If you thought eliminating squats from the weight
room was tough to swallow, you’re going to completely
lose your mind when you see the video Mike Boyle
put out today.

And if you coach track athletes, soccer players or
any sports requiring ‘endurance’, you might be a
little upset. Or a lot.

So I stole the video and put it on my blog so I
could respond to the comments you’ll likely have.

I couldn’t have picked a better clip myself. I’m a
huge fan and follower of the sprints coach he bases
his argument on and it has brought me full circle
in my development of speed/power athletes.

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To your success,

Latif Thomas

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People have been losing their minds about Mike Boyle’s
newest Functional Strength Coach program.

But what’s the truth?

So glad you asked. Check out my no holds
barred breakdown of this program and whether or not
you should believe the hype:

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Latif Thomas

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Each Monday, for the next 2 weeks (and a total
of 12 weeks), I’ll be posting a preseason
training program for developmental 400m
runners.

I get so many questions about this event I’ve
decided to share what I’m doing. This way
you can copy it, pick it apart (respectfully),
or flat out steal it. Use it and see just
how much your athletes improve.

Of course, feel free post your comments and
questions below. I can’t guarantee I’ll
answer all of them, but I’ll do my best.

If you want more detailed information about
workout planning for 55-400m sprinters,
click here.

For Week 1 workouts, click here.
For Week 2 workouts, click here.
For Week 3 workouts, click here.
For Week 4 workouts, click here.
For Week 5 workouts, click here.
For Week 6 workouts, click here.
For Week 7 workouts, click here.
For Week 8 workouts, click here.
For Week 9 workouts, click here.

M: 5 x 50m, 1 x 60 @ 95-100% from crouch. 6 x STJ. R = 5′
Lift Day 1 (see Week 9 for strength routines)

T: 5-6 x 300m hills. R=walk back (last hill workout!!)
800m barefoot warmdown jog on grass.
Lift Day 2

W: 10 x 100m, R = 45″. B = 15.0 – 15.5, G = 18.0 – 18.5
R = 3′ between sets
6 x 200, R = 2′. B = 33.5, G = 37.5.

400m barefoot warm down on grass
Hurdle mobility
Core – stabilization

TH: 4-5 x split 600, R = 7′
B: 33/48/33
G: 38/50/38

Lift Day 3

F: 10 x 30 seconds @ ~ 70-75% on grass, R = 2′

400m barefoot warm down on grass
Hurdle mobility
Core – stabilization

Weekly Audio Breakdown:

To your success,

Latif Thomas

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If you coach athletes, you have them squatting in
the weight room.

Squats are a core lift in any respectable strength
training program.

At least they were.

I’m cutting them from my program. And you should
too.

(If the thought of cutting squats out of your program
doesn’t blow your mind on some level, then your
current strength training program probably isn’t
very good.)

Watch this video from strength and conditioning
legend Mike Boyle and discover exactly *why*
the squat is dead:

http://tinyurl.com/DeathofSquat

To your success,

Latif Thomas

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