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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

5 months

With the recent influx of followers (Thank you all!!!), I thought it would be good time to share a little bit about me, who I am, and what I do: I was a multi sport athlete who decided to go all in on track after sustaining several injuries, the worst of which being an ACL, MCL,…

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

1 year

This is coaching.

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@BrendanThompsn

4 years

People are baffled that such an athlete exists outside of a ball sport. Let me tell you that the sport is made of freak athletes and if you took 2 min to watch each event in a major track & field championship, your mind would be blown.

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4 years

It’s official, found a real life superhero. 🐰😳 (🎥: @OmarGooddness )

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@BrendanThompsn

4 months

This is incredible!!! At 6’3” 335lbs Eddy Pierre-Louis is running 12.97s in the 100m That’s A LOT of momentum!! 😳 I’d bet he’s absolutely terrifying on the football field!! 🔥⚡️💪🏼

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Lateral Speed & Agility Day — Ankle everything Lateral pushes 90° Ankle hops Side to side hops FWD/BWD Lateral reaction starts Kneeling lateral starts Shuffle Shuttles A-Series Switch Series Lateral medball toss

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@BrendanThompsn

6 years

Just so you know, 26mph is 11.62m/s 11.62 m/s is 8.6 100m pace. Almost a second faster than the WR Get on a track and let’s see a... - fly 10 at 0.86 - fly 20 at 1.72 - fly 30 at 2.58!!!?? 😱😱😱 Until then, save your treadmill videos and most importantly, save your hamstrings

Bleacher Report

@BleacherReport

6 years

He's out here running 26 MPH 😳 (via mryorgo/Instagram)

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Never forget… this is what fast looks like — Relaxed Aggression Poetic Violence

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

This is what people mean when they say to train like a track star

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@BrendanThompsn

5 months

The feet and ankles are the base of athleticism If they’re fragile, the whole body suffers. If they’re strong, responsive, and durable… the whole body will thank you. What’re your favorite exercises to build up the feet and ankles? Let me know in the comments 👇

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@BrendanThompsn

7 months

All of the ladder training finally paid off

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

“Coach my knee is good! Put me back in!” The knee:

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Three types of skippers.. 1) too chill 2) too wild 3) just right

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Athletic Prep & Accel Theme - Stick Jumps - Moon Bounds - Pogo Series - Build Ups - Resisted Accels - Resisted Sprint + Release - Timed 10yd Sprints (not in video)

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

A great example I didn’t know we needed as to how an athlete should be spotted on their pro day.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

More proof that you can legitimately and consistently react faster than the allowable limit… Further strengthens my opinion that @DevonAllen13 had a clean start and shouldn’t have been DQ’d

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@BrendanThompsn

4 months

The “I’m too big to be athletic” myth officially debunked by world record shot putter Ryan Crouser ( @RCrouserThrows )

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Relaxed aggression. Poetic violence. This is what fast looks like and what fast requires. If you haven’t found a way to hone this skill, it starts with a mindset and endless repetitions of trial and error. An attribute refined by time. It starts now.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Step 1 in building a great track program.. 1) A competitive 4x400m

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Took an athlete through 400m race modeling — • 0-50m build • 50-200m float • Work the turn • Bring it home His previous strategy was Go, Go, Go! He executed the model we practiced perfectly and went from a 52 & change to a 50.6. His 200 PR is 24 flat. Speed is a skill.

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3 years

PSA: Running your athletes to death for punishment isn’t going to magically make them better free throw shooters, passers, ball carriers, or wrap up tacklers. Signed, Common Sense

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@BrendanThompsn

11 months

A check in with a football player during week 1 of summer practice — I thought this was a joke at first… Turns out it wasn’t.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

If I weren’t a licensed medical professional, I would heavily invest into Voodoo floss. A HOF athletic trainer once told me, “Voodoo floss is a poor man’s soft tissue therapy”. If you’re unfamiliar with either of these things... stay tuned. 🙂

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

7 months

You CAN teach speed! These guys have track backgrounds where they were extensively taught elite speed principles. 100m/200m: Devon Achane - 10.14 / 20.20 Tyreek Hill - 10.19 / 20.14 Raheem Mostert - 10.28 / 20.65 Want to have elite speed? Learn & apply principles of sprinting

SportsCenter

@SportsCenter

7 months

You can't teach speed 🐬💨 @MiamiDolphins (h/t @FieldYates )

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

If you want to get faster — 1) Sprint & Plyo work 2-3x/wk 2) Get a good lift in after sprinting 3) Honor your recovery days between 4) Stop doing more for the sake of doing more 5) Make lifestyle decisions that support your goals It really is that simple.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but… Sprint before Lift = 🔥 Lift before Sprint = ☠️

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@BrendanThompsn

4 months

Back to the feet & ankles — They act as a support system to athleticism, so build them up! 2 legs. 1 leg. Alternating. Switch rhythms. Small, quick contacts. Big, powerful contacts. Forward. Backward. Lateral. Rotational. Assisted. Resisted. All of it. You won’t regret it!

