Velocity can be one of the hardest things to teach an athlete. When training for speed, it’s more than just working on your acceleration and trying to run as fast as you possibly can. It’s really about how to run relaxed while maintaining your top speed. Much much easier [...]

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Speed Development (Pt.1 – Acceleration)

by Justyn Warner July 28, 2010

Read…Intro, Part 2, Part 3. Acceleration development should be the primary focus for any athlete in any speed and power based sport. Success in any sport requiring running will be based off of an athlete’s ability to accelerate to top speed with little wasted motion as possible. You become a more efficient runner with little [...]

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Why Be the Tortoise When You Can Be the Hare

by Ian Warner July 14, 2010

When I walk around my college campus I always get flustered over all the joggers. Males and females do the same thing, they feel like they are putting some “fluff” on so what do they do? Get their running shoes and their iPod and go jogging for the next hour. Than, on the other hand [...]

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Speed Development (Intro)

by Justyn Warner July 13, 2010

This is an introduction to a three-part series on Speed Development. Read…Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. The ability to take advantage of the potential of one’s body, and do so consistently over time, is a highly technical skill. As coaches and athletes we often forget this concept when talking about speed development, but rarely [...]

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