Posted by admin on February 9, 2009 under Misc., News | 
Basement Tempo Advanced
The video addresses many of the complaints from Athletes and Coaches alike about problems resulting from lack of facilities and poor weather conditions. While most sprinters chase the sun, many have to contend with the harsh reality of bad weather and lack of facilities. Charlie’s former squad certainly fell into this category, yet achieved international success and perhaps this is why Charlie does not accept such complaints as a justifiable excuse for poor preparation. In this video series Charlie and wife Angela Coon, former Canadian National Team 100m Hurdler, present several general conditioning workouts for athletes of different levels that can be done almost anywhere. This is the advanced segment, which runs 1hr 41minutes and includes in depth commentary from both Charlie Francis, and Angela Coon.
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Posted by admin on January 19, 2009 under News |
Today the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the registration process for the first ever International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, which will take place at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne from 7 to 8 May 2009.
As a socially responsible organisation, the IOC is engaged in sports development at grass-roots level, aiming to increase access to physical activity worldwide as well as to improve social and human wellbeing at large. Moreover, many other international participants within and outside the sports family are working in this area, thereby recognising the value of sport as a tool for development and peace-building across the globe.
Topics for Discussion
Under the patronage the International Olympic Truce Foundation (IOTF) and the IOC’s International Relations Commission, the Forum discussions will centre on themes such as the value of sport in supporting the community’s search for peace and in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals; how to maximise the impact of sport through partnerships with UN bodies; how to enhance youth empowerment through sport for development and peace programmes; and how to better measure the impact of physical activity on the development of deprived populations. Furthermore, the question of how to pool resources and support to invest in sport for development cost-effectively is a question of the moment, which will be discussed among the Forum participants.
Target Groups
The Forum will feature experts from the field who will share their know-how. The insights gleaned at the event will be taken to the
Olympic Congress in October in Copenhagen.
The Forum is also aimed at representatives of the Olympic family, governmental and non-governmental organisations, UN bodies, academic and research organisations and the media. Save your place now by registering through the forms below!
Insights into field workAs part of its latest initiatives, the IOC joined forces with the Somali Olympic Committee to provide sporting equipment for athletics, basketball, football, volleyball and table tennis to local young people. This project aimed to help revive the sports programme of a nation which conflict and lack of facilities have severely penalised over the years, depriving its young people of healthy pastimes. In addition, inter-regional sports activities are planned to facilitate the dialogue between the various communities involved.
Similarly, the IOC recently partnered with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a project to clear outdoor sports areas of landmines in Azerbaijan. The newly created “safe play areas”, which have been rigged with basic sports equipment, have enabled local children to move freely and play like any other children in the world, which also promotes a healthier lifestyle in this war-affected area.
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Posted by admin on November 6, 2008 under Product Reviews |
Structure of Training for Speed Review by XLR8 (Site Moderator)
I got a chance to do a detailed assessment of the first part of the latest e-book series called “Structure of Training for Speed.” First off, there is a lot of information packed into 70 pages. I have read it through one time and feel like I need to go back and read it again and spend some time thinking about it to make sure that I understand all of the implications of the ideas and concepts presented. There are two major sections. The first part is a clear description of the overall structure of a modern speed training system. The second part includes a “best of” the forum discussion on the structure of sprint training. This appears to be an edited and enhanced version of information exchange from the forums.
The book starts with a description of the training “problem.” That is, how and when we should train and why we should do it one way as opposed to another. There is a detailed examination of “classical periodization” covering the volume-intensity equation, strength training, and classical vertical integration. This is followed by a description of the shortcomings of this method of periodization, including problems with intensification, retention of training components, and injury risks.
Having a good understanding of the problems with classical periodization leads directly into designing a system that addresses these shortcomings and what follows is perhaps the most concise description of the Charlie Francis training protocols yet created. The book goes into the characteristics of different speed intensities (fast or slow = good, medium = bad) and what Charlie describes as the key to the program which is vertical integration of six different categories of training, all of which are “being performed simultaneously, at all times, and only the volumes vary, from week to week, from meoscycle to mesocycle.” The volume-intensity benefits and injury risk reductions for the CF model are described.
The next section goes into how one can formulate a weekly workout schedule. A couple of sample microcycles are shown and there is a discussion on how to choose the right schedule for the individual, including how to deal with the fact that ideal planning often runs into trouble when it hits the real world.
Following this, there is an introduction to short-to-long, long-to-short, and triple periodization. Again, flexibility of the training program and the idea of fitting the program to the athlete is emphasized. Short-to-long is not ideal for all athletes and neither is long-to-short. The idea is to provide the athlete with the program that will meet their needs the best. Triple periodization is explained in detail and there is a section on how a short-to-long program fits with triple periodization. Strength work in the context of GPP, SPP and short-to-long/long-to-short is also addressed. (more)