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

⚡️ Accel + Horizontal Power ⚡️ • Switch Series • Skips for distance • Single leg hops for distance • Stance & start • ISO + Potentiated Accels • Medicine Balls Do the main thing and things that support the main thing.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

“Coach, D3 isn’t competitive enough. I need to go Power 5”

D3 Glory Days

@D3GloryDays

2 years

WIAC 100m Final 🔥🔥🔥 Sam Blaskowski- 10.14 Cade VanHout - 10.29 Jayden Grant - 10.37 Aaron Richardson - 10.40 Robert Ogbuli - 10.41 Denzel Thomas - 10.49 Joey Kean - 10.53 Stefan Klechefski - 10.58 Jaylin Boatman - 10.61

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Big yikes.. Olympics = you vs the world. Football = your team vs another team 100m win = 1 gold medal / 4yrs Super bowl = 150 rings / 1yr Both sports are exciting, but Olympic gold is far more difficult to achieve. Insane comparison.

B/R Gridiron

@brgridiron

2 years

@BleacherReport We really need this race 👀 (via @TMZ_Sports )

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@BrendanThompsn

3 months

Here we go again with misrepresenting non-track top speed with track average speed. 23.23MPH for a fraction of a second is not the same as averaging 23.35MPH for an entire 100m & having a peak speed of 27MPH+. Please stop trying to compare to track. It’s apples and oranges.

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@FplVelvet

3 months

Micky Van de Ven was clocked at 23.23 miles per hour vs Brentford 😳 To put this into perspective, when Usain Bolt set the current 100m sprint world record in 2009, his speed was 23.35 miles per hour That’s only a difference of 0.12 mph 😮‍💨💨

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Get your sleep.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

A few ways to improve speed: 1) Sprint 1-2x/wk 2) Lift 2-3x/wk 3) Jump 1-3x/wk 4) Resisted Athleticism 1-2x/wk 5) Lean up - “Fat don’t fly”

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Dead ankles during performance will : - increase GCT - decrease performance - increase soft tissue stress Fix by teaching a more active ankle Every jump, hop, skip, sprint, and bound quite literally start and end with the foot and ankle complex Worthy time investment!

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

All the talk about force lately… this is easily incorporated into drills. Athletes need to feel that the energy they put into the ground is returned. Dead ankle = loss of return Active ankle = maximize return Pop the ground in drills ➡️ Pop the ground for real

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Things that are easy to improve: • Lifting numbers Things that don’t improve as easily: • Speed • Agility • Jumps • Throws Things important to performance: • Speed • Agility • Jumps • Throws Things people spend most of their time on: • Lifting

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@BrendanThompsn

5 months

Fun Fact: Speed begins to detrain in 3-8 days of neglect. Think about this as you structure your weekly training schedule. If you’re only committing to 1 speed day per week, you might be maintaining at best.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

An athlete ran 10.7 2 yrs in a row in high school. He goes to college. He reports training is killing him… it’s long & difficult… I try to reassure this is normal & his coach will likely dial back at some point before competition The taper never comes SB of 11.4 this year

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@BrendanThompsn

11 months

Just saw a bunch of dads making their tiny kids run gassers, 110yd sprints, and more for about an hour… I specifically heard one of the dads barking, “No water breaks! We don’t do water!!” It was at least 100° on the field & the kids were 4-6 years old I’d bet. This is 2023.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

To be fast and explosive, you should practice being fast and explosive— 1. Sprint Drills 2. Broad Jumps 3. Triple Broad Jumps 3. Resisted Sprints 4. Bodyweight sprints

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Great evening session with @McVayMiles ! 🔥

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@BrendanThompsn

7 months

More kids need to embrace the 400m

NCAA Track & Field

@NCAATrackField

7 months

What’s a track and field opinion that has you like this? 🤔 #NCAATF

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@BrendanThompsn

3 years

Your daily reminder that elite track & field athletes partake in training that requires incredible feats and unthinkable displays of human performance regularly! Here’s just another day in the office for @OmarGooddness

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Athletes need multiple days per week of doing absolutely nothing from a training perspective

Jordan B. Goldstein | Sport Philosopher

@JB_Goldstein

1 year

What opinion about sports do you have that would put you in this position against everyone else?

