Summer Time

So what do Augustana Track athletes do during the summer? Great question. This summer our kids are trying to get stronger. Well just how strong you might ask? Consider the below video. This is one of our jumpers/hurdlers. She is squatting 405x4 at the very end of a set of 8-6-4-4 with weights at 340-360-380-405. She could get lower, I am however interested more so in the fact that she can move the weight! I'll be contacting all our recruits for this coming year soon to encourage them to lift. I hope our men will be able to squat in the high 500's by the time school starts back up!


Meagan Squats 405x4 from Jim Vahrenkamp on Vimeo.


Coach Vahrenkamp

On a side note I found this video dealing with some of the workouts that we do. I'm a big fan of the things that Dan Pfaff does. A direct result of that this year will be the progressive addition of some of the things included in this video.



Another video to consider when looking at how we lift.


Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Another great video where Dan talks about training.


Critical Zones: Absolute Strength and Power Development For World Class Horizontal Jumping by Dan Pfaff from mike young on Vimeo.