Tried a slightly different interval format today:
2 mi 7:10, heartrate 170 at the conclusion of the interval
Rest 2 min to 110 BPM ( 60 beat recovery)
1 mi. 3:35 heartrate 166
Rested 2 min
.5 mi 1:34 heartrate 166
Total Time 16 min
Really interesting read.
Originally posted on Michael Boyle's Strengthcoach.com Blog:
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After attending a Tom House Seminar a couple of weeks back, of course I learned a lot about baseball, but even more importantly, I learned a lot about coaching, and different strategies to better cue and communicate with athletes. For those who are unfamiliar with Tom House, he was a relief pitcher at the Major League level, but is world famous for being one of the most innovative and influential pitching coaches to date, and has worked with the likes of Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, and many many more. Bottom line, Tom House can identify exactly what his athletes are doing incorrectly, and use simple drills to improve a throwers weaknesses.
Something that really stuck out while attending Tom House’s seminar, and is something that is consistent with our systems here at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, is the prioritization of posture. Tom House uses different drills to introduce proper posture. These drills are not dynamic, but rather static, and require athletes to hold different postures that are specific to throwing. Much like a track coach uses wall drills to pattern proper sprint mechanics, Tom House uses posture drills to pattern proper throwing mechanics.
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Once again MBSC has been recognized as one of America’s best gyms. Most of those above us on the list are large chains or franchises so this is a great accomplishment for what remains a small, family oriented business.
Thanks first to all our members who really make our gym special and second, thanks to the best staff in America.
Here’s another great article for parents and youth hockey coaches on developing athleticism.
7 Tips to Developing Athleticism
Our July certification class…25 new certified instructors traveling from as far as Alaska to New York! Many of our sites have shown their ongoing commitment to the program by sending multiple staff members to get certified throughout the years. Thanks to Hulst Jepsen Physical Therapy, Therapeutic Associates, ATI Physical Therapy, Kenyon College and Inova Sports Medicine Institute. We welcome all of our new instructors and thank you for your commitment to female athlete injury prevention! See who got certified…
Fabrizio Apodaca, MS, ATC: Henry Mayo Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab, Santa Clarita, CA
Karen Asekomeh, DPT, COMT: Hulst Jepsen Physical Therapy, Rockford, MI
Fokion Avgerinos, DC: Millennium Physical Therapy, Little Neck, NY
Colin Barich: Therapeutic Associates- Cedar Hills, Portland, OR
Allee Enderle, ATC: The Orthopedic Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN
Roxanne Faison, MAT, ATC: Covanent Health System, Lubbock, TX
Kathia France, BS, MA: Millennium Physical Therapy, Little Neck, NY
Katie Hamberg, ATC: Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, OH
Ryan Hassick: Cincinnati SportsMedicine Physical Therapy Clinical, Cincinnati, OH
Chris Henke, BS, PTA, CES, CKTP: Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center, Jasper, IN
Daile Jackson, DPT: Rehabilitation Specialists, Jamestown, NY
David Kaufman, ATC: Millennium Physical Therapy, Little Neck, NY
April Dawn Kent, DPT: Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, CO
Jim Kimbal, ATC, CSCS, LMT: Fairbanks, AK
David Kock, MS, ATC: ATI Physical Therapy, Naperville, IL
Elizabeth Murdock: Cincinnati SportsMedicine Physical Therapy Student Clinical, Cincinnati, OH
Zachary Olivarez, ATC: Fremont Therapy Group, Rawlins, WY
Camille Riddering, MD: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners Family Medicine Residency Program, Grand Rapids, MI
Amanda Rodriquez, DPT, OCS: Physical Therapy Today, Lubbock, TX
Jenifer Shoultz, ATC: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Sharon Strizak, DPT: Cincinnati SportsMedicine, Cincinnati, OH
Roselyn Vassilatos, BS: Millennium Physical Therapy, Little Neck, NY
Amelia Wiggins, DO: Wellington Orthopaedics, Cincinnati, OH
Steve Wolak, BS: West Springfield, MA
Christopher Young, MAT, ATC, ITAT: Inova Sports Medicine Institute, Fairfax, VA
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I’ve gotten away from posting my interval workouts in the past year and have taken to quick tweets. I need to take the time to blog these so I can be a bit more detailed.
First off, we are now using Assault Air Bikes. These are very similar to the Schwinn Airdyne but, much better built. I would strongly suggest you get one to try. There is no better interval training tool on the market. The fan means the harder you go, the harder it is. Think upright Concept 2 Rower.
Todays workout
2 sets of 20/10 intervals ( Real Tabata’s for all you fake Tabata people)
These bikes have the original computers.
Work was above 70 RPM, rest above 50 RPM
Set 1- 1 mile
Set 2- 1.1 mile
give these a try for a “quick” 10 minute ride.
Monitoring strength progress is essential to prevent athletes from just going through the motions in the weight room. Many will just grab a weight they think is heavy enough and use that load week after week, month after month. Their bodies will quickly adapt to this load and strength/size levels will stagnate. This article will explain simplify things for those training groups of athletes.
In my early years of training groups of athletes (primarily groups of 8-12 ages 13-18) I gave each athlete a sheet that they would record the reps and load used for each set they performed. This system worked well for those that were very organized and detailed. I could glance at their sheets and see if they were progressing from week to week. However, many would spend too much time recording and not enough time lifting. After a few years I modified this system to having them record only their top weight successfully used in the three sets typically prescribed for that particular lift. This allowed for more time lifting and less time writing. When I started this system with a high school football team, I started noticing several sheets were not filled out at all, incorrectly, or left on the floor for me to pick up. Instead of getting mad at the players, I came up with a better solution.
