I send emails specifically for high school coaches each week. To sign-up for my newsletter click here. YouTube playlist with Strength and Mobility (SAM), Leg Swings (LS), Lunge Matrix (LM), and Core X is here. YouTube Speed for Distance Runners playlist – click here. YouTube Running Circuits videos – click here. And to purchase my book Consistency Is Key: 15 Ways to Unlock Your Potential as a High School Runner, click here. Make sure to use the code “WI10” to get 10% off your order. Free excerpts of the book are here. You can watch over seven hours of free Boulder Running C ..read more

I’m fortunate to be a part of this inaugural clinic. Here are the resources I referenced during my presentation. Summer 2020 General Strength Progression: Explanation PDF and Exercises PDF. YouTube Channel with all the videos referenced in the progression – click here. Running Circuits videos – click here. To sign-up for my newsletter click here. And to purchase my book Consistency Is Key, click here. If I can ever be helpful please email me at jay@coachjayjohnson.com. The post Wildwood Clinic – Resources appeared first on coachjayjohnson.com ..read more

Thanks so much for allowing me to be a part of the clinic. Here are the resources I referenced in my presentation. LSLM, SAM and Core X – YouTube playlist – click here. To get the Summer 2020 General Strength Progression you’ll need to sign up for my newsletter. Click here to sign up. While you’ll have to wait until the end of the month to buy a single copy of Consistency Is Key, you can get 10% off bundles of books – regular copies for your athletes and the limited edition Coach’s Copy for you. the 10% off discount I shared during the presentation is good through Thursday, June 11th.  C ..read more

Jeff Messer, PhD, and I discuss how coaches and athletes can view training during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Messer references two papers and summaries them in this podcast. 1. Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining the Impact of Exercise on Immunological Health Across the Lifespan. Campbell JP1, Turner JE1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713319 2. The compelling link between physical activity and the body’s defense system David C. Niemana,⁎ and Laurel M. Wentzb https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6523821/ At the end of this podcast is a coupon c ..read more

Tony and I spend most of this episode focused on training, specifically discussing what distance coaches can adapt from the sprint world to improve performance. If you listened to episode 005 with Tony you know he strongly recommends distance coaches use wickets (aka mini-hurdles) with their athletes. He tweaks that suggestion a bit and points out that it’s very common for distance runners to run a set of wickets with poor mechanics. He then goes into detail with a progression of drills coaches can use to teach proper mechanics. And just as John O’Malley said it’s important to watch the vide ..read more

Three former guests on the podcast discuss a variety of topics, starting with a definition of the term “speed” and how that term fits into the training of distance runners. Specifically, Jeff Boelé and John O’Malley discuss acceleration and why it may or may not be useful for distance runners. The conversation then moves on to a discussion of terminology across a spectrum of intensities, including threshold and vVo2max running. Later in the podcast John and Jeff Boelé address a question Joan Hunter submitted regarding sub-max velocity work and their answers are fantastic. This podcast is in m ..read more

Note: This episode contains explicit content. Tony Holler (@pntrack) is the head track coach at Plainfield North High School in the Chicago area. Tony Holler has coached track for 38 years, football for 28, and basketball for 15. In June of 2019, Tony retired after his 38th year of teaching (Chemistry). He remains as the head track coach. Holler’s teams have won three state championships. In 2018, his Plainfield North team swept the sprints in Illinois, winning the 100m, 200m, 4×1, and 4×2, setting new state records in the 100m and 4×1. In 2019, Plainfield North again featured the state champ ..read more

Scott Steffen is the boy’s and girl’s coach at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, IN. His boy’s team won the state cross country championship in 2019. Indiana has a single classification championship and Concordia Lutheran has an enrollment of just over 700 students. His boys went on to finish 4th at the NXR in unquestionably one of the toughest regions. In this podcast, Scott talks about the challenges of coaching at a small school and the challenges of having a small team. Scott is a member of all three seasons of High School Running Coach and he talks about how that resource and ..read more

Just a quick update to let you know that a new episode will be released every Monday. Most episodes will be interviews, but every so often I will do a Q&A. I go into a bit of detail about the 2020 Boulder Running Clinics, which is an example of the only ads that will be on the podcast – ventures that help Jay keep the podcast going. If you have a question that you’d like me to answer on the podcast please send it to jay@coachjayjohnson.com with “podcast” in the subject line. Finally, if you’re on iTunes and would be willing to rate the podcast that would be greatly appreciated. The post E ..read more

Jessie Magoto is my guest on this week’s podcast. She is the girl’s coach at Minster HS in Minster OH, a town of 3,000 people. Minster has won four state championships in a row in cross country and won the track championship 2019. She has coached at Minster for 21 years. She coaches Sunni Olding who finished 10th and 5th at the Footlocker nationals. In this podcast we talk about the importance of athleticism and why she has her girls in the weight room. She strongly believes is one of the keys to her team’s success. Jessie is speaking at the 2020 Boulder running clinics and I asked her how sh ..read more