Some sports require more specific physical skills than others, but few endeavors are as narrow in scope as high jumping. Swedish legend Stefan Holm pretty much spends all his time leaping looming impediments whether it be the most extreme hurdling you’ve ever seen or trying out seven different ways to jump over a bar.
If we here at trainlikeanelite had won a gold medal in pole vault at the Beijing Olympics, we would, at this very moment, be on a beach with a fruity drink in one hand and a giant sandwich in the other. Such is perhaps why we didn’t win a gold medal in the first place.
Australian athlete Steven Hooker, fresh off a golden summer, is already working out hard. This guy is literally lifting weights while suspended upside down from his ankles.
In a college sport that has been dominated by only two schools since its conception, the Central Michigan wrestling team is trying to break the mold as they compete for a top three spot in the NCAA Tournament. In the tradition of training outside the box, CMU’s head coach Tom Borrelli demands that wrestlers wake up at 5:30, when other coeds are just dozing off, for strenuous track workouts. This workout not only improves stamina but prepares wrestlers for the early wake ups that wrestling tournaments demand.
“Hey, y’all. My name’s Dallas Robinson. I’m really nobody. I’m a 6-foot-4, 210-pound white guy that lives in Kentucky. I train myself. A lot like everybody else, when I got out of college, I went and started working. For a year, I was miserable. I wasn’t doing what the Lord created me to do, and that’s run.” So begins this mini-documentary on the training and progress of Dallas Robinson, a little known sprinter who turned heads last year with some truly quick times. Among the training techniques showcased in this video, Dallas does some treadmill overspeed work, the goal of which is to teach the body to run at faster than naturally achievable speed.
Up-and-coming American 5k runner Brent Vaughn goes through his core routine. He credits this very advanced routine with helping him to maintain his form in the late stages of races.
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