Sprinting Practice: More Than Just Speed & Force Outputs

[@alenkolar483]

"It has to do with not worrying as much about the time...letting the time come to me when it's the appropriate moment for the time to come to me" - One of the best quotes ever, 100% agree! Lot of the guys I know...They are running 7.10 over the 60m in december and 7.0 - 7.05 when the indoor season starts or they be injured. They are forcing stuff too soon or too hard, and lot of coaches as well. And I can barely run 7.5 in december, but when the time comes I run 6.7, hopefully faster this indoor season (I wanna get that spot in Belgrade :D). And then they be like "wtf bro, you are like a brick, we always smash you at practice, you can barley move, how come you are so insane now?" And I always tell them "You need to chill out, relax, breathe some air, feel your body, your movements, be grateful and happy that you can even get to train and don't be 'On Fire' when it doesn't matter, instead build yourself like a storm in a smooth and effective curve, so you can be healthy, powerful and explode when the time comes!" "Also sleep and eat well" XD Maybe you smashing me at practice, but I'm smashing you throughout the season and it's not even close. At the end of the day, it's the bigger picture, timing, skill, discipline, consistency, intelligence and above all fun, happines and good feeling! BTW Keep up the great work Cody, I like your videos and you style. Everyone can definitely learn a lot from you! :)

[@ATHLETE.X]

Damn man I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thanks for sharing. That’s really a great message on the topic of enjoying training and appreciating that you even can train, as many people can’t due to a variety of reasons. I think the more people put pressure on themselves it’s like wearing a weight around your neck and it makes everything worse. Instead if we can have some lightness mentally/emotionally and be grateful for our training, it’ll be easier to perform well. Best of luck this year, looking forward to seeing how it goes. Sub 10.5/6.8 is right there for the taking!

[@R888ZZZZZ]

you mean on dec 2021 now you run 7.5?

[@namesake7139]

@@R888ZZZZZ that's starting out

[@owenwatts8642]

Yes - let the time come to me - great way of thinking, great quote, adding that to my start line prep

[@b_reynolds7403]

Loving all the angles and edits ‼️ great video man thanks

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thanks bro! Now if only I could get one of the birds at the track to fly around with the GoPro haha

[@b_reynolds7403]

@@ATHLETE.X 😂😂 soon that will be the only only other option to improve based on the rate these videos are improving ! We had our indoor opener this past weekend and hit a 7.08 and 22.39, had a bad reaction time in the 60 but happy w/ those results for December!

[@barankilic3961]

Great guy and Great Video!

[@ATHLETE.X]

Ah thank you Baran. That’s kind of you to say!

[@bigMCLR]

thanks coach, great video

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thanks bro!

[@emanuelemarzorati4983]

hi Cody in your opinion are INs and OUTs a good toll to increase top speed? and how they compare with flying sprints?

[@ATHLETE.X]

Hey man, I think they can be useful, but you have to be sure to not tense up when you transition from the float to sprint phases. If you can learn to relax then they are pretty good for use in training.

[@emanuelemarzorati4983]

@@ATHLETE.X thank you for your advice man do you think that they can be better than flying sprints? or that one can incorporate both in his training regime?

[@chandrakant_79]

What is horizontal projector in sprinting please tell me

[@lzhoops2523]

What are some tips for sprinting and fat loss should I just remain In small calorie deficit as do my sprint / plyo training? Currently 5’9 215 30%+ bf 33 inch max vert 60m time 8.1

[@olin409]

I have a question. I've got a 60m coming up and I want to run low 7 seconds (7.0-7.2) and I recently ran a 7.71 in training in the cold coming out of an injury. Do you think its possible to achieve this in 3 months or so?

[@ATHLETE.X]

Have you run low 7's in the past? If so it shouldn't be that much of a problem. 7.70 is about 90% compared to 7.0, and regaining the last 10% of intensity tends to take a month or two after coming back from injury.

[@olin409]

@@ATHLETE.X I haven't really ran 60s in the past as I'm still quite young. I feel far stronger and faster than i was but I'm having difficulty controlling it. That being said I don't think I was ever at a point prior to my injury where I could run low 7s on a 60. Thanks for the reply by the way, much appreciated.