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Many HS athletes would rather lift than train speed. Why? They’ve been programmed to believe the weight room is the end all be all in athletic development. When we place less emphasis on maxing out the barbell and more on movement precision, speed, and athleticism.. watch out.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

I ❤️ the sport of football, but… Offseason HS 🏈 activities are suffocating winter / spring sports & total athlete development. Kids pressured to do these activities at the expense of their actual inseason sport. If the shoe were on the other foot, no way HS FB would allow it.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

I believe most HS sprinters need to be able to run the 400

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@BrendanThompsn

4 years

Starting a group chat on Twitter for all the coaches, trainers, and other professionals who want to share information, collaborate, have productive conversations, and bounce ideas off of one another when it comes to all things SPEED. If you want in, let me know.

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@BrendanThompsn

5 months

Train Like A Track Star

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Athlete: we’ve got 80% for 4x4?! Seriously?! I’ve got weights with my trainer after this… Me: you’ve got weights… after weights? Athlete: yes Me:

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Have many young athletes who have never touched a weight in their lives. Steady dose of: • goblet squats • lunges • step ups • mod push ups • mod pull ups • weighted carries • jumps • core • other accessory work 2-3x8-12 adding weight each week Going well so far!

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@BrendanThompsn

10 months

Consistency works — Athletes sprinting 2-3x/wk for 1-3 months, leaning up, + adequate rest / recovery are all PRing max speeds the last 1-2 weeks. Boys, girls, all sizes, all sports, middle school to college. If you want to get faster, make time to sprint regularly.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

One of my favorite drills for force application: The Chop Drill. When done correctly, it sounds like you’re chopping down a tree and your body will jolt. When done incorrectly, the sound will be quiet with little to no jolt. Blast through the ground, don’t sneak up on it.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Today I found out a local track coach feels a certain way about me. I don’t know who he is but… I’m apparently “too young to know anything, not anything special, & benefitting from coaching kids who were already fast” 😊😉 Does this mean I made it? Anyone wanna weigh in? 🤷‍♂️

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@BrendanThompsn

11 months

Quick and smooth demo of the straight leg shuffle ➡️ bound ➡️ sprint Great way to feel frequency then big pushing going into top speed mechanics ☑️ Active switching ☑️ Thigh split ☑️ Turnover

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

The preseason period for HS track & field is entirely too short and puts the kids in danger, particularly in the frigid Midwest.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Still not a fan of static stretching in warmups.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Have had lots of questions about the 12 wk speed program. I figured it’d be easier to just record myself doing a workout from the program itself. Week 1 / Day 1— Warm Up A (not in video) Stationary A’s SBJs Accels MB throws Doesn’t seem like much, but adds up by the end.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

I prefer to emphasize the basics with every athlete I work with, regardless of what level they compete at. Here’s a snippet from a very basic speed day with World Series player from the Phillies, Matt Vierling.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

No different than a punch, if you want it to be effective you’ve got to follow through. Aim for an imaginary target 2-3” below the ground & drive THROUGH it. Notice the active ankle. You’ll know you’re doing the drill right when you can pop off the ground with each foot strike.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Nyheim Hines • 10.47s 100m legal • 10.34s 100m windy • 6.71s 60m This is what track speed looks like on the football field.

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@BrendanThompsn

3 years

An athlete cramped during the warm up today. Instead of screaming at him to push through it, I explained to him & his mom how his training schedule doesn’t allow for much recovery and how managing that + his diet will help mitigate these set backs. I then sent him home. Safety>>>

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@BrendanThompsn

4 years

THIS is explosive training.

Methodical Movement Systems

@MethodicalMS

4 years

Werner Gunthor Training Type in 'Werner Gunthor' into YouTube and you’ll find some absolutely unreal training clips. We’ve been seeing some small snippets doing the rounds lately, so thought we’d put together 53s of our favourite clips. This is beautiful to watch!

