Tom's training log...

dazzachap said:Hi Tom,

I'm a fairly recent member of this site,and thought it was about time i stuck my tuppence worth in from time to time,
have read your log with interest, not sure if anyone has ever mentioned before in your track and field circles......? but you would be a perfect candidate for bobsledding.......requirement for both power and speed are huge. I was lucky enough to compete for 4 yrs and found it a great X-over sport for both my sprinting and lifting, both complementing each other without detracting from each other.......
Barring injury (running flat out on ice with ice spikes with a recurring stressfracture not recommended)and the ability to load into the sled at full speed.... i would have been surprised taking into account your current numbers on the track and in the gym if you wouldnt have made the British team for the coming olympics in Vancouver had you been around at the start of the season.....
trained with quite a few over the years who crossed over from track and field to bob with great success, Ally Condon has had a good couple of yrs and should be vancouver bound.......!?

Food for thought for the future.........

JC said:Mate I love the iron game, but my advice, dont do anything (comp wise) that would jepordise your athletics season

10.53 is fast as f**k, especially as the best Brits are only running low 10s to win Nationals/Qualify for Internationals

Tom_Martin said: Cheers, I'm going to try my best to balance the two as well as I can. I've just got the British Juniors in a few weeks, then that's probably it for me until the World Juniors if I make it. Main focus sprinting is the European Trials on the 27th June, if I have an amazing season then it'll be 28th July European Championships. Then IPF World Juniors are 28th August. So it looks like it'll be no problem at all fitting both sports in at an elite level (if I'm capable)

moz said:
Kiss the right arses in GBPF and you'll go the worlds. If not stay at home.

Tom_Martin said: ....you got a story to tell there Moz? Dealt with this kind of s**t in athletics with regards to funding too...

moz said:
funding lol? Least of my worries, you'll have to stump up your own cash in powerlifting mate. Maybe the pay for juniors, I doubt it.

Joseph_Walton said:10.53, not taking the piss but that wouldn't get you a place on the worlds team in sprinting would it. I know that akreety fella is sub 10.1 is faster than that and don't they generally take about one person at the max. You'd definitely get on the worlds team for powerlifting, and it'd be nice to see someone kick some roided up russian arse.

Tom_Martin said:
Exactly, I'd need an amazing season to come close to getting selected, but people keep telling me they're more impressed with that time than powerlifting on a strength training forum for some reason lol.

Joseph_Walton said:
That'd be a hell of an improvement, i remember reading an article about how hamstring strength improved the yank sprinters times massively, hopefully the stifflegs work for you. I'm hoping to get back into throwing but i can get away with powerlifting at the same time. Also if you start sprinting it'll stop you from catching up with me, so get sprinting.