Recently I was watching athletes warming up at a track meet where they had multiple races and rounds to run. I was surprised when I saw a kid I was recruiting running the 100m, 200m and both relays perform her full meet warm up four times with four full warm down routines. How does this…
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Early Season 400m Training Workouts
A coach asked if I would consider writing an article about early season 400m training. Here is a look back at a few of my articles that cover this topic. A while back, I wrote an article entitled, “Circle of Truth.” This is a workout I use for all sprinters and hurdlers as conditioning in…
A Proper Cross Country Warm Up
Successful cross country running coaches are always looking for new components to add to an already effective cross country warm up unit for their athletes. Or perhaps they’re just looking for a set routine because their present one is too haphazard and/or unorganized. What would constitute a proper warm-up or sound daily stretching and flexibility…
Barefoot Warm Up
Barefoot Warmup By Tony Veney The purpose of a good warm up is to prepare the prime movers, which are the feet for the activity to come. We use a barefoot warm up which incorporates one lap of walking and one lap of jogging. One of the reasons why we do this is be incorporating…