Sprinters Warm Up : Speakers & Interviews

that would make a really good saturday dryland.

That sounds fun....

Hawke, nice man - you r having 2 much fun. Thinking outside the square!!! Well done at the OG's too. The pool reminds me of Heffron!!!! - oh the memories

Jay can we do that

JAY WE HAVE TO DO A WIERD FUN WARM UP

Sorry if this comes off as a really silly question... BUT,
I've been looking for a band that the guys in the video used to wrap around their feet (for kicking) and I was wondering if anyone could tell me where to find/buy one?

Thanks

Sorry if this comes off as a really silly question... BUT,
I've been looking for a band that the guys in the video used to wrap around their feet and I was wondering if anyone could tell me where to find/buy one?

Thanks

Hey Brett - Good stuff taking a bit of mongrel fun into your coaching.I really like the variety.Most swimmers know that the sprinters are the berserkers of the team this stuff keeps them fresh and ready

Hey Brett, very cool set. Is this pool on the Auburn campus. Also, does alexei, cesar, james, bryan, do they only practice with you or do they somtimes practice with the people in the background. How big is the short course pool.

so today my coach wanted us to play water polo, with someone on top of your sholders. yah, we hardly ever do intervls, esspecially in the summer.

brett, congratulations on coming up with all of this great stuff, as well as coaching the best looking group i've ever seen. hot.

what a great way to relieve the boredom of basic laps warmup.

I love your stuff I hope you put more up. I swam with Wike when he was 12 and watched him grow up and its nice to see he is well taken care of.

Wooooow Bill Pilczuk! good pull.

I also thought I should add that swimmers or coaches should not look at this and say that this sort of training only works for the most talented or elite sprinters. Remember Bill Pilczuk? I'm sure Brett does. He was a 22 high 50 freestyler who walked on at Auburn and made the best use of the revolutionary training they had there. A few years later he was the first man to beat Alex Popov in the 50 free for eight years. Make the best of what you have!

the best athletes make the best sprinters. nuff said.

Brett, I think this stuff is amazing. I am always trying to find new ways to work my swimmers and have fun at the same time, but all of you're stuff just shows me up. This is such an inspiration. Who ever said coaching and swimming had to be done by the textbook? If you do what everyone else does, you're going to be as good as everyone else. You have to come up with new ways to workout and push yourself. Everyone gave Dave Salo crap when he started doing quality over quantity, but look what's come of it. Kudos to Auburn and Brett Hawke for doing what others are scared to do.

There is nothing random about the exercises we do at AU. I am thinking all day like all the other good coaches in the U.S. Each exercise is actually carefully selected to bring out the best in the athletes, just like Chris so intelligently suggested. People can laugh and scoff but 18.47 and 40.97 are the new benchmarks. To all the creative coaches and athletes...just keep creating even when others are laughing, it pays off trust me!

Isn't the random exercises how swimming has come so far? People are always trying new things and pushing limits. How else are we supposed to get better without trying new things? Auburn sprinters are clearly benifitting from all this.

Hey Brett, has some of the "random" stuff come through trial and error over the years? Just coming up with a funky idea, trying it, liking it, and then going back to it in the appropriate time?

Well put Brett! I think that says it all......

Here's what I have to say to people who are concerned that Brett's dryland and workout techniques seem "random" or "without a purpose". While it may look that way, in reality Brett is just drawing from a large wealth of exercises, all of which he knows make you a better athlete/swimmer. So while they may seem random to you, in fact they have each been carefully selected. If you look at it objectively, this has one serious advantage over more traditional training. Take bench press for instance. The first time you perform a bench press you will be very sore and probably perform lower than your actual strength. If you repeat the motion over and over again, your results will improve, fractionally because of strength gain and mostly because your body is used to bench pressing. What Brett's training does is constantly put these sprinter's body's under "new" stress, forcing constant adaptations, rather than them just getting used to one thing.

I will put my sprinters up against the best in the world... Its called the Olympic Games! And it happens in about two months. Then we will see if this "Random stuff" actually works. In the meantime just try and beat one of them......

his sunglasss are ridiculous..haha
about the vomit thing...this is really dumb...its cool to watch, but thats it..
we know they dont do things like that in practices
like always...Auburn is all about the show...

"no aka chris" youre right, how young of me. I'll just go play some more warcraft...

really...all those things have a purpose!I don't know about his bachelor's degree, but there is the conditioning coach there to support him about this...he knows what he's doing...

So, this is random stuff that can be made up on the spot, but I WANT to do it!!!
Go Tigers!

I agree to a point. Teams can do this stuff, but do they know why they do this stuff? Brett didn't seem like he knew why he had created it. Like weights, let me look into our closet and see what I can make up today. hmmmm
If not, why not create the craziest stuff and do it for show. I guess it could work for you or it could not.

