In October (2019), I went down to Baton Rouge with my good friend David Cusano (Head T&F Coach – Colby College) to shadow Boo Schexnayder and the LSU track and field program. During the time we were there, the team was starting their second cycle of GPP. They were coming off a recovery week and starting the first microcycle (5th overall) of mesocycle 2. We had no idea what to expect, but the trip far exceeded our epectations. Once we got back, we collected our notes and got on the phone to discuss and review our trip. This recording is 2 hours and 45 minutes long and covers sprints, hurdles, jumps, strength and power training, coaching administration, program mastery, rehabilitation, periodization, and more… Originally, I…
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Summer Sale Sneak Peak – Massive Savings
Our Summer Super Sale will begin on Thursday, July 20 and run through Sunday, July 23. So here’s how it works: From Thursday 7/20 – Sunday 7/23, every Complete Track and Field program is on sale for 25% off when you use coupon code: CTFSUMMER. HOWEVER: Each day of the sale we will be highlighting a specific event group/category where you can get up to 50% off our most popular individual programs and program bundles ON THAT DAY ONLY. For example, all Middle Distance programs will be 25% off all week. But, on Thursday, July 20, all Middle Distance programs will be 40-50% off for that day only. On 7/21, sale prices go back to 25%. If you’re in the market for programs addressing 600m – 1600m,…
4 Reasons to Attend This Strength & Conditioning Certification Course
UPDATE (August 3, 2015, 3:53 PM Eastern): The USTFCCCA Strength & Conditioning Certification with Boo Schexnayder is Sold Out! We’ve reached our hard cap of 75 coaches and will no longer be accepting registrations. If you’re one of the coaches who got in, we’ll be nerding out soon with many of the top area high school and college coaches! If you’re on the outside looking in, scroll down to save big on some of Boo’s best coaching programs. -LT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The goal was to get 45 coaches registered for Boo Schexnayder’s T&F Strength and Conditioning Certification Course on August 22-23 at Bishop Hendricken HS in Warwick, RI. With 3 weeks to go, we’ve got 76 coaches registered and will no longer be accepting any entries….
2015 CTF Clinic: Saturday Night Coaches Seminar Details
On Saturday night, we will be holding 3 hours of seminar presentations by our staff. At the conclusion of the presentations, we’ll have a Social running until midnight. We will have a bar so you can enjoy some adult beverages. In fact, we’ll open the bar at 7:30 so you can enjoy a beverage during the presentations. We will also have a medley of snacks for you to eat. This is a great opportunity to get more insight into the planning side of coaching, as well as talk shop with our clinic coaching staff. There is no shortage of good times at the social. Additionally, I will be filming these sessions and I will email you with access once I process them after the clinic….
Spring Track Workouts for Sprinters, Jumpers, & Hurdlers: Week 1 of 13
I’ve already posted how I set up my annual plan for the track season. But I thought I’d share a Week 1 microcycle. This is my plan for the first week of practice. Will it go this way? Not likely. But since I know the physiological effect I’m looking to elicit for each session, I can easily come up with a Plan B or Plan C if (when) something doesn’t go right. Keep in mind our first meet is exactly 14 days into the season, not that this fact in any way affects my planning. I anticipate the weather may not cooperate so I may not be able to stay outside all week. I anticipate some kids claiming they are ‘injured’ because the warm up…
‘Winter Training’ Themed Articles & Workouts
Last week, a blizzard dropped 24 inches of snow on us. On the way to practice this morning, I drove through whiteout conditions and it was so cold out, it hurt. And we’re supposed to get another foot of snow on Monday. Whether you’re stuck inside all winter with your sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, and throwers or forced outside into dangerous conditions with your middle distance and distance runners, you probably have two fears/concerns: 1. Planning effective training that appropriately challenges the correct energy system/s based on your theme for the day/week/month, etc. 2. Avoiding overuse injuries like shin splints and other lower leg injuries. The #1 goal of training is injury prevention. The #2 goal of training is improved performance. I’ve been fortunate to only…
