Posts Tagged ‘plyometrics’
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Filed under: corrective exercise, plyometrics
The WD-40 and Duct Tape Model
by Carson Boddicker on Aug 12th, 2010
I just got off the phone with Daniel Martinez, a very smart strength coach out in San Antonio concerning yesterday's blog post. Daniel wanted to know how "concentrated" I am on the trigger mechanism. For instance, do I insist that the mechanism be in perfect working order before progressing to elasticity exercises? To me, the answer is absolutely not, as if that were the case I may, in many instances, be wasting an athlete's precious train...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Announcements, Running
Do less, faster
by Carson Boddicker on Nov 30th, 2009
Do less, faster By Carson Boddicker High Country Running Sunday, November 29, 2009 With winter descending upon Flagstaff, we're sure to see several days where there is too much ice, snow or wind to get out safely for a run. Add on top of this the rigors of the holiday season -- travel, cooking, shopping -- and it's no wonder that this is the most difficult time of year to keep up with a fitness regime. Luckily, however, more and more rese...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, strength training
Good training is good training
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 12th, 2009
I was having a conversation recently with another strength coach, and during the conversation the similarities between programs came up. He said, "You know, any way you look at it a squat is a squat. We train the same things that USC does...It's all about taking the same tools and applying to your group of athletes." Further, in Eric Cressey's Interview of Kevein Needle it was said that "good training is good training." I couldn't agree m...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, plyometrics, strength training
Jumping Circuits
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 4th, 2009
Yesterday I mentioned the inclusion of jump circuits on recovery days. Before someone gets the wrong idea and starts to add in high intensity reactive work, I had better clarify. The jumping circuits are a series of jumps, hops, and bounds done for relatively high reps with incomplete recovery between sets. The exercises and total volume should be dictated by relative preparedness of the athlete and time of year. Initially, the bulk o...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: plyometrics
The final touch of power…
by Carson Boddicker on Mar 3rd, 2009
Phase IV Plyometrics: After having completed several sessions of Phase III, the athlete is ready for the next step. The athlete is now prepared to do higher intensity reactive plyometrics like repeated vertical jumps, hurdle jumps, power skips and bounds, repeated long jumps, etc. In this time, I still prescribe jumps that are mostly ground to ground contacts. I've found drop jumps to be too advanced of a progression right now for runners a...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, plyometrics
Plyometric Progress: Reduction before Production…
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 25th, 2009
Plyometrics are a good thing...when done right. You see, there was a time in my life that I liked plyometrics so much I'd compose entire hours of training sessions with noting by plyometric drills. I'd hop, I'd bound, I'd hop and spring, I'd jump on boxes, I'd jump off of boxes. I'd sometimes do up to 500 contacts in a session, and often times they were things like high intensity drop jumps and box jumps. I initially improved leaps and bounds...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Program Design, Running
Sprint Versus Endurance Disconnect
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 19th, 2009
We've all been there. Track meetings. You usually have one row of distance guys, a row of throwers in the middle, and the sprinters and jumpers in back. Once the meeting breaks, sprinters go do sprinter things, throwers go do thrower things, and runners go do runner things. There seems like almost nobody does similar training. Why? Sure, specificity is important, but can athletes of different events not gain a benefit from another gro...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, strength training
Cool, but No Play.
by Carson Boddicker on Feb 13th, 2009
I'm going to be upfront and honest with you. I'm a total nerd. For example, a few days ago, I stopped by to see a few friends and they were watching a movie. One line that jumped out at me was this: "You know who was cool, but didn't get much play? Velma from Scooby Doo." First of all, great line. Second of all, and here is where my nerdiness fits in, it reminds me of a particular training concept for distance running. What is the c...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Running, strength training
Females Should Not Run
by Carson Boddicker on Jan 20th, 2009
On Mike Boyle's StrengthCoach.com, which is an incredible resource for any coach or athlete, he just reposted an article he wrote called "Should Female Athletes Run Distance?" and his answer is no for a variety of reasons, including training specificity, injury reasons, and the superiority of intervals as a conditioning mode...and he's right on. Whoa! Did I really just say that? I can hear you all now yelling at me that this is a site ded...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Program Design
Isolation to Integration: A macroscopic approach.
by Carson Boddicker on Jan 14th, 2009
Everyone who has spent time reading physical therapy, corrective exercise, or motor learning techniques is likely familiar with the idea of progressing movement patterns from very isolated (the follow through in a basketball shot) to a more complex task (a follow through with some lower body action—the set shot), all the way to completely integrated tasks (a full scale game where an athlete runs, cuts, moves in unpredictable, chaotic patterns)....Read More » Tags
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