Whoa, Nick Symmonds' training is working. Ran an 11.48 unofficial

Zzzzzzzz

Lol ok I’ll stop

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Lol ok I’ll stop

No just ignore the haters, it's good to have a resident sprint expert to inform us all.

Subway Surfers wrote:

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Lol ok I’ll stop

No just ignore the haters, it's good to have a resident sprint expert to inform us all.

lololol "sprint expert"

Subway Surfers wrote:

It sucks to have a resident sprint blow hard know it all to annoy us.

Curious to hear what the sprint-knowledgeable folks have to say about this. A few in the comments were questioning whether it was 20m or not. If men’s hurdle marks were used, that’s 18.3 meters. If women’s hurdle marks were used, that’s 17 meters. Nick said himself that he didn’t measure anything out, so there is a reason to be skeptical along with the blazing 20m fly times.

A flying 17 in 2.86 converts to 3.28 flying 30, which is worth about a 12 flat, exactly what I proved he ran in his last video. Good call.

12 flat ain't bad.

that is, 1.86 converts to about 3.30.

If that were really 20 meters he'd be running about 10.30.

Well finally...less gum more run...he posted some flying 20s (1.87 or so), and promises block starts next week.

I'm happy.

He says they are exactly 20m apart...

Not to be rude, but why do people care how fast a retired 800 runner can sprint 100 meters? There is nothing to compare his times with. He was more of a strength runner so other world class 800 guys would probably be faster.

He's running on a treadmill and doing all sorts of things that are condusive to getting PRs in the 100.

I initially thought he could do around 10.45 i'm now going to have to back off and go with 10.84 due to his recent videos of him running distance on a treadmill. Jogging. Etc.

Doing things that are counter productive.

If he really wants to get down into the 10.45 range he's going to have to be powerlifting. Getting stronger. Low reps. High weight. Twice per week.

Doing 10s. 20s. 40 yard dashes with lots of rest in between to focus on quality not quantity.

Jumping. Verticals. Broad jumps.

The most important thing though is the lifting part. He needs to build more muscle. All of the 800s have destroyed his body for the most part.

The only way to build that back up is to get into the gym and do low reps and high weight. Twice per week. The natural human body needs 96 hours of rest in between workouts.

Meant aren't .. Not are.

matt_london_413 wrote:

He's running on a treadmill and doing all sorts of things that are condusive to getting PRs in the 100.

Please you and him become training partners and keep us entertained. The two of you were meant to be together.

But don't try the fake video thing again. We're not stupid. Be creative.

Bad Wigins wrote:

matt_london_413 wrote:

He's running on a treadmill and doing all sorts of things that are condusive to getting PRs in the 100.

Please you and him become training partners and keep us entertained. The two of you were meant to be together.

But don't try the fake video thing again. We're not stupid. Be creative.

I think the short distance runs are fine. He's got to lose some weight and that's debatably the best way to do it. He's getting in shape to get in shape. Kind of like a base phase. Who knows if he's also doing weights? He doesn't say that he isn't.

The skinny guy gain lots of weight. He is only 2 years away from obesity.

Nick already called out Sprint Geezer on one of his videos. Don't know if anyone mentioned that in this thread yet, but he has come to this site and read this thread already.

So here is what I have to say for Nick seeing that he's finally training somewhat right and not doing those pointless 800s.

The 100 is a step in the right direction towards the best training on the planet, and that's linebacker training.

How is the training going for the 100? Getting faster in the 40? Here's some tips. Make sure you keep your arms relaxed as much as possible. Limit the back swing as much as possible. The 90 degree arm angle is a flawed concept from the 1930s that is still taught today.

You want to keep your hands as close as possible to your face at all times. Don't allow the hands to drop below your chest at any point.

Even during the so called back swing. This will increase turnover..Limit lactic acid buildup because you're not straining yourself.

Make you more relaxed. And allow your legs to move more efficiently and smoothly down the track.

Try this technique and let me know how it goes. It works. Pivot the arms from the shoulders, not the elbows. Limit the back swing.

Don't actually do a back swing. Focus on smootly pivoting from the shoulders and the main thing is not allowing the hands to drop below the chest at all times. Let me know how this goes.

So overall your elbow angle should be like 20 degrees. Keep your hands as close as possible to the shoulders as you can. Do not swing the arm open from the elbow at all.

I included a video on how to do this right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgceYHKT7_k

Matt London- that was very informative.

Might you suggest that your hands not drop below your lovely nipples?

I assume the cardboard boxes also have a training purpose. I look forward to learning more.

Nippy Hustle wrote:

Matt London- that was very informative.

Might you suggest that your hands not drop below your lovely nipples?

I assume the cardboard boxes also have a training purpose. I look forward to learning more.

Those were boxes of rungum. He said he upped his training several years ago.