When summer rolls around everyone starts getting summer crazed because no school and not having to worry about anything but tanning, chilling, and sleeping. For me summer is time for a break from track. You may think I'm meaning the whole summer off. Well that's not the scenario in my case. Summer is my off season where I can work to get stronger and maintain speed leading up to off season track in September.
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I'll train up to four times per week working on strength and speed primarily. Summer practices are the most fun because because yes not having to worry about turning in an assignment on time is nice unless you're taking summer courses(which in my case I will be). Along with training comes proper sleep, eating, and hydrating of course which are all things that go with being a collegiate athlete. Without addressing these routines you won't compete or train well. Hydration is key during the summer especially when temperatures get up into the 90's-100's. Sleep is one of those things that is hard during the summer but still needs to be done properly.
Training isn't something I'm forced to do, it's something I enjoy and makes me feel accomplished during the summer months. Because once off season rolls around you'll feel confident that you did the training in the summer to prepare you for whats to come. I also have training partners which makes it more fun and a group effort since we are all doing the same things and dying together in the heat.
A summer workout for me looks like this:
20min jog
bounding
mobility drills
weight lifting
fast feet work
abs
(1-2hours of training)
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