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@BrendanThompsn

2 months

Want to run a sub 50s 400m? I’ve now coached about 20 male athletes to a sub 50s 400m between the ages of 16 and 26 years over the last few years (a handful of those well under 49s). If you can do these 4 things, you give yourself a great chance at going under 50s ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

I’m Megan her a Thompson 💍

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@BrendanThompsn

4 years

Ankle Importance in Sprinting: - weak / inactive ankle = collapse @ contact, ⬆️GCT, ⬇️energy return - strong / active ankle = rigid @ contact, ⬇️GCT, ⬆️energy return ** If the ankle can’t transfer the forces you’re putting into the ground, your speed & performances will suffer

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@BrendanThompsn

1 month

Stop making this mistake with your starts — Athletes are often told to “stay low” or that they need to take “big long strides” While there are cases where these can work, more often than not it leads to a whole bunch of problems Athletes start to overstride They strike on…

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11 months

I don’t know who needs to hear this… but training speed & agility in the sand isn’t doing what you think it’s doing.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

“90% of college track athletes fail to exceed their HS PRs”. Sounds like a good segue to an article titled “10 Misconceptions about college track & field”. May be helpful for those who believe the collegiate model needs re-examined. Anyone interested in reading?

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@BrendanThompsn

3 months

Most 400m runners focus on endurance qualities, but we can’t forget the 400m is still a sprint. World record in the 400m is 43.03s That’s an average of 10.75s per 100m for the entire race Most people can’t even run 10.75s once because they’re not fast enough.

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@BrendanThompsn I love training speed but as a 400m runner, I focus on speed endurance mostly

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Try this simple, yet effective pairing to prime your starts — • Heavy ISO in stance • Remove belt • Stance & Start You don’t realize how much tension and force you can create from your starting position until you’ve loaded and unloaded it. #ResistedAthleticism

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@BrendanThompsn

8 months

Posture matters -- It affects biomechanics, length-tension relationships, and how stress is distributed across the body. This doesn't just apply to static standing or slow walking. Think about how it impacts an athlete as they're moving through space at high velocities.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Stop going through warm ups without purpose. If you have a race or sprint event, you should touch on top speed prior to your first competitive rep. If you haven’t, your first competitive rep is effectively still a warm up & thus wasted. Get up to speed ➡️ Compete

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@BrendanThompsn

6 months

Keep training simple and stick to the basics — If you want to be fast and explosive, you need to train things that require being fast and explosive For example: Loaded jumps Unloaded jumps Power skips Sprints Sprints More sprints Not sprints in the sense of running forever,…

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3 years

You can’t out train a poor diet, you can’t out eat poor sleep habits, and you can’t out sleep poor stress management. Performance starts at the very top. If you can’t manage stress, aren’t sleeping well, and have a poor diet, proper training is the least of your worries.

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Is 20MPH really that fast? I’m convinced more and more that our perception of what sounds fast often gets in the way of logically breaking down what fast really is 20MPH sounds fast. It is also a difference maker in team sports It’ll get roughly a 4.9-5.0s 40yd dash However,…

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2 years

DM recently asked about a proper conditioning test for football that isn’t totally useless. My thoughts— Load up a sled: Bigs = 300 lb Big Skill = 250 lb Skill = 200 lb 8x6sec drive sled far as possible 30s rest While group 1 competes, other groups cheer. Record total distance

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@BrendanThompsn

11 months

What ever happened to meeting the client where they are?!

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@BrendanThompsn

8 months

Can we stop normalizing athletes cramping every week in practice and competition? Cramping is NOT part of the game. It is a myriad of factors coming together and creating a road block to performance. If your athletes are always cramping… you need to figure out why and adjust.

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@BrendanThompsn

6 months

Take time to teach proper striking — A few inches too can be the difference between overstressing the hamstrings and not. Compound this stress over thousands of steps and you can see how this will break the hamstrings down over time. Coach the sprints up accordingly.

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

“Your speed stuff isn’t special, I’m CSCS” Let’s be honest, the CSCS doesn’t cover in depth sprint: • dosage • progressions • drills • biomechanics • stride parameters • developing your 6th sense for coaching movement Citing CSCS as a main source of speed dev content 🚩

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4 years

Hills have more utility than simply running up them. You’d be amazed how many athletes don’t understand how to engage their hips to push. Disclaimer: No I am not teaching the toe drag here, I am just pushing to full extension and the toe happens to drag because of it.

