If anyone knows what stretches are optimal before a race please share and warm-up to be a full speed.
They are timing 40’s today and I want to try and hit a PR today and beat 4.4 by 1-2 tenths of a second.
I want to make sure I am at full speed. I remember something somewhere that said in order to get to full speed you must sprint fully a short distance before a race to get your muscles up to speed.
Anyway, any stretches or warm-up techniques you want to share would be helpful.
-minimal static stretching. it reduces strength by 10%.
-wear lots of warmups to keep ur muscles warm and do lots of active stretching i.e. high knees, kariokes, butt kickers, skips, trunk twists, (you get the idea).
-do a few sprints to warmup - one at 50/60/70/80% and work on driving with the knees and off the calves.
Thanks for the advice man. I hit 4.42 today and is a personal record for me. My fastest prior was a 4.46. The Warmup advice and the heads up about not doing static stretching was GREAT! Thanks for helping me beat my PR. I really wanted to break 4.4 and hit 4.3 or 4.2 but it was cold outside. I had warm-ups on but my legs were not warm enough. I have a new PR today THANKS!
-Get Lifted
P.S.
Vert: 33"
Bodyfat: 10-11%
Shuttle: 4.2 (<—sucked… need to work on that)
Thanks for the advice man. I hit 4.42 today and is a personal record for me. My fastest prior was a 4.46. The Warmup advice and the heads up about not doing static stretching was GREAT! Thanks for helping me beat my PR. I really wanted to break 4.4 and hit 4.3 or 4.2 but it was cold outside. I had warm-ups on but my legs were not warm enough. I have a new PR today THANKS!
-Get Lifted
P.S.
Vert: 33"
Bodyfat: 10-11%
Shuttle: 4.2 (<—sucked… need to work on that)[/quote]
Damn what position do you play? How much do you weight? those are handtimed right or FAT?
[quote]Garrett W. wrote:
If you run an actual 4.42 you’re faster than most NFL running backs. About on par for safeties.
If you run a 4.2 you could outrun almost anyone in the NFL. I’d look into a more credible timing.[/quote]
The timing was done by hands. Two coaches, with Two different stop watches.
Coned, narrow, run lane.
I know I could have broke 4.42 if I worked on my starts a bit more. My first step went out to the side, instead of straight ahead, which made me livid. I wanted to brake 4.4.
I am a receiver but in the past have played half back. I expect to be on par with those values. Except, when I get more strength I plan on braking into low 4.3’s.
That Accu-track laser will probably read slower or more accurate rather and that is why I want to get to low 4.3’s or 4.2’s.
I am looking into getting Parasi speed dvd’s or eventually visiting Parasi speed
camp. I actually just found out about them the other day.
I also need to work on more agility or “quicks”. Some size needs to come on as well. (I’m 200 pounds want 20 more)