OHSTRENGTH

Yesterday, the Sprint-Based Football world was 🤯 when a coach proudly posted his 16x 400 workout. This forum gives us a chance to discuss, argue, and educate. My take ⤵️ 1) Mindless conditioning reinforces bad habits and detrains speed and power. 2) Miserable training does not attract cats to your program. 3) You can’t reverse the burning of a steak… you have ruined training for the next several days. 4) 16x 400 is 10x harder for the bigs… so much so that you may literally KILL a kid. My terrific distance runners have never run a workout like this. We value their health. 5) Let’s say you’ve been training your kids for this crazy workout for the past 8 weeks… that’s 8 weeks of detraining speed. 6) If doing random hard things wins 🏈 games, what would be wrong with triathlons, marathons, mountain climbing, and Navy SEAL training? 7) Men bond when they go through shared suffering… but maybe your “doing hard things” should reflect the athletic qualities that win 🏈 games. trackfootballconsortium.com/…

Toughness is inversely proportional to fatigue.

Found a newspaper clip from 21 years ago when my family relocated from Harrisburg to Franklin, TN. The “Feed the Cats” mission statement was solidly in place.

Can’t break 50 in the 400m unless you can break 23 in the 200m. Can’t break 23 in the 200m unless you can break 11.50 in the 100m. Can’t break 11.50 in 100m unless you can hit 21.3 to 22.0 mph in a short fly. The 400 doesn’t care about your mileage.