Meet Prep (May ‘05)
(originally posted 5/20/05)
Tomorrow is a fairly big meet in Austin, and although I am looking forward to it, I am also looking forward to it being behind me so I can begin my new training program. This week, as I took a training break in anticipation of the meet, I decided that I needed a major overhaul of my training approach. I would like to post some good throws tomorrow. I am hopeful for PRs in shot and javelin but I haven't been seeing the progress in discus lately that I would have hoped to have seen. We'll see how it goes (maybe the week off will help my discus), and then I’ll return home and start to work. It will be difficult to top the last meet, where I threw PRs in shot and javelin, and missed my discus PR by 1", but I've set a goal for myself to PR in all 3 events (DT-130', SP-35', JT-100'). Heck – PRs are my goal in every meet.
My first year's training consisted of throwing as hard as I could, and working out with weight machines in order to build some basic level of muscle tone. Last year I began to work some drills into my throwing practice, but I continued to use the weight machines for conditioning. I blamed any lack of throwing progress on not working hard enough, and as a consequence I did not schedule enough recovery days in my routine. By the end of the year my distances started to fall off, and I just burned out. I took off almost 2 months in the off-season before I felt ready to start training again. This year I am being careful to schedule adequate recovery time between workouts, I'm concentrating more on throwing drills to improve my technique, and beginning next week I am making the switch to using free weights and a weight lifting regimen designed for throwers. THAT is how I think I will improve my discus PR by 10' by the end of the year. There are still almost 6 months left between now and the last meet of the year, and I hope to be seeing some benefits from the new program well before then. Next year, after a year of quality training, I should really see some improvement...and hopefully be throwing 150' in the discus, and >40' in the shot.
Tomorrow is a fairly big meet in Austin, and although I am looking forward to it, I am also looking forward to it being behind me so I can begin my new training program. This week, as I took a training break in anticipation of the meet, I decided that I needed a major overhaul of my training approach. I would like to post some good throws tomorrow. I am hopeful for PRs in shot and javelin but I haven't been seeing the progress in discus lately that I would have hoped to have seen. We'll see how it goes (maybe the week off will help my discus), and then I’ll return home and start to work. It will be difficult to top the last meet, where I threw PRs in shot and javelin, and missed my discus PR by 1", but I've set a goal for myself to PR in all 3 events (DT-130', SP-35', JT-100'). Heck – PRs are my goal in every meet.
My first year's training consisted of throwing as hard as I could, and working out with weight machines in order to build some basic level of muscle tone. Last year I began to work some drills into my throwing practice, but I continued to use the weight machines for conditioning. I blamed any lack of throwing progress on not working hard enough, and as a consequence I did not schedule enough recovery days in my routine. By the end of the year my distances started to fall off, and I just burned out. I took off almost 2 months in the off-season before I felt ready to start training again. This year I am being careful to schedule adequate recovery time between workouts, I'm concentrating more on throwing drills to improve my technique, and beginning next week I am making the switch to using free weights and a weight lifting regimen designed for throwers. THAT is how I think I will improve my discus PR by 10' by the end of the year. There are still almost 6 months left between now and the last meet of the year, and I hope to be seeing some benefits from the new program well before then. Next year, after a year of quality training, I should really see some improvement...and hopefully be throwing 150' in the discus, and >40' in the shot.
posted by Jake at 8:05 PM
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