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Meeting of the Minds, Vancouver

Greetings!

I’ll be speaking in Vancouver on May 18/19.  As well, we have Dr. Don Chu back as a presenter and moderator for our coaching panel. (He spoke in 2009, and you can view his 2 hour lecture here).  Topics include:

• Athlete Preparation and Training: What Have We Learned?
• Strength Training from a Rehab Perspective
• Soft-Tissue Therapy Integration with High Performance Athletes – What is the Best Approach?
• Prolotherapy and Related Injectable Therapies for Sports Injuries
• Electronic Muscle Stimulation – Augmenting Conventional Strength Training
• Essential Olympic Lifting for the Strength Coach – What is Useful, What is Not?
• Plyometrics – Modern Trends and Traditional Methods
• College vs the Pros – Fundamental Differences in a Training Approach
• Technology, The Internet and the High Performance Coach

Click here for more information, or download the PDF document here.   If you do attend, be sure to say hello and introduce yourself!

SpeedEndurance TV

Based on my ongoing survey, more videos is the number one request for coaching.

So as an extension to this Blog, I am making daily coaching or training videos.  The format will be either answering an email, presenting a topic, or interviewing another Coach.

Be sure to visit and subscribe to:

http://www.youtube.com/user/speedendurance

Some recent examples are:

• Top 5 Weight Training Exercises for Sprinters
• Best Tip to Calm Pre-Race Jitters
• When do I use Risers (or Crowns) in Track Spikes
• How Can I Improve my Drive Phase for 100 meters
  
  

Freelap Friday Five

This month's series include:

• ex-CEO of USATF Doug Logan
• Masters superstar Bill Collins
• Coach & Innovator Adarian Barr

Best of April 2013

As always, here are the best articles for April 2013.

Enjoy,

Jimson Lee

SpeedEndurance.com

Electric Muscle Stimulation: Separating Fact from Fiction

The term Electric Muscle Stimulation or EMS needs some clarification, so I will attempt to dissect the facts, fiction and certain laws to prevent misleading advertising! This article is primarily vendor non-specific, but I will point out the differences in the various SpeedCoach EMS models based on phone calls and emails I receive on a [...]
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Before you read the rest of this article, or the full article on Stuart McMillan’s blog, take a full 15 minutes and watch the build up to the 1996 Olympic 10 meter finals in Atlanta.  (SPOILER ALERT: Donovan Bailey wins in a WR of 9.86) Let’s see if you can stay focused after all the [...]

I was inspired to write this article after seeing the erroneous errors from Spikesmag’s infographic titled “The Fastest 100m of all…”. They added up the best 10 meter splits (post-Beijing 2008) and came up with a hypothetical 100 meter time of 9.44 seconds. The errors and misinterpretations are obvious, but nevertheless entertaining. (To me, sports [...]