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Getting Ready for Meet Day
by Dane Miller
A lot of people ask me for meet day tips, so I thought it would be helpful to write out a guide for meet day preparation. I’m going to cover quite a bit of ground, so I’ll organize this article into a couple of sections: Pre-meet (night before), day of the meet, and during the meet. Within those sections, I’ll also be covering tips for mental and physical prep, so read closely.
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Weightlifting is Unbeatable for Sports Performance
by Dane Miller
Those of you who are familiar with my coaching style know that I base almost all of my programming around the Olympic weightlifting movements--and not just for my weightlifters and throwers. The majority of the clients at my gym will learn to perform the snatch, clean, and jerk during their time here. I thought it might be helpful to outline some of the “why’s” behind using weightlifting as the basis for athletic development here at Garage Strength.
- olympic weightlifting
- Sports Performance
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Throwers and Deadlifts Part 2: When To Use Deadlifts
by Dane Miller
For those of you who haven’t read my article on why I tend not to program deadlifts for my throwers, check it out here. Since I try not to completely write-off any movement, I wanted to write a quick follow-up that would address a situation where I might program deadlifts for a thrower.
- deadlift
- discus
- programming
- shotput
- throwers
- training
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Why My Throwers Don't Deadlift
by Dane Miller
First, I just want to address what some people have probably already decided based on the title: no, I don’t hate deadlifts. Deadlifts can be an extremely effective tool for increasing strength. I really like deadlifts for a sport like wrestling, where more brute strength is required, and the sport itself is more of a grind. But for now, let’s dig deeper into why I don’t have my athletes deadlift in general.
- clean
- clean and jerk
- discus
- programming
- shotput
- snatch
- training
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Squat Variations
by Dane Miller
For this article, I’m going to get into some squat variations: which ones are my favorites, and how I choose to program them for certain people. To start, I’ll just lay out the variations I can think of--Single Leg Squat, Cambered Bar Squat, Duffalo Bar Squat, Safety Squat Bar Squat, and Zombie Squat. Each has their own benefits and I’ll get into them below
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Season Blog: Not Quite There Yet
by Noah Kennedy White
Well, that did not go as planned. After starting the season well and heading to the Lehigh Games feeling confident, I just did not execute the way I had imagined. I had not performed that well the prior week at Princeton, but that can just be a tough place to throw discus due to the sector. I didn't have as much of an all-around great training week leading up to Lehigh as I did before Penn and Bucknell, where I PR'd, but I threw well enough the two days before that I figured I could take advantage of the favorable sector at Lehigh and go get a Nationals qualifying mark. But I think we all know meets often don't go as we want.
- programming
- training
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The Benefits of Throwing Heavy Implements
by Dane Miller
One fairly common training tool used in the throwing world is overweight implements. I have my athletes use heavy shots and discs all of the time, and I thought it would be beneficial for me to outline why I use them with my athletes, and what to consider if you are thinking about using them with yours.
- discus
- programming
- shot
- throwers
- training
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Lifting From the Hang vs. Blocks Pt. 2: Throwers
by Dane Miller
This is a continuation of my article on lifting from the blocks vs. the hang, but this will focus on how I apply these two variations to my throwers. Since I covered the basics of each position in the previous article in this series, I’ll just dive right in.
- clean and jerk
- discus
- mobility
- peak
- peaking
- shot put
- snatch
- Throws
- Track and Field
- training
- weightlifting
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Introduction to Autoregulation
by Dane Miller
One very common question I receive about my programming is, “Is it percentage based?”. The answer is no, I primarily use a technique called autoregulation for planning weights in my programs. In this article, I’ll start to dig into autoregulation a bit and how I implement it with my athletes.
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Time to Adaptation for Throwers: When Will I Feel Changes?
by Dane Miller
Here I’m going to go over a pretty common worry for any technical athlete, but particularly throwers: how long will it take for me to apply a new technical change? I discussed this briefly on a recent episode of Dane’s Platform, but for those who haven’t had a chance to tune in yet, I thought I’d give a quick, slightly more focused response to the question.
- discus
- shotput
- throws
- training
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Lifting From the Hang vs. Blocks: What's the Difference?
by Dane Miller
One question we get a lot is “what are the differences between lifts from the blocks (or boxes) and from the hang?”. Although they may look similar, there are some key differences when considering which movement to program. Before we get started, I just want to make it clear that this article is specific to weightlifters, performing a variation of either the snatch or clean! I do program partial lifts for my throwers, but the reasons behind those choices are for another article. So, let’s get into the details here.
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Bulking for Throwers
by Noah Kennedy White
Throwers are heavyweight athletes, that’s just a fact. Most of us have always been the big kids in our class, and we were lucky enough to find a sport that uses our size as an advantage. Since we all know that mass moves mass, if we can increase our mass, we should be able to throw farther, right? Well, as you may have guessed there are some considerations to be made when thinking of putting on weight.
- discus
- nutrition
- shot put
- throwers
- Throws
- training
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