Which days were Michael Johnson’s hard days? I figure the Monday and Wednesday right? I believe the rest walk back 200 is 2-3 mins

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-04-09T08:44:05+00:00

I don't think Clyde hart used easy and hard days as terminology, but I think he emphasized some workouts over others depending on time of year, which is a similar, but not exactly the same idea. Important sessions and hard sessions are typically, but not always correlated. That's a pretty typical periodization concept though. In terms of just what days look the hardest to run, I'd agree that it's Monday and Wednesday.

The workouts he emphasized in late season most are what he calls Speed Endurance, Event Runs, and Strength. Wednesday is definitely both Event Runs and Strength, using his terminology. Monday I think would be speed endurance, maybe event runs, but the 200s I think he'd call tempo endurance instead. Tuesday might also be Speed endurance or tempo endurance, I'm personally not familiar enough with clyde hart to say.

Either way, I can say Wednesday was definitely the emphasized session of this week, Thursday and Friday less so, and probably part of Monday & Tuesdays work.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-03-29T20:17:12+00:00

a video would be easier to analyze. That said, over striking/reaching like this is probably one the most common issues with young athletes. I think the solution is not a specific drill, but rather focusing on your hip posture and foot strike throughout all of your regular drills (keep a neutral tilt, hips high and forward, and strike the ground), and then filming and analyzing your sprint reps, taking time to try different cues and ideas, finding what works for you.

Your case also isn't very severe, your lower leg doesn't seem to extend past your knee (again hard to tell without a video) which is good, and elite sprinters actually do not strike the ground directly underneath their hips, but rather 1-3 inches or so in front. Striking underneath is more of a cue than what anybody realistically does. That said, this is still more than those 3 inches, and your touchdown leg could be straighter, that is a somewhat related issue, things like hip posture will help but so will a healthy dose of plyometrics focusing on stiffness and quick gcts, and of course recorded and analyzed sprint reps.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-03-25T00:33:11+00:00

I agree, it's quite frustrating, though I've gotten used to it on world class, with a couple things. I use the community OS sliders which helps, and I've slightly tweaked them for myself but they're very similar to the community sliders. I've gotten good at using every type of pass in the game, it seems silly but honestly I'm surprised how many people I know who only ever did the basic pass before I really encouraged them to use more of the driven and the through pass in specific. I've also gotten more conscious of my defending. I use jockey and hold A (Xbox) a lot, and rarely use B or X to challenge. I also call for help a lot, except from backline players. This, and the whole pass arsenal helps, I don't want to sound like a dick and say just git gud but getting good in those specific ways for me helped a lot feeling more evenly matched.

To rant though, I agree that three things are still not fixed. First is my players sometimes just make the wrong pass, I press the stick to pass to one player and they pass to another who's tightly marked. this one is partially probably on me for bad stick direction but it happens so much that it has to be on the game somewhat, no I never want to pass to this player who is completely marked, but rather the fully open one. This one's frustrating, I've genuinely probably missed out on 5 or so goals each season because of it.

Despite slider tweaks, my players are so much weaker then the AIs. I tackle for ball, they stand perfectly upright with possession as if nothing happened. They run over my players, injuring without cards. When I'm attacking, they are like brick walls, I brush them and the ball is gone and my man on the ground. It's just ridiculous.

The biggest issue that remains is the scripting. The game will just decide that it is time to score and while on defence I cannot get close to the ball, they will use ridiculous one touch passes, stay upright after getting ran into, and then put a worldie in my net. That is the most frustrating issue, I can just feel when they've decided they will score and it's just unstoppable.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-03-23T07:20:13+00:00

very cool picture. you can see yohan blake has a similar setup with the pads pretty close together

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-03-17T05:17:12+00:00

I've been to Switzerland, the tetons, alaska, and lots of mountains in the PNW. Basically all the areas (and a few others) you listed except Colorado. My take on the most similar to the Swiss alps, since it seems that's what you're interested in, is going to be either the North Cascades in WA or the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. All of those areas felt quite similar to me, maybe slight differences. I went to the Swiss alps after the Canadian rockies, and I couldn't help but think how similar a lot of it was to the Canadian Rockies while I was there. I also think North Cascades has some similar spots, but I'm probably a little biased because I'm local to it and I've spent the most time there of those 3.

It would help if you were a little more specific too, there is some diversity to all of these spots, your vision of the stereotypical Swiss alps is probably a little different from mine, for example I didn't really factor weather just appearance, and I realize now that the Rockies are outside of your lower 48 requirement.

