Monday, December 11, 2006

Periodised training for Jumpers

Just downloaded a PDF here from the IAAF site. It has info on training for jumpers including pole vault. Just looked at it briefly - it looks useful.

Monday, December 04, 2006

New Box for Pole Runs built!

Thats right folks, just like the old days, we now have some pine board and a bunch of wood held together with nails and glue that we can use to practice our plants and pole runs. Made from the finest materials that I could find in my back shed, the unveiling will be this afternoon at the track, round 5ish.

No warranty given for any injury, death, injustice or sexually transmitted disease that results from the use of the new PoleVault Plantinator Slide board 2006(tm).

I will probably leave it at the track from now on, in the shed.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Getting a training schedule down

OK, I've removed a bunch of posts that are no longer relevant. Scott's proposed timetable is still there for us to hammer into shape.

Scott mentioned that he'd like to get a schedule together which matches sessions which we do consistently with the people who usually do them. Also we need to get everybody joined up to the blog or there's not much point in posting this stuff.

At the moment it pretty much looks like this for many of us:

Monday: track
Tuesday: pool
Wednesday: track
Thursday: gymnastics
Friday: track (light session pre-comp)
Saturday: track (comp), pool (if not doing Sunday)
Sunday: rest/pool

At the moment only Scott and Nic have been doing the gymnastics session. Other sessions like weights tend to be done on an individual basis. As a rough guide, if you're doing 2 (or more) sessions a day only 1 should be a hard session, and try to keep CNS and vegetative biased work on separate/alternating days (CNS bias = weights, speed, plyo, technical sessions; vegetative bias = endurance, tempo work, intervals)

I'm not averse to doing a session earlier in the day on competition days - it would just be an easier session - but for around about the last six comps/weeks the emphasis should be on competing. That would mean tapering off the volume of training and concentrating on sharp, intense, event specific training, and only doing other training sessions to maintain those more general qualities e.g. weights need be done only once every 7–10 days to maintain general strength. I have info somewhere for those who are interested in maintenance levels for various types of training.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Admin status

Anybody who joins should probably be given admin status so they can invite others to join the blog. Go to Settings>>>Permissions from the blogger dashboard. You can make anyone listed an admin - just click on the 'guest' link next to their name. Click the ADD AUTHORS button to send email invitations.

I guess we'll want to add Jason, Luke, Erin, and Terry. Maybe Mick, Ben, Les and anyone else new that anyone can think of.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Proposed Training Timetable

Hi all fello pole grabers, here is a preposed training schedule. Please leave suggestions and comments on what you may attend or not.

Competition Week....

Monday.
Pm: Pole vault @ Ais - Drills/helicopters/kick at bar/clearances/ sprints to finsh
Pm: Pool and spa @Ais

Tuesday.
AM: Weights @ ANU
Pm: Complex Session @ Ais

Wednesday.
Pm: Tempo Running session @ Grass Track TBA

Thursday.
AM Pole Vault @ Ais - Mostly jumping off full run up over a spunggy.
PM Gymnastics @ Holder

Friday.
Pm: Light Warm and Pole Runs and Stretches @ AIS

Saturday.
Pm: Competition

Sunday.
Recovery Stretch @ home and finger bumb hole!

Non Competition Week....

Monday.
Pm: Pole Vault @ais
pm: pool and spa in dick stickers

Tuesday.
AM: Weights @ Anu
PM: Tempo runs @ Grass Track tba

Wednesday.
Pm: Sprints and maybe LJ @ Ais

Thursday.
AM: Pole Vault @AIS - mostly pole runs and sprints
Pm: Gymspastics @ Holder

Friday.
Pm: Pole Vault @ Ais - Mostly clearances off full run. Comp Style

Saturday.
AM: Complex session
Pm: Weights @ anufollowed by posing and parkour in Dojo room.

Sunday.
Recovery Session

I will add detailed programs into these days once they are confirmed.
Oh Yeah and remember that every muscle you stretch you strengthen, and every muscle you strengthen you stretch!

yours truly scotty2hottie

A better to way to organise our glorious training

Greetings. As there is quite a number of comrades training with 'squad' now, we the benevolent dictatorship have decided to use this tool of capitalist running dogs - the weblog - to advise the comrades of training schedule. All comrades can have authority to post. Give one of the party membership your email address and you will be added to list.

Da svi`daniya.