Blizzard of 2015: Video Playlist
Where I live, there’s a blizzard happening. I can’t tell you how excited I am to shovel the 24+ inches of snow that has fallen. By excited, I mean I will cry myself to sleep tonight. Regardless, I thought I’d share a video playlist from my YouTube Channel. And by ‘I thought’, I mean I stole the idea from another coach. (Thanks Coach Bartlett!) The list contains a video or two covering each event group. Also, if you decide to purchase the programs affiliated with some of the videos, you’ll get 20% off when you enter Complete Track and Field coupon code: BLIZZARD SPRINTS How to Get Set Up in the Blocks to Ensure an Explosive ‘Zero Step’ Every sprinter needs to improve…
Two Long Sprints Programs I Steal From Every Day
We had our Divisional State Relay Championship this past Saturday and all four of my ‘primary’ relay teams (girls and boys 4×200 and 4×400) ran faster than they did all of last year. Girls 4×2 came into the meet with a 1:48.07 season best and school record of 1:46.77, set in 2013. They went bananas, smashed the school record and ran 1:45.49, currently the #2 time in our state. We had sub 60 splits on the girls side and sub 50 splits on the boys side. I didn’t expect this. Especially during “Special Prep” (there is no such thing as ‘special prep’ in a 13 week HS season), when they’re getting smashed in practice and we had our League Championship the previous night. Fact: The only…
3 Hip Dominant Exercises for Size and Speed
We are all more than likely well aware at this point that the posterior chain, Glue-Ham Complex, Backside, or whatever else you would like to call it, is absolutely critical in all areas of human performance. Success in everything from power lifting, Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, team sports, injury prevention-treatment, aesthetics, etc. automatically demands that the hips be operating at the highest degree possible. In this quick article I’m going to hopefully introduce 3 new hip dominant exercises that do an outstanding job at developing this part of our anatomy, as well as discuss some of their specific roles in training. #1-Click here to watch: Stability Ball Leg Curls The stability ball leg curl has existed for awhile from what I’ve seen, but progressing…
Complete Track and Field Black Friday Coupon Codes and Special Offers
Everything in the CTF Store is on sale for the lowest prices of the year until midnight Eastern on Wednesday December 3, 2014. We’ve also added DVD versions of all full programs, which you can sort through by event group. Here is the list of deals you can get. If you follow us here at CTF with any regularity, you understand how rare it is we drop the prices so low. You can view all the bundles by clicking the ‘Bundles (Until 12/3 only)’ tab in the right column or click here to go directly the the list. Coupon Codes: In addition to the huge discounts we’re having on all of our individual resources and specialized bundles, you can get additional savings by using…
Contrast Training Methods for Sprinters
Before I dive into the details for why sprinters and athletes should utilize this type of training, I’m going to first define what it is exactly. Contrast Training was first introduced to me by Louie Simmons at Westside Barbell. This type of training involves a “contrast” or some source of variable resistance as you perform an exercise throughout a range of motion. Bands and chains placed around the bar are the most common implements used to create this effect. Contrast Training addresses the concept of “Accommodating Resistance.” Due to changes in the detail of movement throughout an exercise, the degree of difficulty or level of resistance working against us changes automatically. I’m sure many are probably familiar with what I’m talking about. Take the back…
Recommended Reading: The Speed Encyclopedia
A while back I was contacted by this guy, Travis Hansen, asking me to promote his program. I get this a lot and 99% of the time I’m all set. I rarely promote third party programs. But, I told him to send me his stuff and I’d take a look at it. I’m an information junkie so I figured, at worst, I’d waste 10 minutes of my life and then it could just sit in my Dropbox in a virtual junk pile. Well, long story short, I was pleasantly surprised. I probably never would have purchased it without having it sent to me first or without a recommendation from someone I trust just because the sales copy was a little rough and it’s marketed as a…