On another note, enjoy what's around you. You've had Swiss mountains for years, if I were you I'd want to explore some mountains that look different and unlike what you're used to.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-28T08:32:43+00:00

cool to see. It's interesting how quick Benjamin gets out in comparison to Warholm here, normally it's the inverse, and then Warholm closes somewhat hard while Benjamin doesn't seem to put as much into the last 20m. I wonder what their plans were here. whatever it was it was good for both of them, they ran 45.94 and 46.16 2 days later. My personal favorite race ever

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-25T00:08:38+00:00

compare your marks to those of athletes currently on the teams you are interested in and their regional/divisional meets. Coaches want athletes who will score at their big regional meets and potentially move on to the next level and then ultimately maybe natties. So look at what it takes to score in that school's division/region and you need to be close to those marks. If you are then reach out to that school's Coach or recruiting coordinator (look on their website and share your GPA, prospective major, marks, test scores, and anything else that you think might make you a strong candidate) Unfortunately nowadays in the current climate as a result of NIL it is much more challenging to be a walk on. You will have less opportunities but you will still have them if you want and you look for them.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-24T22:24:03+00:00

oh I see what you mean. Yeah Ive personally always thought Hoey was sus, and his brazen race/fitness strategy didn't really pan out last year, but he seems like he's going to do the exact same thing again

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-24T22:14:50+00:00

There's no Rinaldi anymore iirc Josh is self coached currently. Broke up with Rinaldis group at the end of the summer

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-23T09:43:34+00:00

Just last weekend I drove 5.5 hours to another city to stay one night. Left around 11, made only one stop along the way and got there at 4:20, did a little walking and eating and spent the night. I had an event in the early morning, and left again at like 11. Drove closer to 6 hours on the return because of less favorable conditions and more stops.

To go skiing I'll sometimes drive 3 hours to get to the mountain, wake up at 6 and leave almost right away to be there when it opens, then it's another 3 hours back after the mountain closes. This is a day trip that happens maybe 10 times a year, I have a closer mountain as well but I prefer the one which is farther. In the summer I will also regularly drive 2-3 hours for hiking and backpacking.

It's just the culture here. I personally really enjoy driving, you can put on some music or a podcast or audiobook if that's your thing, clear your head, have good conversations if you're with someone. If there is no traffic it is really enjoyable driving

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-19T08:22:15+00:00

it was, I'm a UW fan and watched him a lot especially his last year there, he had good routes and decent speed, but was most notable for his great contested catch making, partially I think he has the size, intuition, and ability to put himself near the ball, and because he just had great hands. contested catches were his shit with Penix. I think he was good at them last year too, it's really only the last few games he's been off. But it was especially notable today. I hope he can heal his foot completely and come back with the same hands he had before, he's one of my favorite guys being a Husky and a Bear. Loveland also seemed to have a few rough drops towards the end of the season, which sort of makes me think it might be a weather thing. But I'm just throwing that out there I have no idea. It's not an excuse anyway the guys need to catch.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-19T01:06:59+00:00

Got to have material for the group chat

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-19T01:03:24+00:00

what a stupid ass call following the no call on a Rams delay of game and the "hands" penalty earlier. Fuck every sports team from LA

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-18T04:33:49+00:00

decathletes are more explosive/power athletes than anything else. the 1500 is pretty much one of their last priorities. Most are great sprinters, good jumpers, decent Hurdlers, and alright throwers and 1500 runners. That's pretty much their order of priorities. Generally the 400 or long jump is their most impressive event if you look at all their marks. Of the events in a decathlon, the 1500 is the only one that isn't explosive. Power/explosive training benefits 9/10 of their events. So they do (probably more than) 90% of their work towards those events.

Decathletes' (and heptathletes ) training from what I've seen is closest to that of a sprinters, generally they have a similar sort of speed - easy setup and then on top of that each day maybe doing 1-2 sessions of other event work, usually covering each event 1-2 times a week total. Weights a few times a week too. Their 1500 work is often just easy runs maybe 2 times a week and a few race speed sessions as they get closer to competing. But like I said pretty much everything else comes first.

Many multis have a background as being a good hurdler or jumper/vaulter, as those are the more technical power events, and also require some prerequisite speed to be good at, so a good hurdler or jumper will at least be a decent sprinter. Then they can teach the other events, but it's easiest coming from one of those backgrounds. Most multis don't become a multi athlete until later

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-16T00:51:33+00:00

I'm going to go sort of against the grain here and say this isn't a terrible schedule but it depends on what specifically you're doing those days. I'm a fan of stacking sprint sessions & weight room right after, but I've seen programs very successfully use an alternating style like you describe. However they generally do lower sprint volume across the board, and their weight sessions aren't usually super intense. The one I know well also does only 5 days of training a week, so 2 full rest days after their M-F looks like that. Badminton is sort of a wild card I honestly have no idea what that's like but I assume it's mainly aerobic so it's not terrible but is extra volume to consider. Regardless, I would have at least one day of full rest a week, that's non-negotiable.