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8 months

Having a professional work on your hamstrings when things are acting different is a massive benefit. But what happens when that option isn’t available? I recommend getting familiar with Voodoo floss. I immediately noticed an uptick in the way my hamstrings felt when sprinting.

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1 year

Pogos — 1) Limit collapse 2) Dorsiflex 3) Attack the ground 4) Stay active Failure to maintain stiffness leads to massive energy leaks that cause an athlete to reap minimal returns on maximal investments. Don’t need to be the Tin-Man, but shouldn’t be Gumby either.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Hamstring injury e-book… 👀 Would y’all be interested in that?

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Straight Leg Shuffle ➡️ Bound ➡️ Run One of my favorite exercises when it comes to ROI.

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Simple Speed & Power Training — 1️⃣ Hurdle Hops 2️⃣ Straight Leg Shuffles 3️⃣ Shuffle➡️Bound➡️Sprint

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@BrendanThompsn

4 years

Acceleration determines how quickly we reach our ceiling. Max speed determines ceiling and speed reserve. Speed Endurance determines how long we can stay near that ceiling. As always, much more to performance than any single trait. Train accordingly.

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@BrendanThompsn

6 months

The 90/90 hamstring test — An easy way to assess hamstring length. When you get competitive athletes learning they’re "deficient" in something, it can be very humbling. Knee slightly bent to fully straight would be considered full range of motion. How far can you get?

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@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Dribble series — Do it Do it again Do it some more Extremely high value

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@BrendanThompsn

1 year

My mom is 48 and has struggled with depression and anxiety, among other things, her entire life Today, we took her dress shopping for our wedding and she felt so special all day I haven’t seen her this joyful since I was a kid To see her glowing like this makes my heart happy

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

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Beautiful hurdling displayed by one of the best in the world, @ayemallett He embraced the basics in high school & continues to hammer them today as a pro at the age of 28 Aaron credits executing the fundamentals as being a major contributor to his hurdling success

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

1 year

Many quick to judge this— “Asinine” “Horrible” “What the f**k is this?” While potentially unfamiliar… it might be more fruitful to ask questions about a World Record holder’s holistic training program rather than jump to conclusions.

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Excited to announce I’ll be an assistant sprint coach with De Smet Jesuit High School here in STL this spring. Here. We. Go. 🙂

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

1 year

I will reiterate in simpler terms — Athletes need to prioritize recovery and stop working themselves into the ground

Jordan B. Goldstein | Sport Philosopher

@JB_Goldstein

1 year

What opinion about sports do you have that would put you in this position against everyone else?

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Ankle Dribbling — • Imaginary hurdle at ankle bone • Clear hurdle on the backside • Allow knee to open on the front • Actively swipe foot back under hurdle These simple cues and visuals have helped me de-program over reliance of A-mechanics and teach athletes how to cycle.

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

4 years

15 year old came to me 7 weeks ago with a 60m PR of 7.78s. We have trained two days per week with a 90% focus on mechanics & execution, 10% focus on workouts. Today he ran 7.31s in a 60m time trial. Never underestimate the value of optimal movement.

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

8 months

Sprinting for hamstring resilience — If regularly ending up with hamstring tweaks and pulls during practices and competitions, there’s a chance it’s due to lack of task readiness. Try to hit >95% max velocity a handful of times each week to reduce risk of injury.

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Tough one for the sprint crew today: 200+200 @ 1s slower than PR 200m, 2min rest, finish on guts 15min rest 150+150 @ go for it, 2min rest, repeat When your body fails you, find a way to hold your form. Once speed decays, form and guts is all you’ve got to stay competitive.

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

Posture, Plyos, Push — SL Shuffle SL Bound A-Series + Posture Emphasis Jump Circuit Short Sprints Carioca Series Reactive Hops Shuffle Shuttles

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

1 month

Want to race ahead of the competition? Start adding broad jumps to your training routine The broad jump isn’t just a test for leg power, it’s a crucial tool for enhancing overall speed and performance It develops fast twitch muscle fibers essential for that instant burst of…

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Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT

@BrendanThompsn

2 years

There’s a common idea hills are strictly a GPP tool & detrimental in latter parts of the season. Correlation ≠ causation, BUT @realshellyannfp • Hill sprints 6/14/22 • 100m🥇 7/17/22 @fkerley99 • Hill sprints 6/30/22 • 100m🥇 7/16/22 Champions are forged on the hill!🏆

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