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Posted On Thursday, 02nd December 2010 at 03:29
- Working with a decathlete last week, I said that I was going to make him into a "roughty toughty track and field athlete".
He said that "There is no such thing as a roughty toughty track and field athlete." He has a point. A lot of athletes are continually coming down with injuries. Tyson Gay being an example who apparently can't train for more than 2 weeks without getting injured.
A couple of things might be the reason:
- A low level of intital conditioning, with overcompeting from a young age. This leads to an underlying weakness that is difficult to rectify at senior level.
- Too much specific work on phasic muscles in the gym at senior level. Working on specifics is good, doing squats, cleans and then sprints in close succession leads to overuse.
It could be seen as more general work at a younger age, more directed and planned work at a senior age.
An example of what we can work on is shown in the case study here
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So true, if your getting
So true, if your getting injured you need to work out why! Many atheltes now are very onesided such as cricketers, squash players, tennis players etc, the earlier this can be fixed, the more chance of correction and less chance of injury = longer and more successful career!
This seems to be very
This seems to be very useful... I think far too many athletes specifically in this country and using football as an example they are taught to win rather than becoming a better athlete which would aid this country in the long term. Hopefully this can be changed in the near future
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