hey what's up everyone today we're going to be going over my usa track and field event went up to
seattle this past weekend to be able to compete in 100 meters i kind of wish i would have done some
more events but you know went up there and was able to put myself to the test there and just want
to go over the results and things that happened unfortunately i did not get any video of the
actual event was supposed to have some way to come with me but didn't end up working out so i went up
there by myself and you know went and actually you know did the best that i could given the situation
you know there's a ton of different excuses and rationale and and this and that or whatever
i ended up wearing 12 seconds which you know i know i could do a lot better then um you know
didn't get a great start really stumbled out of the blocks um and you know ended up still being
able to get to 12 seconds which is obviously not very good but you know at 30 years old i just want
to be able to look at some of the benefits and the positives of it you know just to give an idea
i was maxing out at about uh you know higher 19 lower 20 miles an hour when i was going up there
i kind of tweaked my knee a little bit uh and you know took the got the vaccine on the tuesday
before so should have done some things probably a little bit different if i was able to go back
and and do everything over again i have a big thing that i took away from it is that i really
need to work on my start and obviously need to be able to really achieve a higher top speed right so
um being at 20 miles an hour is going to get me you know about 11 500 uh maybe low 11's you know
that's what i was consistently kind of running was like low elevens going into the meat i think i
still could have ended up running that if i would have gotten an actual good start coming out of
the blocks and so i need to definitely work a lot more on my block starts make it so it's a lot more
consistent there i posted a video um beforehand and you know kind of going into the block start
and i think i kind of over thought things a little bit there i was trying to get my foot
too high and ended up just like over striding with that first step uh and that that ended up really
throwing me back for the next few steps and then you know as i regained my balance i was able to
you know start catching back up with everybody but um yeah i mean it was a great opportunity to
be able to learn how to actually do the hundred i haven't done that since you know probably second
or third grade was the last time i actually ran in the track meet and at that time i didn't even get
to use blocks and so it's a great experience to be able to you know get the the feel for
what an event like that is really like and you know so it's really cool to be able to meet some
of the people and it's going to be something that i'm going to do year in year out here i'm
committed to the process i know next time that i go out i'll be able to run a significantly better
time especially you know when i'm able to actually correct my start and really work a lot more on my
start to make it so it's a lot more of a habit i think right now i'm doing a little bit too much
of like trying to change things up and and make small you know iterations here and there and right
now is not the time for that or going into a meet isn't the time to be able to try to make changes
uh you know we did have to restart the the actual event you know a couple times and so
you know i think that kind of just threw it off as i was really trying to think about like okay i can
really push off and and gain these small little you know fractions of seconds and and just started
kind of focusing a little bit too much on that uh instead of just really concentrating on being
able to you know run as fast as i can and do everything normal i never stumbled out of the
blocks before so that was the first experience of doing that and you know it was definitely
uh an interesting thing a frustrating thing but i you know i love i love seattle i love going
and getting to meet people at the actual event and being able to really you know compete and
see where it is that i stand in comparison to you know some of the other athletes i think you know i
definitely have a lot of areas to improve you know the big thing that i have to be able to get to now
is you know get closer to 23 miles an hour you know that's going to be the the big goal here
moving forward and i'm going to provide a lot more workout type videos and to show you guys
a lot more about the behind the scenes of the process of being able to build myself up into
you know running 23 miles an hour because i know when i get to that point i should be able to
really consistently get under uh the 11 second mark and probably get closer to like the mid 10
mark which right now that's like the big goal is to be able to consistently run in the mid tens and
then be able to you know continue to trickle down from there i know i have that capability inside me
i just got to be able to actually put it out there so um yeah i just wanted to give you guys a quick
update on you know the the race again it didn't go the way i wanted it or you know foresaw it going
but you know it just shows that there's there's a lot to work on and that this is not an easy
you know speed and improving your speed is not easy it's something that's going to take a lot
