Progressing Training Loads for Optimal Performance

This week’s guest is Piotr Maruszewski. Piotr is the Short Sprints and Hurdles Coach at the UMCS University of Lublin, Poland, and has held the position of Polish Athletics National Team Coach, where he prepared athletes for major events at the international stage, as well as being a current speed climbing national team coach. Piotr is a strength and conditioning Coach with solid track and field roots, specializing in multi-sport speed development. Piotr has studied from many of the greatest coaching minds in the world and has helped athletes to incredible results. Although traditional strength training and sprint constraints can be effective, it’s important to question whether there are not more specific methods available. Of the many tools in the training toolkit, some of the most powerful include the family of fast eccentric and oscillatory isometric training. On today’s podcast, Piotr discusses the nature of rhythm in hurdling, an angular approach to sprinting, and takeaways from his learning with Adarian Barr. He also discusses bodyweight isometric holds and special strength training methods for his athletes, centering around how he works the fast eccentric and isometric overloads for the elastic and muscular archetypes. Piotr has learned from many of the greatest minds in the world of training and has gotten tremendous results from his brilliant integration. Today’s episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr’s Gym Studio, and the Plyomat Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off of any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer head to: Lilateam.com The Plyomat is a functional, intuitive and affordable contact mat for jump and plyometric training and testing.  Check out the Plyomat at plyomat.net View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Main Points 2:00- Instinctual Approach and Rhythm in Hurdling 7:01- Galloping Technique for Efficient Hurdling Success 12:31- Dance Skills Enhancing Athletic Performance in Sports 27:56- Angular Momentum in Sprinting Technique 35:08- Timing and Adaptation in Sprinting Techniques 46:05- Oscillatory Isometrics for High-Level Sprint Training 49:41- Kaiser Hits for Strength Development in Athletes 55:58- Enhancing Athlete Performance through Oscillatory Movements 1:01:24- Speed-Focused Progression in Kaiser Training 1:06:58- Cultural Variations in Athletic Training Intensity 1:10:14- Run-Specific Isometric Training for Healthy Tendons 1:20:04- Efficient Running with Angular Momentum and Leverage Piotr Maruszewski Quotes "When you find the rhythm of the play, they enjoy their bodies and mind, just appreciate the state they are in due to maintaining some rhythm or managing the rhythm." "If I can provide a value to whoever is going to listen to our conversation, explore levers and their role in human body's motion." “The fastest soccer players are absolutely squatted runners” “So I'm finding those, those very short oscillatory motions and being on the under, you know, Kaiser squat, you know, the, the compressed air. It's. It's absolutely like, like a cornerstone of my strength training programming to, through whatever population I'm working with soccer players, handball hand, female handball players, speed climbers, and, of course, my sprinters and hurdlers” “I’m not interested in supramaximal eccentric training, I’m interested in super fast eccentric training” “We are the combination of muscles that pull, and strings that transfer the forces; but the only forces that the muscles create is pulling from the inside, and even when you push something, your muscles are pulling” “I apply a light sled to the squatted run, because then the sense of pulling is increased” “Various types of ISO are the pinnacle of my strength training” Show Notes Oscillating squats with a national level sprinter https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8fwEYqd47d8