Theory Workshops (Thursday Evenings or Weekends)
SESSION 6 OF WINTER 2011 COURSE: ‘Strength-Training for Endurance Runners’
THURSDAY, 19 APRIL – 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at Wagon Lane, Bingley
The workshop will be delivered by Graeme Woodward (Calderdale Athletics Network) and will comprise a mix of practical and theory and answer these key questions:
• What is strength training?
• Why should a runner get stronger?
• What are the myths around strength training, which have some truth in them and which can be ignored?
• How do I get stronger without getting bigger?
• What exercises should I do, how many and what rest periods should I use?
• What is the safe way to do these exercises?
• How do I plan these sessions so I don’t lose effective running time?
Graeme Woodward is an active club runner who is an accredited UKSCA strength & conditioning coach with experience of coaching athletes in a range of sports to international level.
Map – click here
Meeting location – At the entrance to the rugby club main pavilion. The session will take place on open gravel ground behind the main pavilion.
Facilities – toilets and showers/changing rooms (though the female ones are a bit limited, apparently).
Public transport –
a) 15-20 minutes’ walk from Bingley railway station (every 15 minutes from Skipton and Keighley) and 30 mins from Leeds and Bradford via Shipley. Either follow the main road from Bingley towards Cottingley, and turn left after Beckfoot School onto Wagon Lane; or take the muddy footpath that follows the railway line behind Beckfoot School to bring you out onto Wagon Lane.
b) 2-3 minutes’ walk from the bus-stop facing Beckfoot School – route 662 from Bingley, Saltaire and Bradford (every 15-30 minutes at weekends); or route 760 from Keighley to Leeds (half-hourly at weekends)
Car-parking – turn off the main road by Beckfoot School, and after 400yds enter the sports club, and then skirt behind the new cricket nets to the car park.
Fitness Testing (Weekends)
SATURDAY, 3 MARCH – one-hour slots from 9am to 2pm, at Spring Hall Track, Huddersfield Road, Halifax
One hour slots in groups of four; please indicate your preferred timeslot.
Cost: £15
A range of tests will be used to produce individualised data on VO2, maximum aerobic speed, power, strength, injury risk and biomechanics using functional movement screening, hi-speed cameras and electronic testing equipment. Tests will be varied to suit endurance runners, sprinters, jumpers and throwers.
Bookings: Graeme Woodward, 16 The Brook, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5ED or email Graeme Woodward.
THURSDAY, 28 JUNE – 7.30pm to 9.30pm (TBC), at Wagon Lane, Bingley
Details TBA.