[@ATHLETE.X]

In that case then I would just focus on the long term and make absolutely sure you’re prioritizing whatever it takes to strengthen & mobilize the area that got hurt, and over time you’ll definitely improve a lot. I went from high 12’s to 10.6 from freshmen year of high school to when I finished college, including having injuries early on in the that time.

[@namesake7139]

@@ATHLETE.X right on for the improvements. I love the channel. Keep it up

[@StefanoLisi]

Good point. I do agree! But what if you have to train in a cold environment? (off-pre season) It becomes almost impossible to go faster than your 90% on a given distance. Actually I would say that 90% is almost the 100% in the given conditions. Do you think this is a huge disadvantage or the stimuli and work/volume will still bring comparable results with being in perfect 25dC climate?

[@owenwatts8642]

Great videos 👍🏻

[@loganwhite3161]

Always great information in your videos, thanks for sharing

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thanks Logan! Hope you’re doing well

[@bigant3019]

Hey Cody, what sort of workouts should I be doing the month before my first indoor meet? (60 meter and 200 meter)

[@ATHLETE.X]

The textbook answer would be some acceleration (10-40m), some speed (30-60m), some short speed endurance (70-120m), and occasionally some longer speed endurance (150-250m), but it really depends on what you've already been doing and what your strengths/weaknesses are. If you haven't been sprinting much then blasting a 150m is gonna be tough. On the flip side if you did a lot of volume in the off season, they might be easy but they'll be slow and you'll need some speed work to back it up.

[@shreyanshagarwal4013]

Plz can you tell how much is a track faster than grass like in percentage?

[@Sealae80]

On question what are you using to analyze the splits in real time besides the free lap ?

[@Sealae80]

On question what are you using to analyze the splits in real time besides the free lap I just got the Jawku

[@namesake7139]

The jawku is shaky from my experience. The idea is great but my experience with it is not good. The massage gun and shake mixer is the best product and with massage guns being quiet these days that makes the original jawku massage gun a dinosaur

[@OutrageIsNow]

So my upstairs neighbors aren’t assholes. They’ve just been practicing their sprint training

[@ATHLETE.X]

We’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now 😁

[@S595K]

“Another one…”👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@johngideon7483]

Can i use spikes on off season ..?

[@ATHLETE.X]

I’d start in running shoes & on turf or smooth grass, then transition to track with shoes, then spikes and track. This can happen over the course of 4-8 weeks for most athletes who have training history and no injuries.

[@johngideon7483]

My pb of 120 is 12.60 100 mtrs 10.56 can u give me workouts to reduce my timming ..

[@ATHLETE.X]

@@johngideon7483 that’s quite good. Where are you from? In some countries that is going to rank fairly well. I sell workouts on my website, sprintingworkouts.com

[@johngideon7483]

@@ATHLETE.X from india

[@ianhawkes1135]

You run 400m? Great vid

[@ATHLETE.X]

Thanks Ian. I ran an indoor 400m years ago but it was at 7000 feet elevation and I died in the last 100m on my way to a 50.08 lol.

[@ianhawkes1135]

@@ATHLETE.X oh ok😂

[@ATHLETE.X]

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[@jabari8950]

How many meters should I run to work on purely max speed ?

[@ATHLETE.X]

If I’m doing flying sprints such as a fly 30m, 3-5 total sprints is about all most people can handle before they start slowing down. So assuming it’s 50-60m that’s anywhere from 150-300m+. I’d limit the volume based on the quality of the sprint, meaning if you do 150m total and start slowing down, stay there for a while and slowly add volume in 10-30m chunks as your speed allows for.

[@Sealae80]

I think in the video he was saying to piece it together and build the skills from 0- all the way till the end of your race then add speed to it and your max speed should be straight and be able to do it easily and repeat the performance

[@ATHLETE.X]

@@Sealae80 you got the message Erich! Thanks for helping out Jabari with your comment.

[@Sealae80]

On question what are you using to analyze the splits in real time besides the free lap ?

[@ATHLETE.X]

I just use the freelap and the app that comes with it, but sometimes I look at stride frequency & ground contact times when I’m back home using video and Kinovea.

[@Sealae80]

@@ATHLETE.X thanks I forgot all about that program man ! That would be perfect