{"comments":{"511826":{"pb_id":"325","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511826","comment_id":"511826","member_id":"325","comment":"Karenk -<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nYour comments are much appreciated - yes, the body will adapt and your can improve your nervous system.  In regards to the \"no-frill\" I think it's safe to assume that anytime some is suggestion you buy sometime to become a better runner, chances are you don't need to buy that thing.","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/2093.jpg","pb_title":"CoachJay","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=325","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/CoachJay.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"241"},"511823":{"pb_id":"5089","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511823","comment_id":"511823","member_id":"5089","comment":"Thank you for the timely advice.  Even us \"seasoned\" folks forget how important proprioception is at times.  After suffering a severe case of frostbite 3 years  ago, my proprioception was incredibly impaired due to the resultant nerve damage that occurred.  I have found that by utilizing these types of no impact, running-specific exercises, I was able to rehab more quickly.  These exercises can give injured runners the mental and physical focus that they need to stay motivated, while helping to improve their running economy.<br \/>\r\nMy \"no-frills\" community running team especially appreciates the no-equipment-needed approach to training.  In showing the 2 HS age captains this video, they quickly tried out the exercises and between bouts of giggling at how uncoordinated the other looked, were able to ascertain which side was less stable, especially when they closed their eyes.<br \/>\r\nThanks for the info!","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"KarenK","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=5089","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/KarenK.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"245"},"511817":{"pb_id":"4885","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511817","comment_id":"511817","member_id":"4885","comment":"Thank you very much. These videos are tremendously helpful.","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3227.jpg","pb_title":"KDavis","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4885","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/KDavis.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1865"},"511816":{"pb_id":"325","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511816","comment_id":"511816","member_id":"325","comment":"<p>KDavis - Yes, most definitely - this a great way to improve the nervous system of the power athlete and like I said above, this is a great way during the warm-up to see if the nervous system is ready for intense neural stimuli, i.e. plyos.All coaches steal; I stole this from Mike Smith; Mike likely stole this from the training room, but if he didn't then he stole it from his boss and head coach at K-State, Cliff Rovelto; Cliff is a world renowned multi-event and HJ coach; Cliff makes all track athletes better athletes during their training for their specific event.Also, check out the leg circuit from last week as that's a nice precursor, both metabolically and in terms of neuromuscular coordination, to Plyos for the LJ\/TJ kid.Finally, you can have your 3,200m\/4x800m kid and your LJ\/TJ\/4x100 kid do this routine togetherDrDistance - Progressions would be:60-90 sec per leg working up to 2-3 min per leg...more than that and they new activity.Small hip movements (i.e. lowercase) to Big hip movements (as shown here - she's GOOD)Eyes open to eyes closed.Here's the deal with the alphabet - a kid coming from Ski racing or skateboarding who now is on your 4x800m will likely be awesome at this and in 2-3 weeks be doing it for 2-3 min with eyes closed.&nbsp; The flip side is your 3,200m kid who is being recruited heavily may never get to that point...and it doesn't matter!&nbsp; All that matter is that distance runners are, a few times a week or daily, depending on your approach, working on their proprioception\/neuromuscular coordination.&nbsp; Great question DrDistance, but just don't expect to see the same progression throughout 10-12 weeks with all of the athletes.<\/p>","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/2093.jpg","pb_title":"CoachJay","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=325","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/CoachJay.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"241"},"511815":{"pb_id":"5079","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511815","comment_id":"511815","member_id":"5079","comment":"My question with both exercises is what is the progression with each?  Once an athlete 'masters' the excercise do you progress to the closed eyes?  And, what is the best utilizition (pre-run, post, during a weight session) of these.  Keep up the great work!","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"DrDistance","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=5079","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DrDistance.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1155"},"511814":{"pb_id":"4885","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"511814","comment_id":"511814","member_id":"4885","comment":"I really like this exercise. This might be a strange question but, how could I use the alphabet routine for triple and long jump?","date_added":"Jun 9th 2012, 7:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":8478,"item_type":"video","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3227.jpg","pb_title":"KDavis","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4885","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/KDavis.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1865"}},"last_id":"511814","url":"comments.php?item_type=video&item_id=8478&item_url=gprofile.php?mgroup_id=60"}