Posts by stevemagness
Is it a symptom or a problem?
Is it a problem or a symptom? A 1,500m runner consistently gets out kicked during cross country season when he is racing 5k. If he’s getting out kicked the problem must be that he doesn’t have enough “speed” to be able to pick it up during the last 100m, so we have to start doing…
Read MoreThe Evolution and History of Training: The Volume versus Intensity Cycle
The Evolution of Training: The training of distance runners has evolved based on a trial and error method that is essentially the ultimate scientific process. For the most part, the successful practices stick around and the unsuccessful practices get left behind. However, this isn’t always the case, because as a runner or coach you know…
Read MoreGoing from Mono to State Champ
As always, I try to be up front and open about what I believe in coaching runners. There are no secret workouts, it has all been done at some time during the past, what changes is how all the ingredients are put together. It forces me to be a better coach and innovate more if…
Read MoreLearning from other sports: Baseball:
Learning from other sports: Baseball: What could baseball possibly teach runner’s or endurance athletes? I mean just look at the baseball players, and the words “in shape” or “fit” don’t exactly spring to mind. The sports themselves have almost nothing in common, except for the fact that each can drag on for hours, depending on…
Read MoreSEARCHING FOR STABILITY: The efficacy of unstable training
With the popularity of the strength training posts, I’ve gotten many questions on both my and Matt’s comments on unstable training. People want to know why we both generally oppose the use of such devices as swiss balls, bosu balls, and dyna discs. Matt has once again been kind enough to let me post his…
Read MoreMore on Strength Training for Runners, including core/stability…
I’d like to highlight a “comment” that my friend and fellow Grad Student Matt Andre was going to post on the Strength Training post. It’s a great supplementation to that post and adds some good references and insight from a different person, so I figured it would be useful for readers if it was a…
Read MoreWhat’s in your ideal running/training Book??
I’m writing a book. After talking with friends and looking at all the info I have laying around, I decided to put together a book that will combine looking at the science of running and a practical approach to training serious runners. When I first started coaching I came up with what I called my…
Read MoreRunning Form- How Arms and Legs are coordinated-VIDEO
If you subscribe to my youtube channel, you might have seen this about a week ago. It’s a video of me sprinting with some frame by frame commentary and analysis. The point of the video is to show how the arms and legs are intricately linked. Too often, we all try and work on running…
Read MoreHigh School kids shine
I just wanted to make a quick post about some ofthe HS guys I coach. If you follow me on twitter or facebook, you probably know already but Ryan won the TX state champs in 9:00 yesterday. It was one of the most impresive races I’ve seen and I highly suggest you take a look…
Read MoreMe and Coach Stew figure out everything…
While the title is in jest, I thought I’d post some random musings based on a conversation I recently had with my High School coach, Coach Stewart. We covered a range of topics from barefootin’ to stretching to the importance of an active lifestyle, so I’ll briefly highlight the points. As any coaching nuts would, our…
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