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Just wanted to thank everyone who came out to listen this weekend. If you want more info you can go to:
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One of my favorite shows at the moment is CNBC’s, The Profit. The basic premise of the show is that millionaire investor, Marcus Lemonis, finds failing businesses, evaluates them, and then provided he feels the business has potential, invests in the company for a certain percentage of ownership. He then establishes a road map to success by helping them understand what aspects of their business are broken.
In the show, Marcus preaches three main constructs which he feels are necessary for a successful business:
In reality, a high performance team working with a sports franchise is no different and these three constructs are actually incredibly valuable for determining what areas your high performance team needs to improve upon or where you may need to make some changes in order to have better success and be more efficient.
People
“Do we have the right people in the right positions?” When thinking about this question it is important to not only think about skill set and ability but also whether or not they work well as part of a team. A lot of times, teams or universities are afraid to let someone go because they have “been there for a long time” or they are “a nice guy”. I understand this can be a tough thing but at the end of the day, keeping people around that are unable to contribute to the level and expectation that is needed is going to create more problems and frustration in the long run. It makes sense to part ways and ensure that the people you are putting together on the staff have a very high level of skill set and interest in continuing to learn and push things to new levels. Additionally, it is important to move along from those who are insecure and create turf wars between departments. These individuals can tear a team apart in a second and create problems within the high performance team. A high performance team is one that is collaborative across the main player support departments – Sports Science, Athletic Training/Medical, and Strength & Conditioning. If the people within the staff are not interested in collaboration and working together then the high performance team will never work. In the Profit, Marcus evaluates people within the businesses he invests in and, at times, is forced to make the decision (with the other owners he has partnered with) to let people go who are not willing or able to satisfy the need of working collaboratively in a successful business.
Process
Marcus is a stickler for process. His famous quote in the show, after handing over a check for his investment and becoming a part owner is, “I may be a part owner but I am 100% in charge”. Oftentimes, where businesses fail is not in the people or the product, but in the process. They can’t seem to put the appropriate processes in place to ensure that product gets manufactured at the right cost, without wasting money, or the product gets ordered at the right amount, without having a back log of inventory. Being a successful entrepreneur, Marcus sets up some very specific processes for these companies to ensure that business is performed in an efficient and timely manner. Within the high performance team environment this process is essential. What is the flow of data – how is it collected, processed, analyzed, and then distributed and discussed amongst all support staff and key stakeholders in the building? Things can be very busy in a professional or university team environment, making these processes even more critical. Oftentimes, information falls through the cracks because there is not a process in place for ensuring that people on the staff get together and meet on a daily basis to discuss the data and develop a plan about what to do with the data – turning data into action.
Product
Finally, product. Obviously a high performance team isn’t making any product; however, a high performance team is serving the athlete to ensure that athlete’s health and wellness is cared for during their time with the team. This “product” is really the outcome of having great people, with a high skill set and standard for excellence, who can work together and having great processes in place, ensuring that the information flow between departments is fluid and efficient.
Collectively, these three constructs will ultimately determine the success that your high performance team has and their ability to adequately effect the athlete’s within the training environment ultimately decreasing injury and improving performance.
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In this episode of my new vlog (check it out here), I describe one of my favourite treadmill sessions.
Generally speaking, I’m not the biggest fan of treadmill running. That said, I’m also a realist, and I appreciate that for some runners, occasionally circumstances dictate that a session on the treadmill is the most viable option!
So if you need to do a treadmill session, here’s a cracker for you
Simple stuff, and surprisingly effective. Enjoy!
Let me know how you get on in the comments below….
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Sports performance coaches should always be working to enhance athletes’ best qualities while mitigating the risky parts of a profile. It could be nutrition, work ethic, or a bum wrist. One of the most common tendencies I see is quad- or knee-dominant gait. Since most athletes run, this is pretty important. I think most of us combat this tendency. It’s a constant struggle to get the hips back into the spotlight.
The joint-by-joint approach tells us the knee should be stable. More precisely, the knee should be mobile in the sagittal plane and stable in the frontal and transverse. That’s pretty much what running is: control the frontal/rotational forces to safely apply power. The knee musculature can’t do this by itself. It needs help from above and below. Let’s take a look at how we can connect these things for a more robust athlete.
The Hip
A good coach won’t need much convincing on the value of the glutes. They have the best lever arm and muscle fiber type for the job. There is a place in our world for hip isolation exercises. I’ll simply say I prefer to teach or tune core stability first. McGill, DNS, PRI, and a bunch of other paradigms would seem to converge on this basic concept. Whenever experts from a bunch of different approaches tell me the same thing, I’m going to listen.
The Foot
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This piece could just as easy be hockey as soccer.
However in hockey you can even eliminate the one pass and just let your best player go end to end and get you goals.
However, as the game progresses you continually find kids who don’t know how to play hockey.
Think about this quote. I asked my squirt aged son ( age 10) whether he liked cross ice or full ice. His typical response FULL ICE. I asked why. His answer MORE BREAKAWAYS!
This is analogous to me asking him if he likes ice cream or salad. We know the answer. Just remember, it’s not about what a kid likes ( or a parent) it’s about what’s good for them.
We are the adults, we get to choose. When we choose winning at the young ages we actually program for failure later.
This is an absolute, must read, classic. I see this every day in our town. You can’t buy athletic success but, you certainly can pay to get your children more screwed up. I have always told parents “follow the money”.
Early specialization is both a developmental and social mistake. Don’t get sucked in. The best preparation for young kids ( 8-13) is multi-sport participation. Save your money.
This article came from John O’Sullivan of Changing the Game Project. I had the pleasure to meet Martin St. Louis and think his story inspires everyone but, particularly those told they were too small, too slow or, too something else to make it.
http://changingthegameproject.com/an-uncommon-man-life-lessons-from-a-true-sports-role-model/
