Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT
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St Louis, MO
Joined May 2012
With the recent influx of followers (Thank you all!!!), I thought it would be good time to share a little bit about me, who I am, and what I do: I was a multi sport athlete who decided to go all in on track after sustaining several injuries, the worst of which being an ACL, MCL,
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Things that are easy to improve: • Lifting numbers Things that don’t improve as easily: • Speed • Agility • Jumps • Throws Things important to performance: • Speed • Agility • Jumps • Throws Things people spend most of their time on: • Lifting
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Do your best to make complex concepts seem simple. Tailor your message so that a 5 year old could understand it. If it’s overly complex and drawn out, you’ll lose the athlete’s attention and the message will be lost. Simple >> Complex
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I will reiterate in simpler terms — Athletes need to prioritize recovery and stop working themselves into the ground
What opinion about sports do you have that would put you in this position against everyone else?
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Want to get faster? Stop depleting your legs with gassers every day. Simply having fresh legs will add noticeable speed to your performance.
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I think this is an example of the interpretation revealing our perspectives. People see different things; - a “technique” drill - a warmup drill - a switching drill - a GCT stiffness drill - a RTP/plan b drill The answer of whether it’s useful needs context first.
I am not a fan of boom booms sprint drill. I feel it doesn't translate to improved sprinting & mechanics. There is no hip projection, no forward propulsion, the sprint cyclical pattern is not the same. What is the reason why you do boom booms with your athletes?
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Thigh angular velocity and the ability to switch quickly through full ROM between steps are both pretty important. Not here to go to battle and defend switches / boom booms, but most drills have a time and place somewhere. Young athletes are generally pretty bad at this.
I am not a fan of boom booms sprint drill. I feel it doesn't translate to improved sprinting & mechanics. There is no hip projection, no forward propulsion, the sprint cyclical pattern is not the same. What is the reason why you do boom booms with your athletes?
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Myth: The "No days off" mentality is how you become a champion -- Rest days are vital in keeping you healthy and adapting. Without them, training becomes busy work that does more harm than good. Want to reduce risk of injury + elevate your performance? Respect your days off.
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You have to feel for the impressionable high schoolers who want to compete at a high level and instead of being developed, they are being coerced and submitting to being juiced up by those trusted to help them.
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One way to reduce the risk of hamstring injury…. CHILL OUT We need to make sure we are resting, recovering, and taking days off periodically to let the body refresh between reps, sets, sessions, and training blocks. Going at it everyday is not as beneficial as it sounds.
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Some of my favorite cues when coaching the sprints: - Fast hands - Down down down - Floor is lava - Rise like an airplane What are yours?
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One of the most valuable things you can add when working with athletes are tests that are valid, reliable, and repeatable. No matter your procedure, equipment, or otherwise… if the above aren’t present it devalues the value of each data point.
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Top speed is valuable, but most team sports occur in short bursts, not long straight line runs in open space. This is why I truly believe acceleration is the skill that sets most high school athletes apart.
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Still not a fan of static stretching in warmups
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I’ve got a 10.4s(w)/10.5s/21.2s HS senior if any colleges are interested in checking him out. DM me for details.
10.6/21.3 sprinter Hendrix Hart, Kevin Hart's son, signs with Tennessee. ✍️
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Having troubles calculating stride length, ground contact times, air times, and max velocities efficiently? There's an AI company on the rise that I've been using to do all of that for me during my sessions with marker less motion capture. I put together a free e-book on it!
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Minimum wage in Chicago is $16.60/hr You can sack groceries for that with no work experience nor formal education… … or get yrs of education, credentialing, + accumulated experience to be valued enough in the industry to help protect millions in assets for $18/hr Wild times
@ChiRuxinBGO $18/hour… for a job that requires an advanced degree. This @ChicagoBears franchise worth nearly $9 billion that generates over $600 million a year yet credentialed healthcare professionals are expected to work for $18/hour. 🤡 Let that sink in. I’m a Registered Dietitian and
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Be careful with the “One more rep” mentality — That one extra rep won’t win you a championship, but it can certainly lose you one if you run into a hamstring injury while fatigued. Don’t get greedy.
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Get rid of the PR or bust mindset — It sets athletes up for failure when the PRs inevitably stop coming Instead, opt for the rolling average It’s a fluid performance metric based on how the average performance trends over time vs defining success / failure by an outlier PR
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Looking to get faster in the next 12 weeks? I put together a Speed Program for exactly that. Check it out!
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Train to improve speed, power, and fitness with physical therapist and coach, Dr. Brendan Thompson, PT, DPT. He specializes in teaching you how to run, improve form, and perform your best.
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