of time a lot of consistency a lot of dedication and you know i'm super excited to be able to show
the growth within my own speed so then some of you guys could hopefully benefit and and take a
lot of information away and and be able to utilize it within you know some of your your own sprinting
i have been getting a lot of messages lately and comments lately there's people talking about how
you know some of the the videos that we've done have really made a big difference in their ability
to run fast or improve their start or this and the other and so i really appreciate that and i know
what we're doing is right in a lot of ways i know i've improved my speed a lot and being able to
you know make it so i'm even confident enough to go into 100 meter race and and really put myself
to the test there but i do know now that i have a lot more things that i need to work on and i'm
going to make that happen i'm really motivated to get better i mean i have a lot of you guys
that are watching these videos and i think we're getting a lot out of the information and you know
have really motivated me to continue to you know reach higher and try to get more and i i want to
challenge the same thing out of you you know keep getting better keep staying focused if you have a
setback you know or or maybe a quarterback failure that you know you can't actually fail unless
you quit you know and so i'm definitely not going to quit i want to be an example of somebody that
you know gets knocked down has a setback uh and is now setting myself up to be able to really
just make it so when i get into you know the mid tens or low tens that it's just that much more
of an accomplishment so i'm super excited about the process here and i really want to be able
to deliver some great results for you guys that are watching these videos and i really want to be
able to see some some great improvement within my own speed so i'm going to do that i'm going
to stay committed to that you know i'm going to stay clean with my diet i'm going to make sure
that i i really focus on you know making some small iterations within my sprinting and we'll
we'll see what that ends up doing in the next six months or so um when i can go in and run another
hundred or it might even be longer than that you know six eight months i don't know exactly when
i'll be able to you know compete in another event like that i know i'll be able to get a
lot of times within you know where i practice and and be able to get people to help me out there
but i don't know exactly what what the next time i'll be able to get some official results will be
but you know that's outside of my control in some ways but big thing is i'm super motivated
and ready to deliver some great results for people that are looking to improve their speeds
guys we're back at it here like i said i'm going to be doing a little bit more workout videos
i think that could be valuable and being able to really make it so you guys can get a better
understanding of what i'm doing on a day-to-day basis to improve the speed first thing i'm doing
here and if you guys haven't seen this afternoon yet i would definitely think about checking it out
it's the monkey foot um you know i'm just going to put it on and hop right into it but i've talked
about in the past in some of my you know workout videos but it's a great thing to really focus
on building up the hamstring strength so like the big thing the big reason i i've been using it more
lately i was doing a lot of nordic hamstring curls and my right leg ended up getting a lot stronger
than my left leg and uh you know so this really makes it so i could isolate it a little bit more
i really focus on driving up fast on the way up and then controlling back on the way down
but it's a uh really great tool being able to build that individual hamstring strength so
definitely check that out i can put a link here in the description so you guys can get access to it
i've already done a set on each side but i'm gonna keep on going here hop right into the other side
even when i'm going back because i really haven't done too much strengthening stuff here lately
so getting back into it here uh just because you know i've been trying to
stay a little bit more fresh but i can just tell you guys you could probably tell too
the difference between my right side and my left side as i'm going up just a lot harder
just doing 20 pound weights right now so not a lot of weight a lot more difficult
on the left than on the right but you know i think that's going to be one of the main
things i'm really just going to focus on is getting that those hamstrings a lot stronger
you know by the next time i'm running i should be doing i mean obviously i'll be doing a lot
more running before this but you know next time i'm in a race like the what i just did i'll be
doing 30s maybe even 35s on those leg curls so you know really going to focus on building up
that hamstring strength overall and you know see how that how and where that ends up taking me
all right i'm also really big on ankle strength so we're gonna knock some of that out as well
just gonna put that kettlebell up
i'm using a uh a 25 pound kettlebell here for these and building up that ankle getting those
tips stronger this just helps in being able to really land decelerate great force in the ground
so
a couple you know centimeters maybe an inch or two outside of my big toe
so
you
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