Tag Archive for: Bondarchuk

Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 147: Dial it in (with Wil Fleming)

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It takes a special athlete and coach to achieve success at multiple sports, but that’s just what Wil Fleming has done. Being successful at multiple sports requires an ability to dial in training, and target programming to the specific needs of an athlete. On this episode of the podcast Fleming joins us to share the lessons he learned as a national championship competitor in both hammer throwing and weightlifting, and how that has shaped his approach to programming. Read more

Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 127: Bottom-up Periodization (with Mike Tuchscherer)

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The world of powerlifting can be a very formulaic world. The world is easily organized into blocks and percentages in a top-down fashion. But what if your athlete doesn’t fit into the block? Coach Mike Tuchscherer has set world record holders and coached numerous champions himself. He has set out to create a bottom-up approach to periodization that allows for better individualization. On this episode of the podcast he joins us to talk about how he has tried to tackle this problem and incorporated the ideas of Anatoli Bondarchuk into powerlifting. Read more

Martin Bingisser

Time: the untapped training variable

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Last month HMMR Media looked in-depth at the basics of training. This month we look in-depth at adaptation. Stay tuned for more on the topic.

Sports science has often been confounded by the non-responder. In study after study on training methods, there is always a group that shows no response to the intervention. This is not small either, often representing over 20% of participants. If our own training methods are just as ineffective, we are failing as coaches. Read more

Nick Garcia

Where I Failed This Season

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No coach at any level ranging from youth to professional ever wants to admit that he failed. However, in order to grow and get better I feel it is necessary. Over the past number of years at Notre Dame High School we have created a reputation of producing throwers year in and year out regardless of the talent we have inherited. It is our expectation that multiple shot putters will make the CIF finals, some will move onto Masters meet, and at least one will qualify for the state meet. And we meet that expectation. Recently we have had four years with at least four throwers over 50’10” in the same season. One season we even had six throwers over that mark. On the woman’s side we have had two girls over 49 feet in the shot as recently as two years ago. We have also had as many of 4 of the top 9 in the CIF finals and 3 of the top 12 in the Masters meet. Read more