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Choking vs. Panicking: How to Perform Under Pressure

Choking is too much thinking. Panicking is too little. They look the same but require opposite interventions.

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The Most Dangerous Sprint Of The Season

Why the transition from preseason to competition is the highest-risk window for hamstring injuries.

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The "Feel Good" Trap Is Quietly Hurting Your Speed

Why the rest between your sprint reps might be the most overlooked variable in your training.

Sprinter with check mark illustrating velocity-based training for track and field.

VBT: Training to Failure Makes T&F Athletes Slower

Velocity-based training (VBT) improves speed and power for sprinters, jumpers, and throwers.

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Static Stretching Can Make You 7% Weaker

Stretching Mistakes, Hill Sprint Science, Why you're stronger on 1 leg and a 5-Second Power Boost

A close-up of a sprinter's foot during acceleration running on toes

Don’t Run on Your Toes, Train Your Tendons

Learn dorsiflexion for sprinting, train tendon stiffness for speed, and use the gelatin + vitamin C trick.

Vector art of a sprinter exploding from the blocks during summer training

The Top 5 Unfair Advantages for Summer Training

Five science-backed strategies for track and field athletes and coaches to maximize their off-season.

What Sprinting Really Does to Your Body + The 100% Myth

How sprinting changes the body. Why 100% effort can actually make you slower.

Staying Low Makes You Slow + The Massage Gun Hype

Do massage guns work? Terrible advice for sprinters and proven ways to improve hurdle technique.

Recovery Mistakes and the Legal Performance Enhancer

3 recovery mistakes killing your progress, Outperform Olympic medals, the legal PED.

Graphic depicting insane track and field training with Karsten Warholm

Insane Training, Body Changes and Your Guide to the Olympics

Extreme training, how track ad field changes the body and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Fresh Ways to Boost Track & Field Performance

Innovative strategies to enhance your performance both on and off the track.