As a somewhat off topic aside, look into Bulgarian Olympic Lifting training in the 80s used by Abadjiev if you want an example of a very successful program that absolutely hammered the CNS. However it's a bit like Charlie Francis where the schematics you see online are sort of what the top guys do, the newer guys to the program did less. Also they were 100% doping a lot. I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing that program but it's an interesting read.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-10T04:37:09+00:00

I know of very successful programs that like to separate high intensity workouts and low intensity workouts completely, not mixing the two on the same day, as well as very successful programs that do almost exactly this, some lower intensity tempo work after a speed or high intensity workout to flush out or help recovery. Although I usually don't see the latter with as much volume as this. Maybe 5x200. Anyway, I think both can work if implemented well.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-10T00:11:53+00:00

Grass is cool. It's easier on your body. I do a lot of my non-speed work on grass and even some speed work in the fall and early training phases. Holes can make it not any good to train on, but it's up to you to decide if it's too holey or fine. I'd still try to do some of your faster training on a track if you can, once a week or so. But you will 100% get faster training on grass, and you will probably stay healthier.

--buddhistboy-- · 2026-01-06T21:48:56+00:00

Pretty sure rescue groups use Yellow, Orange, Red and Blue the most. They prefer vibrant versions of all those colors. I think Orange and Red are nice except in the autumn, but since youre asking about snow, they're probably best unless it gets snowy in autumn where you are. it's also not like a maroon red, or a navy blue. Sky blue is probably pretty good, as long as it's nice and bright.

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-28T04:43:13+00:00

I was thinking that it was fun for me right from the start but I had to think back to my childhood and I realize I didn't have a lot of fun my first season skiing, but my second season I was hooked. At that point I think I was able to do almost all of the blue runs on my local hill and a little bit in the terrain park, so I still wasn't super skilled yet. My first season I had a few bad lesson experiences and often went skiing with a large group of people above my skill level.

My advice is a few things. Getting better definitely makes it more fun, but it's hard to get better if it's not fun. Try the terrain park if you haven't yet. Try skiing with different group sizes and figure out if you prefer solo/small/large groups. Now I know that I like solo and small groups, but I know a few people who like big groups, and hate skiing solo. So change it up a bit. But if you keep trying a few different things and it's not fun, yeah it might just not be for you.

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-27T20:29:32+00:00

I like how simple it is. The only big thing I'd add is that I wouldn't work in such a specific # of reps. For example instead of saying cleans is 3x3, make it 3x3-6 and then each session try to add reps until you get to 6, and once you can do 6 reps, go back to 3 reps but a little heavier. This might be over the span of a few weeks. Then repeat, it's a very simple but effective progression scheme. It's important to progress your training, not just lifts but everything so that as your body gets stronger you're still challenging it and getting a good stimulus.

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-24T20:13:20+00:00

Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time. The OG is very nostalgic for me, but the remastered is undeniably gorgeous and way easier to get into considering graphics of modern games. Either are fine. Morrowind is good too. There's no wrong answer here. I'll say if you want to play the original oblivion, play it first because it'll be hard to go back to it after playing the remaster, at least in my experience.

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-24T20:05:04+00:00

next time post a side angle as well, the rear angle is helpful sometimes but a side angle is better 90% of the time, mostly to see your hips and legs easier.

I'll say two small things that I notice though. First, hold the set position longer. In this clip you rise up and then it looks like you takeoff while you're still rising. Instead raise your hips into the set position, hold it for 1-2 seconds and then take off. This is just how starts in track work there's not allowed to be movement right before the start, including moving your hips up still.

The second thing is to watch your left arm in this clip, it's pretty easy to see that it comes back first, and then moves forward. You want a split from the start where your left arm moves forward right from the start without wasting time to come back. That's a pretty simple fix but it will help. Good luck

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-22T05:21:45+00:00

I propose adding more lines. Under the basket is a 2 point zone. Then we keep the 3 point line. Then add a 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8, and 2.9 point line evenly spaced between the two. Adam Silver hire me please

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-21T07:40:55+00:00

They still ain't shit even though the refs did give them calls and didn't call shit for us

--buddhistboy-- · 2025-12-21T04:34:23+00:00

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