Posts by stevemagness
How to Increase Flexibility Instantly!
The above video is of me showing a trick on how to increase hamstring flexibility instantly. Why you would need to do this, I’m not sure. The only time I’ve ever seen a purpose for it is when my sister had to do the V-sit and reach for the President’s Physical Fitness test. Other than…
Read MoreRevisiting Running once vs. twice per day
This is a sort of mini blog post. Dathan Ritzenhein (sub 13 5k runner for U.S.) posted an interesting blog about how his training has changed from his High School days until the present. It’s a good read and can be found below: http://dathanritzenhein.competitor.com/2010/01/16/different-training/ There are several things that stood out, but one comment he…
Read MoreVideo: Hill Sprints and Running Form Analysis
Hill Sprints/Form Analysis from Steve Magness on Vimeo. This video is a combination of form work and sprint work. As those who have read this blog know, I’m a big believer in sprint training for distance runners. The video shows Will doing hill sprints and then a frame by frame analysis of his running form…
Read MoreNew Wonder Drugs in Endurance Sports coming soon…
New Drugs in Endurance Sports Coming… This is not something I really look forward to writing, but I figured I might as well get the word out there to the general public. The recent admission of Mark Mcgwire made it relevant again. I’m doing a research paper on the mechanisms of EPO/RBC production in response…
Read MoreBase training is NOT just easy running. Looking at Sprinter’s periodization
Long to Short/Short to Long: What we can learn from Sprinters regarding base building: For the endurance people reading this, you might not be familiar with what the title means. In sprint training, there is a constant debate over whether a long to short or a short to long program is best. A long to…
Read MoreRethinking Core Training: Is it a fad?
Rethinking Core Training: Is it a fad? Core training is all the buzz in almost every field of fitness. Search the internet and there have been massive amounts of literature written on the subject. As is a theme in my training, any time a ‘new’ thing becomes a fad, it is at first overemphasized until…
Read MorePractical Implications of Fallacy of VO2max paper:
Thank you for the great/enormous response to my last posting. I wrote that paper for a class and glad that some have found it entertaining and useful. I welcome any critiques, especially training related, as it forces me to evaluate my views on training runners and my understanding of the science of it all. Below…
Read MoreThe Fallacy of Vo2max and %VO2max
In a comprehensive review on training, Midgley and McNaughton’s first sentence state’s “The maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) has been suggested to be the single most important physiological capacity in determining endurance running performance” (2006). Based on this notion, training for distance runners has become fixated on the concept of VO2max. Training to enhance VO2max…
Read MoreCan we get some common sense somewhere?
A brief intermission between my HS training review for a rant. Rant time: You want the secret to success in the training world? Use big words, preferably big combination of words. And if you really want to be a master of training, use a big combination of scientific sounding words. It AMAZES me of some…
Read MoreHS national Championships-Ryan gets 12th.
The HS season has concluded and as promised I’m posting the workouts done by the HS kids. Below you’ll find a link to the workouts done from July to December. Easy runs/long runs and mileage aren’t included, just the main workouts. Enjoy. Feel free to ask questions, leave a critique, whatever. Over the next couple…
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