Teaching the Long Jump and Triple Jump Long Jump Training for Youth Safety Considerations The long jump pit must be clean and level. The running surface must be firm and even. The takeoff area must be able to withstand the full force of an athlete’s foot strike. Wear proper shoes with support to withstand the impact […]
Anaerobic Track and Field Training For Runners
Training Runners and Intensity Anaerobic training is a key component to track and field training for the field events and sprinters but can also help distance runners especially during surges and the kick at the end of the race. Specific training can change how the body uses energy and delay muscle discomfort while improving the […]
Ulf Timmermann Shot Put Training
Timmermann on Shot Put as told to Dave Caster by Ulf Timmermann Introduction: Timmermann on DDR Weight Training, Month by Month: Athlete Example in Squat Training Outline: Franka Dietzsch Athlete Example in Bench Press / Jerk / Snatch Training Outline: Ulf Timmermann September-Month 1: Build-Up (Basic) Bench: Dumbbell presses, 4 days per week. Day 1: […]
Muscle Fibers, Genetics, and Training for Track and Field
Can training change muscle fibers? All individuals have different capacities to perform aerobic or anaerobic activity, partly based on muscle fiber composition. Not everyone is born with 50% slow-twitch fibers and 50% fast-twitch fibers. There is a wide variation of slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers types within each individual; some muscles have slow-twitch fibers, and […]
How do Athletes Improve Performance?
To change the training state of an athlete, they need to train more than they are accustomed to. However, for the adaptation to reset to a new and improved training state, a recovery period is required after the overload. Adaptation Canadian biologist and endocrinologist Hans Selye described how people react to stress as the General Adaptation Syndrome […]
How much training is enough? The Overload Principle
What is Overload? Why Overload? Overload Overload requires high effort beyond the preparedness level of the athlete. Training requires some level of intensity beyond what the athlete’s preparedness level (homeostasis) to induce an adaptation. The correct dosage of exercise will challenge the athlete and place physiological strain on the body. After an overload, to stimulate […]
