13th IAAF World Championship in Athletics, Deagu South Korea 2011 - Entry Standards

The 13th World Championship in Athletics will be held at Deagu, South Korea from 27 August  to 04 September, 2010. Each member of IAAF is entitled to enter their qualified athletes only. Athletes must be achieve the entry standards during the qualification period from 01.10.2010 (01.01.2010 for the 10,000m, Marathon, Combined Events, Race Walks and Relays) to 15.08.2011. Entry standards are as follow:

Auto-Qualification:
1) Defending World Champions (from the 2009 World Championship)
2) Area Champions (E.g: Asian Champion, European Champion etc.)
3) At least one athlete per event for the host nation (South Korea)
4) One wild card (for each gender) will be given to nations who have no qualified athlete

Note:
1) A maximum of three athletes per nation with "A" standard will be allowed to participate.
2) A maximum of one athlete per nation with "B" standard + one or two athletes with "A" standard will be allowed to participate.

Read more about entry standard here

Recommended reading materials: 
Runner's World Training Journal
1983 World Championship in Athletics  
Athletics 2009: The International Track & Field Annual 
Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running

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Harry Aikines Gym Workouts - Incredible Strength

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey reminds me about Ben Johnson's exceptional strength. He has the great qualities of strength, power and endurance that are uncommon in ordinary top sprinters.

Harry is the 2006 World Junior champion at the 100 metres, and the 2005 World Youth champion at 100m and 200m. He is part of Great Britain's 4x100 m relay team which won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship in Athletics.

To date, the Englishman has a personal best of 10.10s at the century dash. Alright, check out his videos, performing a maximum front squat, power clean at 170kg, 40 chin ups in 46 seconds and "extreme" muscle ups:

 
Harry performs a 1 rep max (190kg) front squat:

 
Fast and nice technique at 170kg Power Clean!

So you want to maintain a fast arm swing for 10-11 seconds?!  
40 times chin ups in 46 seconds 

  

And this is a great example of incredible upper bodystrength: 
it's require a proper technique and strength
(of course), or you can't even do one rep, try it!

Recommended readings:
Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning

Science and Practice of Strength Training, Second Edition 
Linford Christie - Olympic Champion 92, World Champion 93

If I'm So Smart, Why Can't I Lose Weight?: Tools to Get it Done

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Seven Reasons Why Fitness Centre or Gym Sucks

This is a quick list about the crap things during practice especially in the private fitness centre or gymnasium. I suppose, I would lists many more stories concerning this matter but in this post I will focus the 7 regular habit of trainers and trainees that you will see in the fitness centres.

The story is not intended to pointing out some people out there. However, the most important thing when you step foot into the fitness centre is to exercise effectively, comfortably and enjoy. Therefore, kindly "be informed" and get ready about the following things before joining a gym or fitness centre.

1) Guys show-off
I do believe that each fitness centers elsewhere in the world has an idiot guy. These guys thought that they’re the king of weight training and trying to be the hero and show-off about their broad shoulder in spite of having weak core strength.

2) Over Hypertrophy
I would get sick to see a person who bulk up or over exploited the upper body muscles like the ultimate warrior while having pin-sized legs like a puppy dog.

3) Free Training Tips
Two situations, whether he will ask you for a training tips or he will voluntarily to become your consultant like an expert!

4) One pack or Six Packs
Good thing is at least the one-pack guys who want to get a six-packs asking you strategy and tips about abs workouts. But then you cannot bear those guys anymore, they start to report you each day about daily improvement of the abs. After that, they will get you with the topic of supplement food and etc. etc..

5) Smell
Everyone knows "breathing is crucial" during lifting weights or running at treadmills. But when a smell guy come to practice around you, then you better go home. Do you ever thought it ruins the quality of workouts? Sorry but to be honest you cannot breathe properly.

6) Warm up
Unless he or she is a true athlete, you'll not see people in the fitness centres do the warm up properly. One story in the past, one guy sees me doing half squat 180kg, he walks right to the next squat cage and attempted the same weight with terrible technique, and without warm up. Of course he failed at all of his attempts, and immediately back home.

7) "I've already 6 months in the gym doing weights, but no improvement".
Well, what you have done in six months? Non-functional workouts, non-systematic planning, spending the whole time talking about 6 packs, too much time on dumbbells, everything nonsense!

UPDATE (October 2012)
8) Subscription or the Fees
Exercise maximizes the qualify of life (health).  You can do your workouts anywhere you want to.  In order to do exercise regularly you may need different environments so you won't get bored. Many fitness centres today have introduced a "contract" system.  They like to call it "commitment". Once you have registered as member, they will hold you as long as they can.  I don't say this system is very negative.  From a positive perspective, this system would get you engaged with exercise regularly. But please get a clear clarification from the centre on this. Please read and understand their terms. In this system your credit card will continue to pay them even though you don't go to the centre anymore.  And in fact, if you want to stop subscription you will need to pay to deactivate your account.

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Complete Videos of Latest Athletics World Records

This is a part four (Women's field events) of Track and Field World Record's Videos.