Brett Hawke basically said he just made it up becasue it was different. I don't think it has a purpose. You can push the body like this without the gatorade chugging. They throw up not becasue they push the body to different limits that has been done before, but because they chugged a drink before.

so you admit to being a hater

he will post it, you just have to be more patient!Besides the time it takes on editing a video, he's doing the coverage of the usms, if you haven't notice...

if its real then put it up. and "vw2" who says owned? i mean besides 14 year old computer nerds

garrett just owned all of you haters

in fact it's very dangerous

Can't wait to see the puke session!and...can't wait to see No take back what he said!

BH is hot!

why would I preview it if I didn't plan on showing it? Trust me the puke session is on the way. Have a little faith no, or at least use a name and stand behind your negativity...

ok "d",
when the set turns out to me a joke, you're gonna look super awsome

it will take a while for the main set to get posted. look how long it took for the warm up to get posted after the dryland video? i have no doubt the they did that main set

George, whatever...

English Alexei!

nah he is not...he def will...

haha, apon..wrong...
I want to se the main set..i had fun,but it's def something diffrent from what we do on the regular basics. As the Brett said..the challenge.. are we going to accept it or be anxious about it and not do it.. So that%u2019s why its cool%u2026we did it,we had fun, we%u2019ve learned something..and hack yeah i liked it!!

cheers,
alexei

if the set happened, he would have posted. he was entirely joking

The rabbit and the dolphin: Alexei and Cesar.

no, its not gonna happen, just wait and see

me too.

I love cesar cielo

its gonnna happen...just wait and see

I WANT TO DO THAT SET SOOOO BAD. it would suck so bad but just to see people barfing everywhere would be hilarious hahahaha

i think thats the group that has finished their eligibility. All four of those guys have completed their four years or gone pro.

too bad only four people, two of which have finished their four years, get to be in the sprint group. lame for all the other sprinters on the team.

you're all gonna feel stupid when you find out the vomit set is just a pratical joke

damn you know that main set is going to hurt, def a fun one...

that main set should be posted ASAP

that is so bad ass!

we also did the wall push off with cords...once a week my coach would break the monotony and do some outside the box, mike bottom stuff

on my old Y team in high school, we used to do the doggy paddle/sculling/butterfly thing they did here...except we did it with paddles instead of weights

best workout video yet!!

good!

good!

That main set sounds friggin awesome!!

This looks like a blast! I need to get my club coach to let us do this!

no running on the pool deck. someone could poke an eye out.

noname....YES you are

My favorite part is the rest of the entire team going back and forth up and down the pull. I remember very vividly being in these guys (Sprinters) position often.

Believe it or not... buy my lowly DIII team has a very similar tradition. On Wednesday we do lactate sets (4x100s on 9 minutes, 4 x50's on 4 minutes ALL OUT) and on one wednesday of the year, we eat 5 McDonald's double cheeseburgers before practice. We blow up like the fourth of july, and it smells rancid, but everyone is really amped after it and I think there is something to pushing your body this hard!

Am I the only one who thinks chugging then sprinting over and over till you throw up is dangerous.

letting the swimmers think for themselves doesnt happen often. thats cool to see. i would love to be in that atmosphere. these guys rock.

We are going to see the main set, right?

"They can't stop until they throw up..." Yes!

baha!! That set is awesome ha ha

I know these guys are like the best sprinters in the country and they have loads of talent, but why can't other sprint programs with athletes who are physically mature do this kind of stuff too? Do you have to be Olympic caliber to do this stuff? I say as long as the swimmer is physically ready for this, there's no reason why this type of training has to be reserved for the ultra talented.

and this is why the distance swimmers think sprinters are lazy...warming up with somersaults

It's like a free clinic on out of the box thinking.

The first rule of Sprint Club is that we don't talk about Sprint Club.

I like where Brett's head's at.... If you ever saw the movie "Pumping Iron" Aronld is quoted saying " I am not afaird of throwing up or blacking out during a work out" My guess is Brett is thinking the same thing for Cesar....!!! Talk about shocking the body!

Brett Hawke looks amazing in those glasses. I wish he would flex for the camera

I hope the main set is up ASAP!

So I guess we don"t have to swim 60,000 a week to get results. swimming fast sure has come a long way!

Hawke is nuts, nice shades freak!

Brett looks like Brad Pitt on Fight Club with those sunglasses

Well its not some club team, we are watching the best sprint team in the country, I think thats a given.

This guy is a genius, not for the exercises but for making them do things like this 3 times a week, a much needed change in the sport of swimming. I wish I was an AU sprinter!

Keep in mind these gusy are top level athletes and have already extensive backgrounds, not to mention they have loads of talent. I think it is cool, but you have to be at a certain point in your swimming career ti branch out like this 3 or 4 times a week.

This is great stuff! Training videos like this are always great to see.