I've started to accelerate up short hills recently, pushing my hip forward during the whole climb. Only Counterbalance with my shoulders. Just feels good
I wish I had the opportunity to train speed this way. My first coach would only makes us run 3×6×60 with jogging breaks. That didn't injur us, but we also didn't become any faster. The second coach would train 3×30m block starts and 6×60m at 100% in the early season and I ended up taring my left adductor. With the first coach I ended up running a 50.06 in the 400m, but couldn't break 11.30 in the 100m. With the second coach I managed to run 11.26 before getting injured once again. Track can be pain with the wrong mindset 😢
I think its good to load the acceleration training in the off season. Like early on short hill sprints, then to sled sprints and then maybe some flat acceleration before season starts
Can u please make a video on how to design a 100/200m training program ? ..I do not have a coach ..and really want to know how to breakdown my training program ....how many acceleration days per week , how many speed endurance day per week , how many max velocity /speed training days per week ...please 😀
Love your teachings…. But question 🙋♂️ a bit of topic my son plays football high school wide receiver but if you were to choose from sprint hurdles to sprinting 100 meter for training that will transition to football which one would you choose? He like track but doesn’t know which one to choose from to build speed top end… thank you
Awesome vid as always, thanks Cody. I've recently been experiencing an existential crisis when it comes to traditional acceleration training 😅. I'm positive you are familiar with Ken Clarke's research paper, the one that concluded that NFL players, regardless of their top end speed, where able to reach the attain the same relative portion of their Vmax within the same time frame (thereby demonstrating that Vmax effectively sets the ceiling). Assuming proficient acceleration ability is defined as reaching a higher velocity within a smaller time frame OR reaching a higher velocity within the same time frame, would it not make more sense to establish max velocity training as superior / more efficient than actual traditional acceleration training for the purpose of improving one's ability to accelerate?? Bearing this in mind, and not taking injury factors into account, I was hoping you could please shed some light on the purpose(s) of acceleration training. Thank you!
Hey Cody, maybe you would be able to sprint 5 times a week if you cut out your lifting completely and kept the sprint volume low enough that you can recover in 24hrs. Have you ever considered doing that?
I’d certainly like to try that, but right now it takes me a long time to recover after sprinting due to some pesky hip/Ab injury that doesn’t want to go away. I started a new job that’s going to limit the days I can train, so maybe the extra days off will get me back to a place where I can try this sort of approach 😄
My recommendation is to ditch the acceleration phase. As you dont need har acceleration in long distance and it takes to much effort. Focus on relaxation and floating speed.
Got a question though, for the acceleration phase of a flying sprint what stance should be use (such as blocks) and should we sprint max out for the acceleration part?
Can I include in and outs , falling start as a part of my acceleration training .. I don't have access to sleds and other equipments needed for acceleration ...can u please suggest me some good acceleration workouts .
Yes. You most likely have more fast Twitch fibers. It's highly genetic. They might be better trained than you, but training rarely can't beat superior genetics
