SINCE THE 1990s, virtually all athletes and coaches have used a variation of the dynamic warm-up, moving away from the plod-stretchsprint ‘old school’ preparation that had been applied for decades. In the UK, we were relatively late to gasp the concept of warm-up dynamics.
I recall a coaching course I went on with former Soviet head coach and all-time great long jumper Igor Ter-Ovanesyan in the early 1980s. It seemed revolutionary at the time in that, on instruction to warm-up, before we could even start jogging Ter-Ovanesyan had us doing jumping jacks and star jumps and the like. This was something new and exciting and, in retrospect, an early exposure to the dynamism of things to come.
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About AW - The best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport
THE BIG INTERVIEW
14 DAVID RUDISHA
Why the Olympic 800m champion
thought he was finished
SPOTLIGHT
18 BRIANNA ROLLINS
How the sprint-hurdler used a laidback
approach to take Rio gold
ACTION
36 LIVERPOOL CROSS
Andy Butchart prevails over top
field at Euro Cross trials, while
Gemma Steel is leading woman
PERFORMANCE
26 Sports science news
28 Athlete Insight – Sara Treacy
30 Dynamic warm-ups
32 Products – running headgear
A BRIT ABROAD
20 Tim Hutchings laments the demise
of the world cross country champs
NEWS
6 Usain Bolt film premieres
8 GB relay women set for upgrade
10 Alex Yee keeps sport options open
RESULTS & FIXTURES
46 Results round-up
57 What’s On fixtures guide
REGULARS
24 Letters
25 Book reviews
34 Young Athlete – John Millar
61 Quiz – test your knowledge
62 Dip Finish