Power Training

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WEIGHT TRAINING

Designing a weight-training schedule that benefits an athlete’s need for sprinting is not as simple as selecting exercises from an Olympic style or bodybuilding-training regime.

SprinTech incorporates a schedule that flows from basic strength exercises in the beginning of the off season, through more explosive work and then onto specific strength work as the athlete progresses closer to the competition season.

Specific strength work is a key component to the SprinTech training system. It is the fashion in which the exercises mimic the correct muscular and skeletal movement of sprinting whilst still under resistance, that links the areas of basic weight training and actual sprinting together.

SPECIFIC STRENGTH

SprinTech defines specific strength as the linking of basic strength gains in weight training, to the biomechanics of sprinting itself. This can be done by athletes sprinting under resistance. Types of resisted sprinting are: -

Hill work

Sled pulling

Weighted vest work

Repetition distance, accumulated distance for the given session and recoveries are all important considerations to be made by the coach, as is mentioned in the track section of this website. Another consideration is how much resistance i.e. hill gradient or the amount of weight in the sled or jacket. More resistance can be used for acceleration work, as the athlete can lean into the resistance and create sharper angles in the biomechanics. A lighter resistance should be used for top speed resisted work, as too much in this form of work can introduce braking effects in the biomechanics of maximum velocity. SprinTech recommends that an athlete should never be resisted by more than 10% reduction in their running speed during top speed mechanics, but more resistance can be used for acceleration work .