Track and field is quite simply speed and power quantified. Nearly ever event (aside from the distance events) reward athletes that are faster and create more force faster than their opponents. Even athletes that are not competing for state championships or all-american status, are comparing their current speed and power to what they were formerly…
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How Sprinters Use Cleans and Olympic Lifts for Strength Training
How does the fastest woman on earth do cleans? Cleans have been in the programs of track and field athletes for decades. Throwers, sprinters, and jumpers can all benefit from training in the weight room with cleans and snatches due to the high threshold motor unit recruitment that is unique to lifting with the Olympic…
Peaking Your Sprinters and Field Athletes with the Olympic Lifts
The first of June means one thing in track and field. The most important time in nearly all of track and field for anyone competing in the United States. And you want to be peaking. Championship season. Collegiate conference meets have happened. NCAA regionals are in the book. Most track and field athletes are reaching…
Quick tips for better Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts are the most complex moves to do in the weightroom. Great lifters spend years and years on technique and train exclusively in this sport. For most of the athletes that I work with, this is not the case, they Olympic lift (Clean, Snatch, Jerk) with me 2-3 times a week and if…
3 Methods to Coach Olympic Lifts More Effectively
As a coach there are so many options to include in your training program that it can sometimes be overwhelming. We know that strength training is important (including olympic lifts) but if it isn’t distilled down to the essentials we can end up in a position of “paralysis by analysis.” These questions have crossed my…
Loading for High School Weightlifting
With high school weightlifting, much of the time spent in the weight room will be dedicated to the coaching of athletes on the proper movements, positions, and providing general technical info needed to safely complete the movements with maximal return on the time invested. The other portion of the time of the strength coach will…