Best Laid Plans huh?

So my idea of posting everyday went pretty good until I took a month off. I really had to stop reading my blogs and journals because I spent this past month writing out our track teams workouts for the sprinters jumpers hurdlers and distance runners (probably would have been easier to say everyone except throws) Anyways when I am trying to plan things out I can't be taking information because then I try to use it and then that effects something which effects something else and I basically keep starting over and it gets way too confusing. Now that I am all set I can start posting again, I won't be naive to promise a once a day post but it will be a couple times a week for sure.

Anyways just to post a little information about what I have been doing the last month. The biggest thing I try to do is alternate Neuromuscular Days adn General Strength Days.
Neuromuscular activities are ones that occur at 90/95-100% intensity. If you run a 30 second 200 anything faster than 33 would be considered neuromuscular. These activities are designed to train the nervous system. In men they also cause a release of testosterone. The neuromuscular activities we use are Acceleration work, max speed and speed endurance, multi throws, multi jumps (intense), olympic lifts, power lifts technique work (intense).

General Strength Activities are those which occur at less then 90%, so if you are running 15 200s at 35 seconds and your fastest is 30 then that would be general strength. You may end up tired and at the end you can only run a 38 all out. That is still considered general, your body has fatigued but your nervous system isn't having to send signals to your body faster, so it isn't being trained. This is an important distinction. All out effort is not necessarily neuromuscular, it needs to be at least 90% of your fully recovered top speed.

General Strength activities cause the release of Growth Hormone(in men and women), which helps repair and rebuild damaged tissue. Sometimes we will put 2 of these days back to back if we really taxed the nervous system. We will rarely put 2 neuromuscular days back to back. General Strength Activities we have: Med Ball Exercise, Calisthenics, Body Building lifts, Extensive Running (70-80%) Intensive Running (80-90%), Stability work, core work, multi jumps (remedial)Technique Work (low intensity).

If all of our meets were on Saturday it would be alot easier to plan but Thursday meets and Saturday invites make things tough.