(3x Retired) Decathlete for Team USA 🇺🇸 Santa Barbara TC 🏝️ & The Mount ⛰️ || 1/360,000th owner of the GBP 🧀 || Coaching Account: @CoachTomFitzSimons on IG
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Tom FitzSimons retweeted
Working on my max vertical was a major goal during my summer to improve my overall explosiveness and quick twitch abilities, directly helping on the baseball field. A nice bonus is also going from not being able to dunk to windmilling at 5’11. @_TomFitzSimons @JHUBaseball @nmulb
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
Explainer video on science of why the 400m sprint is considered the most painful track & field event.
And why “no person on the planet can run the 400m all out from start to finish".
The race pushes the way the body creates energy to the limit:
▫️0-50 meters: ATP-CP (energy system for very short and explosive movements; used up after 5-10 seconds)
▫️50-200 meters: Anaerobic glycolysis (burns glucose without oxygen, leading to lactic acid buildup and muscle fatigue)
▫️200-300 meters: Aerobic energy (uses oxygen to break down glucose, but cannot keep up with the demand)
▫️300-400 meters: Anaerobic energy reserves tapped while aerobic energy is too slow to fill the gaps (lactic acid buildup is going HAM)
Track athletes can pace for longer distances and shorter ones are just over quicker (obvs).
The Olympic record is a blazing 43:03, set by South African runner Wayde van Niekerk in 2016 (and 2024 Final race is tomorrow).
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Full video from Outperform: youtu.be/D0Zh0bT8OuM?si=24Dp…
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He ran, jumped, threw, vaulted… then ran some more for 10 events across two days in Budapest.
Now @LindonVictor has his reward for life: a world bronze in the decathlon... and national record for Grenada.🥉😎🇬🇩
👟 Adizero
#ImpossibleIsNothing
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
A few clips of @Keturahorji’s preparation at P3 leading up to the 2023 track and field season. USATF Championships begin for her tonight in Eugene.
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
86' | AIR FORCE JUAN PUTS IT IN THE NET✈️
#WeAreTheA 1-3 #ForTheCrown
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
I’ll try to be concise on a complex topic:
- valgus is placed on a continuum,some valgus is more risky than others- esp. when considering ankle & tibia motion relative to rotation at the femur
w/ low training age the simple answer is he needs some good quality balanced training – at Goleta, CA
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
SDSU FOR THE WIN 🚨 xitter.cf/BleacherReport/status/…
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
Something in the water. 14 year old Kevin Roberts @KevinRobertsJr5 6’4, and just turned 15 year old Micah Jones @MicahJones23 6’5.
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
WORLD RECORD* 😳
Magic @mondohoss600 🇸🇪 flies over 6️⃣.2️⃣2️⃣m at the @AllStarPerche in Clermont-Ferrand 🤯
And it's his 60th jump over 6.00m in his career 🥳
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
Adidas is throwing a street meet in Atlanta on May 6th with a 150m straight away. Just saying if y’all want to run that 150m @fkerley99 @Mike_Norman22 – at Clermont, FL
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Show me the money
Adidas is throwing a street meet in Atlanta on May 6th with a 150m straight away. Just saying if y’all want to run that 150m @fkerley99 @Mike_Norman22
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
AREA RECORD 🔥
@annaahalll scores 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣4️⃣ points in the pentathlon at the @usatf Indoor Championships 💥
She moves up to the second place on the indoor all-time list and just misses out on Nataliya Dobrynska's world record of 5013 points 🤯
Tom FitzSimons retweeted
David was all over the place in tonight's win!
35 PTS / 14 REB / 5 AST / 2 STL / 1 BLK / 13-16 FG👏
#HustleAndDrive
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35 PTS 🔥 14 REB 🔥 5 AST
Absolutely DOMINANT stuff tonight from David Nwaba in an overtime win for the @MotorCityCruise!
