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I don't like the start position his athletes are in; I think there is energy and speed loss through hip flexion/extension that will result from each stride. I could be wrong though.

I may have scared you off, but major problems don't happen very often. Plus, you are usually protected from the general public's wrath. While coaches/athletes/parents/meet directors get grumpy over...

In my opinion, it's the position of most responsibility at a meet. If you don't handle pressure well, it may not be a good fit, because when things go wrong, it's up to you to solve them.

The...

I would agree that trying to push into the ground and extend hips is likely to slow you down. What sprinters will "feel" will change with their speed. What sort of times are you running? I think...

That wasn't my reaction. Ben is strong and heavy and IMO is more likely to do damage with that routine than anything else.

This is a very good point. After a return to regular exercise with the goal of general fitness, volleyball specific fitness, and possibly some (Master's) javelin throwing, I also stopped doing...

It's my feeling that this study may never occurr, as interesting as it would be.

Pfaff asked them to shut down the fundme and return money to contributors.

Did he really say that? If so, I don't think he understood his training and/or had never taken a lengthy break from weights while still competing.

Also, in response to the mortac8's comment from 8...

What the f---ing f---? I wish you were joking. This is possibly the worst program I have ever had the misfortune to see. Sorry to hear this.

It reminds me a of coach in my region who used to work...

You are right that 56 will not result in 2:02, because the conversion of plus 10sec works within a small starting range of 400m PR, then gets further and further away as the 400m time gets slower....

That can be hard to manage based on how the race is run by others, but most females that age tend to go out too fast in the first lap. Individual traits should be used to guide the race plan.

I'm...

1. What's your time frame? My thought would be to fix the mechanical issues as soon as possible, and hopefully the others can be resolved as well. General fitness is important, and cross-training to...

That is interesting, but I'd be quite interested to see the effects on athletes with stronger/higher/faster initial scores. However, one of the difficulties of finding such a study is that as...

What about 2x split 400m? :)
Run 250m @ 400m target pace or slightly faster. Rest 1minute. Run 150m all out. Rest 20min, repeat. I've found that adding your 2nd 250m and 150m times together is...

That's pretty much always the case for race spec distances.

Try a 300m and 600m. The chart I have says 36.5 and 82.0, timed from first contact over the line.

For the first time in a very long time, Powell struggled to dip under 10 this year. I hope he can get 3 more. How many more races does he have this year?

True, and no way I'm getting 8000 W either.

The last time I was in decent shape and tested my VJ, I was 32 and had a 33" VJ (so 6860W). Wouldn't have been able to break 12.0 in the 100 though.

That makes me feel pretty good about my power output a few years back as a slow 32 year old.

If it's true that the difference is maxV, then I suspect your acceleration/drive phase mechanics are different out of blocks, and once you get into that acceleration position, you get "stuck," per...

While he was in lane 8, he doesn't appear to have learned. No reason to win by 0.2.

I wonder if Blake's position in the few few steps after block clearance are a result of being less powerful than 3-5 years ago, or some other physiological difference. In videos of some of his...

Blake had nice RTs, but I don't like his hunched drive position very much.

Try
http://www.athleticscanada.tv/gprofile.php?do=videos&mgroup_event_id=3809&year=2016&mgroup_id=47401&video_id=181131

Also, Decathlon Champs were 2 weeks ago.

I haven't been following the whole thread, but it's certainly possible for lower level sprinters to be overtrained without injury. You can see it and hear it in the stride. It happens all the time to...