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This is a very difficult question to answer with any degree of reliability for the "average athlete." For the beginner, they very often chop their strides short in the first 10 metres because it...

Hey there,

I will start a new thread shortly where we can go through the indoor season. Should be some fun stuff to look at.

(Sorry for the threadjack Kyle!)

Kyle, I just got the Ithlete Team email! Exciting stuff. I think I will get in touch with them soon.

You make a good point about Mike's heart rate. I'm glad you pointed out that part in the FAQ...

So I got a chance to look through Mike's HRV data. We currently have 110 days of data, with 51 out of 110 days having an HRV score of 80.0 or higher.

Out of the 51 days with scores higher than...

I have generally found the same- the lower the resting heart rate, the better the nervous system status. We currently have a lot of data on a Michigan based athlete doing a Short to Long program. I...

I don't know if it's a good idea to change to a seated position when doing the Ithlete HRV test. The test is designed specifically to be done standing while breathing, I believe in order to better...

I would suspect so. If you read through the thread carefully there may be an answer. I'm sure gciriani can answer your question. He usually seems to monitor EMS threads.

I think the wider the pulse width the better for the lower body, from what I recall from the thread that Ku2u#2 heavily contributed to about a year back. I think 450μs is the recommended pulse width...

It's very interesting- I have recently picked up an athlete that formerly played pro hockey at the AHL level. He has no concept of the correct use of arms in sprinting, and being a hockey player,...

If you get the download, you'll see. It helps a LOT in terms of understanding it.

Just keep in mind that though the footage is great in this slo-mo of Bolt, this was one of Bolt's worst races of the season- he barely comes back to beat Nesta Carter in the final few strides. You...

I FINALLY listened to Charlie's advice last year at my final indoor 200m race, and took .50 off my indoor 200 PB. Get the Corner Running download and watch it 20 times. Everything felt sooo easy when...

Of the A and B skips shown, I'd like to see the knee not coming up so high- there to be no collapsing or bending at the support knee or at the waist. Charlie's Power Speed download is very useful....

How interesting is that? Charlie always stated altitude and wind aids could create a neural pattern that would allow you to run that time (often exactly, as in your case) legally in the future....

Just remember Barry Ross trains a lot of high school kids with short seasons and low training ages. Just be careful with that program. There are a grand total of zero elite athletes doing a Barry...

Just to resurrect this thread, I have been working with an athlete in Michigan, and we have collected around 60 to 70 days of HRV data using the simple Ithlete interface. The data corresponds with a...

It is really unfortunate that you didn't get to test the effectiveness of the taper in a race setting. However, the season was a massive success thanks to The CF Long to Short 400m template, some...

It is important to realize that, amazingly enough, many football players never are taught proper acceleration cues. Thus you can make an impact on the first 10 yards pretty quick by fixing the...

Hi David,

You are definitely going to run into some questioners, as you know Charlie's program always had a great deal of alactic speed work. It's very interesting that your PB's also reflect the...

Just a quick sidenote, but I believe in the Recovery and Regeneration chapter of CFTS (the section written by Waldemar) he mentions that sodium chloride causes tightness and should be avoided, and...

Hi David,

I'm really happy to see you'll be updating your journal here. It will be very interesting to see what kind of training you are doing and to follow your progress heading toward outdoors....

Rainy,

That is incredibly annoying to have some jerk walk up to your athlete prior to an event and talk to her.

Ever since the incident with the coach talking to him between his heat and...

So the day of the finals was exciting. He qualified 6th, so (I believe) he had lane 2.

According to him, his muscles "felt amazing." He felt powerful and light, so the careful taper had clearly...

Wow, I took way too long between entries here. Waldemar did a great job as usual, and gave us loads of great information. Angela was extremely kind to help us out.

Anyone who has read my past...

Rick,

So far so good with the taper.

However, your workout data from previous weeks has all been removed. What happened?