Click here for part 1 (Men's track events),
Click here for part 2 (Men's field events),
Click here for part 3 (Women's track events)





High Jump
2.09m STEFKA KOSTADINOVA (Bulgaria), 1987 Rome ITA


Pole Vault
5.06m YELENA ISINBAYEVA (Russia), 2009 Zurich GER



Long Jump
7.52m GALINA CHISTYAKOVA (USSR), 1988 Leningrad USSR


Triple Jump
15.50m INESSA KRAVETS (Ukraine) 1995 Goteborg SWE


Shot Put
22.63m NATALYA LISOVSKAYA (USSR), 1987 Moscow USSR
will be embedded once it become available

Discus Throw
76.80m GABRIELA REINSCH (East Germany), 1988 Neubrandenburg GDR
will be embedded when it becomes available

Hammer Throw
78.30m ANITA WLODARCZYK (Poland), 2010 Bydgoszcz POL


Javelin Throw
72.28m BARBORA SPOTAKOVA (Czech Republic), 2008 Stuttgart GER


Heptathlon
7,291p JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE (United States), 1988 Seoul KOR

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2011 Track and Field World Records

This is a part three (women's track events) of the Track and Field World Records' Videos. Click here for part 1 (men's track events), Click here for part 2 (men's field events)

100 Metres
10.49s FLORENCE GRIFFITH-JOYNER (United States), Indianapolis USA 1988


200 Metres
21.34s FLORENCE GRIFFITH-JOYNER (United States), Seoul KOR 1988


400 Metres
47.60s MARITA KOCH (East Germany) Milan ITA 1982


800 Metres
1:53.28s JARMILA KRATOCHVILOVA (East Germany) Munich GER 1983
-to be embedded once it become available

1500 Metres
3:50.46s Yunxia Qu (China), Beijing CHN 1993


5000 Metres
14:11.15 TIRUNESH DIBABA (Ethiopia,)Oslo NOR 2008
-to be embedded once it become available

10,000 Metres
29:31.78s WANG JUNXIA (China), Beijing CHN 1993


Marathon
2:15.25s PAULA RADCLIFFE (Great Britain, London ENG 2003


100 Metres Hurdles
12.21s YORDANKA DONKOVA (Bulgaria), Stara Zagora BUL 1986
-to be embedded once it become available

400 Metres Hurdles
52.34s YULIYA PECHONKINA (Russia), Tula RUS 2003
-to be embedded once it become available

3000 Metres Steeplechase
8:58.81s GULNARA SAMITOVA-GALKINA (Russia), Beijing CHN 2008


4x400 Metres Relay
3:15.17s USSR, Seoul KOR 1988
(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Maria Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)

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Latest Videos of Track and Field World Records (P2)

Video collection of the latest Track and Field World Records. Men's field events + decathlon (Part 2). Click here for part 1 (men's track events)

High Jump
2.45m JAVIER SOTOMAYOR (Cuba), Salamanca ESP 1993

Pole Vault

SERGEY BUBKA (Ukraine)
6.14m Sestriere ITA 1994
6.15m (i) Donetsk UKR 1993

Long Jump
8.95m MIKE POWELL (United States), Tokyo JPN 1991

Triple Jump
18.29m JONATHAN EDWARDS (Great Britain) , Gotenburg SWE 1995

Shot Put
23.12m RANDY BARNES (United States), California USA 1990

Discus Throw
74.08m JURGEN SCHULT (East Germany), Neubrandenburg GER 1986

Hammer Throw
86.74m YURIY SYEDIKH (USSR) ...2nd best performance

Javelin Throw
98.48m JAN ZELEZNY (Czech Republic), Jena GER 1996

Decathlon
9,026p ROMAN SEBRLE (Czech Republic), Gotzis AUT 2003

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Latest Track and Field World Records (Video Part 1)

Part 1 (men's track events) of video collection for each Track and Field World records.

100 Metres
9.58s USAIN BOLT (Jamaica), Berlin GER 2009


200 Metres
19.19s USAIN BOLT (Jamaica), Berlin GER 2009


400 Metres
43.18s MICHAEL JOHNSON (United States of America), Seville ESP 1999


800 Metres
1:41.01s DAVID RUSIDHA (Kenya), Rieti ITA 2010


1500 Metres
3:26.00S HICHAM EL GUERROUJ (Morocco), Rome ITA 1998


5,000 Metres
12:37.35s KENENISA BEKELE (Ethiopia), Hengelo NED 2004
-Video will be uploaded once it become available

10,000 Metres
26:17.53s KENENISA BEKELE (Ethiopia), Brussels BEL 2005


Marathon
2:03:59s HAILE GEBRSELASSIE (Ethiopia)


110 Metres Hurdles
12.87s DAYRON ROBLES (Cuba), Ostrava 2008


400 Meter Hurdles
46.78s KEVIN YOUNG (United States of America), Barcelona ESP 1992


3,000 Metres Steeplechase
7:53.63s SAIF SAAEED SHAHEEN (Qatar), Brussels BEL 2004
-Video will be uploaded once it become available

4 x 100 Metres Relay
37.10s JAMAICA (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell), Beijing CHN 2008


4X400 Metres Relay
2:54.20s UNITED STATES (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson), Stuttgart GER 1993

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UPM Athletics Championship 2011

The UPM (University Putra Malaysia) athletics championship ended on Sunday after being held for three days at the UPM Stadium, Serdang. However, the competition was held too early in a season, obviously non beneficial to athletes who are going through the preparation phase at the moment.

Following are some major results from the competition:

MEN EVENTS

Triple Jump Final (14/1): 1, Firdaus Salim, 14.87m. 2, Syahrul Faiz, 14.35m. 3, Ammar Fitri Zainul, 14.03m.

High Jump Final (14/1): 1, Najwan Aqra, 1.93m.

400m Final (15/1): 1, Yunus Lasaleh, 50.3s.

Long Jump (15/1): 1, Syahrul Faiz, 7.01m.

5000m Final (16/01): 1, Jironi Riduan, 15:57.7s

Pole Vault Final: 1, Rafiuddin, 3.70m.

WOMEN EVENT

800m Final (14/01): 1, K. Gantimanthi, 2:28.6s.

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