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[chrisk]

new article up on homepage

[beau_zo_brehm]

Vince Anderson, currently a sprints coach at Texas A&M, is notorious for his use of "wickets" or low hurdles to develop top-speed mechanics. I think people on this forum get way too caught up in iso-extremes and static positioning, and don't spend anywhere near enough time teaching their athletes correct posture and position while actually sprinting.

Also, I would like some clarification on what you mean by "pull" running? Do you simply mean using the glutes as the primary mover, or literally pulling the foot into the ground?

[sjl]

I liked the article a lot. I have felt that I have neglected specific psoas/hip flexor strengthening exercise, but I wasn't sure of the variation I would go with. I may be doing some hurdle runs soon. My main concern would be monitoring pelvic tilt in that position.
Are you noticing a difference in musculature? When you bottom line it, why do you think it worked? An increase in strength, better activation pattern? Any before and after times/videos?

Again great article.

[adarqui]

"Since our web site has basically become an “extreme Iso hold” forum, this article really won’t interest many of you." -- new_article



I would just like to point out, that this forum should be more about WGF's methods and less about iso extremes. I suspect I am not the only one who thinks this, after all of our recent ramblings.

Nice article.

[beau_zo_brehm]

Originally Posted by adarqui

I would just like to point out, that this forum should be more about WGF's methods and less about iso extremes. I suspect I am not the only one who thinks this, after all of our recent ramblings.

I completely agree. There are so many more valuable training methods than iso extremes.

[chrisk]

The part I left out is that we did about 6 weeks of exercises to work on pelvic control before we went into the hurdle runs. I think what has happened is that we are off the ground quicker but with the same amount of force applied. It also reduces alot of pelvic and torso rotation. I'll get around to documenting it sometime. There are other pieces t the puzzle as well that I will get around to writing about soon. I would like to shoot a DVD this summer with all of the things I have been working on. Some key coaching points that have realy changed some exercises for me.