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How do people squat so much? I just can't understand it.

I have NEVER squatted high bar more than 140 kg in my life.

Same. My best ever squat is 137.5kg....
I think we just suck at squatting!

I always assumed Chris had a reach of around 7'10 I didn't know it was only 7'6. Nice vert!

Running repeat 200s definitely brings out the lactic acid!

Sorry if this has been answered before but what kind of spikes do you have?

That's impressive regardless of age. But for a 14 year old that's just 

Usain Bolt-
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/usain-bolt-184599#progression
100m
Peaked in 2 years in 2009
10.03 to 9.58= 0.45 second improvement
200m
Peaked in 8 years in 2009
21.73 to 19.19= 2.54 second improvement

Yohan Blake
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/yohan-blake-208640#progression
100m
Peaked in 2012 after 7 years training
10.56 to 9.69= 0.87 second improvement
200m
Peaked in 2011 after 5 years training 2
20.92 to 1926= 1.66 second improvement

Michael Johnson
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/michael-johnson-1308#progression
200m
Peaked in 1996 after 9 years training
20.41 to 19.32= 1.09 seconds improvement

adarq.org was created on the premise of "Can truly excellent coaching, training and science application take a low-level or mediocre athlete and turn him into a high performing athlete?"
Whilst initially focussed upon vertical the question/framework also applies to other areas of athleticism, such as speed and strength.

In this thread it will be a bit different because I will be logging the progression of sprinters who are elite/world class. My information will be derived from athlete journals and websites and supported with links wherever possible.

*Years training= at an elite level

Sally Pearson-
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/sally-pearson-194553#progression

100m
Peaked in 2007 after 4 years training.
11.57 down to 11.14= 0.43 seconds improvement.
200m
Peaked in 2012 after 9 years training.
23.78 to 23.02= 0.76 seconds improvement.


Carmelita Jeter
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/carmelita-jeter-189546#progression

100m
Peaked in 2009 after 6 years training
11.56 to 10.64= 0.92 seconds improvement

200m
Peaked in 2012 after 5 years training.
22.82 to 22.11= 0.71 seconds improvement
 
Asafa Powell
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/asafa-powell-189571#progression

100m
Peaked in 2008 after 6 years training.
10.12 to 9.72= 0.40 seconds improvement

200m
Peaked in 2006 after 4 years training
20.48 to 19.90= 0.58 seconds improvement.


I guess why I chose these 3 athletes to start the database off is because I'm currently reading Sally Pearson's biography. In it she mentioned that she first went sub 12 seconds in the 200m when she was 14 years old.
In comparison you have somebody like Carmelita Jeter who at 23 was only running 11.79 as her PB.
http://speedendurance.com/2009/10/19/asafa-powell-and-carmelita-jeter-peak-training-age/
Similiarly you've got Asafa Powell who was 17 years old running 11.45 but suddenly dropped to 10.12 by the time he was 19.

Sally Pearson is a world class and gold medallist Olympic hurdler so she wouldn't train exclusively for the 100 and 200 like Jeter but it still gives a comparison of the differences.

Therefore, clearly the limitation of an elite database is you can't get the level of progression and development from when these elite/world class athletes were younger but it still gives you an insight into just how hard it is to actually improve when somebody is already at an elite level.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNdvwbbws6o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNdvwbbws6o</a>

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on July 11, 2014, 01:02:22 am

Quote from: adarqui on July 10, 2014, 08:40:31 pm

calf is really hurting from yesterday's run.. sucks.. was a super-shit run too, got stung by something, eyes burning, calf felt wrecked, etc. :F

going to just walk for a week or so.

Do you think your calf hurts from being heavier now or just from it being a while since you last ran?

Yo Mutumbo.. sorry for the late reply. Well, the extra weight doesn't help. However, this is from an injury that happened in ~2003. Streetball, fast break, about to go up for a layup, defender somehow managed to knee down into my calf. Tore it pretty bad, was on crutches for a while, out for ~3 months before I could do anything.

so, if i'm not in proper shape, it flares up. It's amazing that it never really flared up when I was into dunking for all of that time. I'd feel the scar-tissue area but it wouldn't ever prevent me from doing anything. I probably have a huge bit of scar tissue in there.

It's all good tho it'll eventually disappear, sux tho it really flared up bad

No worries man.
It's interesting how the body builds up resiliance when it's training regularly. I took a 6 month lay off from training but over the past couple of years I accumulated a lot of niggling injuries (lower back, hamstrings, calves). You'd think that after having 6 months rest my body would've fully recovered but instead as soon as I went back to moderate training they flared up again.
But like you said it'll eventually disappear and hopefully my hamstring can recover like your calf once I'm in shape again.

Blake finished 6th or so on a terrible sprint in the Diamond League a week or so ago at 200m.

I just watched that race on youtube.
20.48 SB although I think that was his only run for this season. Apparently he hurt his hamstring a couple of days ago as well so Blake is just out of shape atm.