Whys( And Wherefores) Of Track Training

What shows in the photo is new. Pro athletes with muscles growing out of their ears conditioned to the nth degree in the year 2011 in the NFL. Without year round weight room work these players might be sacking groceries instead of populating NFL rosters.

Take note, same photo 10 years ago likely would show lesser degrees of arm muscle development.

This is new. And, has yet to permeate all pro sports. I'd guess 75% of baseball managers utterly fail to connect conditioning to performance and in general mostly lack interest in the concept of improving their player's performance. We still have H.S. grads managing major league baseball teams, and here with the KC Royals we have a manager/gm combo so completely oblivious to athletic performance that I am daily amazed how they keep their jobs.

All this sheds some light on race horse trainers. These good folks are in general hardly the exception to the rule in human athletics. And, there are several additional reasons unique to horses that most track trainers have very little interest in conditioning beyond bare minimums. Specifics, next post.
Training:
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