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Training Articles Links and Downloads

Endurance
How to Master Being a Masters Runner
Strength article from runnersconnect.net 3/04/2015

How Running 80% Easy Could Make You 23% Faster
Article from runnersconnect.net 3/03/2015

Aerobic Power Primer
Article from CompleteTrackandField.com 12/02/2015

Are You Sabotaging Your Long Run by Running the Wrong Pace?
Article from www.runnersconnect.net November 2014

Training-intensity distribution during an ironman season: relationship with competition performance.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 2014 Mar;9(2):332-9.
  • An abstract of a scientific article. It is relevant to those doing long distance endurance training.

Polarized training has greater impact on key endurance variables than threshold, high intensity, or high volume training.

Arthur Lydiard's Athletic Training by Arthur Lydiard. From the Lydiard Running Lecture Tour of the US in 1999.

How to Train for the 5km by Frank Horwill originator of the Multi Pace Scheme used by Sebastion Coe and currently being used by coach Alberto Salazaar with his USA runners.

From polarized to optimized? Moving towards 2025 Steven Seiler presentation on YouTube
General
Can we think about training loads differently.

A document the AIS put out about training loads. It relates highly with the AIS White Paper on Training Loads. 22/03/2016

Bonking vs. Fatigue vs. Cramping: What You Need to Know
runnerconnect.net article Feb 2015

The  BASES Expert Statement on Trainability during Childhood and Adolescence. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Dr Melitta McNarry,Dr Alan Barker, Dr Rhodri S. Lloyd, Dr Martin Buchheit, Prof Craig Williams FBASES and Dr Jon Oliver.
  • Read the Conclusion and Practical Recommendations.

The Effects of Fitness on the Aging Process Bryan G. Vopat, MD, Stephen A. Klinge, MD, Philip K. McClure, MD and Paul D. Fadale, MD. JAAOS 2014
  • Abstract of article saying older adults training for high-impact sprinting and jumping sports and adults engaged in resistance training regimens have maintained better bone density compared with adults engaged in either distance running or race walking.
How to Avoid Injury and Increase Your Speed as a Masters Runner 
runnersconnect.net article.

The New Science of Embracing Performance Anxiety
outsideonline.com article
Jumps
The Horizontal Jumps: Technical Training for the Long Jump
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A SimpliFaster article by Nick Newman
Injury
TOO MUCH ICE? Article from Doctor who originated RICE about the appropriate use of ice.
http://athleticmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/rice-the-end-of-an-ice-age/
Throwing
Glide-shot-put-technique. Article from Simplifaster

Effects of tapering with light vs. heavy loads on track and field throwing performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research Dec 2014

Develop Core Strength for Throwing 
Article from Stack.com.
Sprints
Classifying Sprint Training Methods
A great UK Athletics article by Michael Kymel & Tony Lester.


Kinematics and Kinetics of Maximal Velocity Sprinting and Specificity of Training in Elite Athletes

An Insight into Jamaican Sprinting Success

Charlie Francis Training System

Sprint Fundamentals - The Sprint Cycle & Timing Inside the Cycle (YouTube video good for coach education)

Coaching-sprint-mechanics-what-to-look-for-what-to-say by Mike Young

Mechanical Limitations to Sprinting and Biomechanical Solutions: A Constraints-Led Framework for the Incorporation of Resistance Training to Develop Sprinting Speed Feb 2018 Moir, Brimmer, Snyder, Connaboy and Lamont

Programming Resisted Sled Sprint Training
SimpliFaster article by George Petrakos
Plyometrics
GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING by Dan Pfaff world renown coach.