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Sprinters: Improve Each Aspect of Your Speed

April 7, 2013 | Raymond Tucker

Having trouble shaving time off your 100- or 200-meter sprints? Try the following track workout. It will improve each component of your speed—acceleration, mobility, stride length and stride frequency. For sprinters, speed workouts do not have to be extensive. You must...

Maximum Speed Track Workouts for Sprinters

March 18, 2013 | Corbin Lang

As a sprinter, you always have to find ways to get faster. You may have spent the off-season developing this skill, but you can continue increasing your sprinting speed once the track season begins. To improve your speed during the season...

Sprint Training Program for Relays, Part 1: Team Selection, Baton Handling and Positioning

February 25, 2013 | Lee Ness

Sprint relays are a great way for a team to score extra points and earn additional medals. So it's surprising to me how unprepared the athletes participating are before a race. A fast baton hand-off will beat a fast runner...

Plyometric Exercises for Runners

February 3, 2013 | Joe Lopez

Picture yourself on the starting line of a race. You’re in the blocks. You pull back to create eccentric motion in the lower leg before firing forward to victory. Now imagine yourself being able to shoot off even further. Want...

Complete Full-Year Workout Program for High School and Collegiate Jumpers

January 29, 2013 | John Cissik

If you want to jump higher, you need to be explosive, possess great speed and have immense strength. The more power you can produce relative to your bodyweight, the more likely you will propel your body up and over the...

Complete Full-Year Workout Program for High School and Collegiate Throwers

January 17, 2013 | John Cissik

If you want to become a better thrower, you need to train to be explosive. Why? Throwers must be able to exert tremendous force in as little time as possible to propel the shot. Below is a complete workout for throwers...

Run Faster: Learn To Relax During Sprints

January 11, 2013 | Raymond Tucker

Improve your sprinting mechanics and you'll run faster. Sounds simple, right? But in order to achieve and maintain top speed, runners need to learn how to relax through a sprint's acceleration and transition phases and all the way to the...

Complete Full-Year Workout Program for High School and Collegiate Sprinters

January 9, 2013 | John Cissik

If you want to be the fastest sprinter on the track, you need to be explosive, propel yourself off the blocks and move your limbs quickly and forcefully. To improve these aspects of your sprinting, you need to commit yourself...

3 Reasons Why Every Football Player Should Run Track

December 18, 2012 | Micah Kurtz

Co-authored by Lucas Kurtz. If you strap on a helmet in the fall, you should be lacing up spikes in the spring. This should seem obvious. After all, the quickest way to impress a football scout or coach is to be the...

The Best Hamstring Exercises for Track Athletes

November 15, 2012 | Dr. Raymond Tucker

From sprinting to jumping, the hamstrings are among the most powerful muscles you have as a track athlete. They are responsible for transferring power between the knees and the hips, propelling your forward momentum and controlling your athletic performance. (See...