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And now another "Teachable Moment" from StrengthCoach.com!
Discover Exactly How I Went from a 4.66 to a 4.30 40-yard Dash!
See the journey of Jimmy Lamour and discover his training program that took him from a 4.66 as a freshman to a 4.30 for the New Orleans scouts!
The 4.30 journey is a story that every athlete that has had to run a 40 yard dash can relate to. It is my journey from running a 4.66 40 yard dash as a freshman in college to running a 4.30 for the New Orleans Saint scouts and the New Orleans Arena 1 football team.
I will not lead you to believe that it is as easy as most speed centers all across America advertise. It takes perseverance and hard work. In this journey I will give some insight into the mental preparation, strength training, speed training, nutrition, and environment that was in place during this time. I must warn you that I did not know anything about Elite Fitness and did not adhere to a concurrent system of training. The point is although the program design was flawed and is not what I recommend to my clients the hard work that I put in led to some positive adaptations.
Mental Preparation
My mind was extremely focused at this time because I was not far removed from College, was married, had one son, and another son on the way. I felt that this was one of my best chances to achieve something great and provide a better life for my family. My buddy was a scout for the saints and arranged the tryout for me, as well as gave me a place to stay while I was down there. Every day I had training sessions I would wake up at 4:30 a.m. and lift weights, go to my full time job, and run at the local college during my lunch break. I was what you would call in the zone. I envisioned myself at the facility in New Orleans running the best 40 yard dash ever. I went through my warm-up in my mind, my stance, my first step and saw myself succeeding. Envisioning your success is one of the steps that is often left out in program design, but can have some profound effects. I believe if you don't believe it you won't achieve it.
Strength Training
My training was a sporadic mix of everything I learned from strength coaches during my high school days and college days. This was mostly a hybrid of Olympic movements, linear periodization, and hypertrophy based training. In the training world as we know it now this type of training should have caused me to be crippled and slow as dirt. The more I train the more I question philosophies on paper because I have found that you must test everything on numerous people with great success before you can come to any conclusions.
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