SpeedRunner: 4 Weeks to Your Fastest Leg Speed In Any Sport

SpeedRunner: 4 Weeks to Your Fastest Leg Speed In Any Sport

by Pete Magill
SpeedRunner: 4 Weeks to Your Fastest Leg Speed In Any Sport

SpeedRunner: 4 Weeks to Your Fastest Leg Speed In Any Sport

by Pete Magill

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Overview

In SpeedRunner, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals his 4-week training plan to make any athlete into a faster runnerno matter the sport, age, gender, experience, or goals.

In every sport that includes running, the difference between the best and the rest is tenths of a second. In most team sports like football, soccer, basketball, baseball and in distance running and triathlonsimple leg speed makes champions. By targeting the neuromuscular system and strengthening muscle and connective tissue, Magill’s SpeedRunner program builds speed, strength, agility, coordination, balance, proprioception, and explosive power so athletes can excel.

Magill developed his SpeedRunner program over decades of experience coaching athletes of all ages from short sprints to the marathon. He’s led his club to two dozen US National Masters Championships in road running and cross country. As a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year and multiple American and world age-group record holder himself, Magill is proof that his training methods are effective.

Over the four weeks of the SpeedRunner program, you’ll focus on faster acceleration, top-end speed, strength, agility, and speed endurance. Magill also offers speed-only training and supplemental sessions to further hone your top-end speed, core musculature, and whole-body strength. The SpeedRunner plans balance training volume and intensity with recovery to ensure rapid, injury-free gains.

Bottom line: The ability to run well is a fundamental skill required for success in any sport that includes running. SpeedRunner can transform your running performance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937715786
Publisher: VeloPress
Publication date: 05/01/2018
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Pete Magill is a running coach, world-class runner, and contributor to Runner’s World, PodiumRunner, and formerly to Running Times. As a coach, Magill has led his masters clubs to 19 USATF National Masters Championships in cross country and road racing. Currently a coach with Southern California’s Cal Coast Track Club and California Triathlon Club, Magill has worked with athletes of all ages, from youth through masters. He holds multiple American and world age-group records in the sports of track & field and road racing, and he is a 5-time USA Masters Cross Country Runner of the Year. His popular columns, Magill on Masters, The Long Run, and The Performance Page covered training, nutrition, and mental training. Magill is author of SpeedRunner, Build Your Running Body, and The Born Again Runner.

Table of Contents

Part One: SPEED, STRENGTH & AGILITY

Ch. 1 This is SpeedRunner

Ch. 2 Speed: Human Locomotion

Ch. 3 Speed: Acceleration

Ch. 4 Speed: Maximum Velocity

Ch. 5 Strength

Ch. 6 Agility, Balance & Proprioception

Ch. 7 Energy Systems & Speed Endurance

Ch. 8 Recovery

Part Two: THE WORKOUTS

Ch. 9 SpeedRunner Exercises, Workouts, and Drills

Part Three: THE SCHEDULES

Ch. 10 The SpeedRunner Programs

· Four-Week Core Training

· Two-Week Core-plus Training

· Speed-only Training

· Stand-Alone & Maintenance Sessions

· Metrics Testing

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