Heavy or light sled work?
KEY FINDINGS (Xu et al., 2025)
•Very heavy loads (≥80% BM or ≥50% vdec) >>> light loads for sprint performance
•Threshold: >20.7% BM needed to beat unresisted sprints
•Light loads? Same as regular sprints for performance
#speed#sprint#fast
what a method actually does, and where it fits in the training process.
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exposures can all work, but the value depends on the athlete, the sport, the schedule, and how much fatigue the session creates.
That’s really the entire point of Force & Expression.
It’s not just a book of exercises. It’s a framework for understanding what an athlete needs,
improve sprint performance, but timing matters.
The best effects were seen when the primer was performed within 8 hours of the sprint task. When the interval was longer than 20 hours, the effect was no longer significant.
Heavy lifts, jumps, resisted sprints, or short sprint
Priming is a short, high intensity exposure used before competition or testing to raise neuromuscular readiness without creating meaningful fatigue.
This systematic review/analysis looked at 15 studies and 262 highly trained athletes. The main takeaway was that priming can
High school soccer ⚽️ full body strength training day:
▪️Back squat
▪️Skater jumps
▪️Feet elevated inverted rows
▪️Pushups
▪️Rear foot elevated split squats
▪️Eccentric glute/ham roll
▪️Ab wheel
Collegiate basketball 🏀 full body strength training session:
▪️Cossack squat and press
▪️Kneeling OH rotation
▪️Trap bar deadlift
▪️Depth drop
▪️DB step ups
▪️2 to 1 glute/ham roll
▪️Chin ups
▪️Incline alternate DB press
Post Season Regen Work - 4 x Week
Daily Format:
Myofascial Stretching
ELDOA
Dynamic Joint Integration - Hip/Shoulder
Long Duration Isometrics
A switch this year has been programming LDIs as clusters. Think 3 reps of 60on 15off vs 1 rep of 3 minutes. Much cleaner rep integrity.
Sprints, sleds, jumps, bounds, throws.
Push, pull, squat, hinge.
It’s almost as if fundamental reality of elite sports performance training. is betrayed by the performative nature of what is promoted as elite performance training.
The majority of coaches use plyos for one reason…speed development.
Hurdle jumps. Drop jumps. Bounding. Prescribed from the first week of the annual plan, not just pre-competition.
That’s the same logic behind Speed Kills, a system built around the exercises and sequencing
Female athletes ages 14–18 are 4–6x more likely to tear an ACL than male athletes.
The earlier they learn to move well and build confidence in the weight room, the more that risk drops.
Training can’t ONLY be on two legs or two arms…
We need to be training on one leg or one arm as well
Here’s 12 of the best unilateral strength variations every hooper should be doing!!
You never outgrow the basics. You just raise the level at which you do them…
Watch Ohtani train and you don’t see anything out of the ordinary. You see foundational work done at a high level.
Dribbles, high knees, resisted sprints, trap bar deadlifts, squats. Simple,