As usual, Carsten Warholm and coach Lev Olaf Allnes are laughing and joking before the season starts in Olstenvik this evening. They do not hide the fact that Warholm is in good shape.
They also showed some of that on social media. Earlier this winter, Warholm posted a video of him pumping 406 kilos up and down in a special workout invented by Lev Olaf Allnes.
“You got a lot of heat for that one,” Warholm smiles.
He adds:
— but I might put it on “provocation” a little too.
Under this post, the Olympic champion in athletics wrote that the exercise was not named, but that it “may be a world record.”
According to Warholm, the feedback came from many training environments, but mostly from those involved in weightlifting. They didn’t understand why Warholm would hit the weights on the floor and pull them up on the rebound.
– A lot of people think what I’m doing is completely stupid. Warholm says they can only think if they want to.
Designed to run
Ulstein Viking goes on to say that the special workout comes from Lev’s “crazy head”. Therefore, the student only gets a big grin in return for the instructor.
Alnes doesn’t want to comment on the heat Warholm has received from some critics.
– But this is a workout designed for running. Therefore, it is appropriate to do so, he says to TV 2.
Alnes could talk for many hours about the theory behind it.
But in short, that promise is what’s called a “triple extension.” This means that when Warholm lifts weights, he does a kind of finger lift at the same time.
The idea is that the front foot has the same amount of contact time with the ground as when running.
In this way, it trains the ankle joint, knee joint and hip joint in the same running-like motion.
– We have been doing this exercise for many years. But we’ve only recently built a machine so we can carry a little more weight than before. It is more stable. It was an exercise that worked very well for us, Warholm says.
Listen to him: Several messages were flagged on Warholm’s mobile phone after the post. Here from a previous occasion. Photo: Daniel Sannum Lauten/TV 2
He trained himself during the injury period
TV 2 also has pictures of Warholm this summer when he injured his hamstring. Then he did the same exercise. But with much less weight.
– I carried just over 50 kilos this summer, and more than 400 kilos now. Does it tell you a little bit about how far you’ve come in your training after the break?
– Both f. When I got injured we had to take a few steps back and lost 50 kilos to make it easier. In this sense, it shows what I was capable of at that time, and what I can do when I am healthy.
Are you more aware now of how difficult it is to push the limits of training?
– No, not really. It is a ruthless business in which we work. There is no question of doing something halfway. We must do things with the same quality and ability to implement as before. When it comes to the quality of training, there are no compromises, so you need to accept the consequences as they happen, says Warholm.
– no fear
That’s why there will also be a lot of gas in Ulsteinhallen. It’s been half a year since Warholm last held a competition.
Always a good and bad thing for Coach Alness.
– When you go with a full engine, there is always a little risk.[Laughs]That’s why I’m also always a little nervous.
But there is one thing they both agree on. Fear of new infections isn’t something they have or talk about often.
– We didn’t talk about it at all, says Warholm.
Because in a sprinting exercise there is no point in getting into any kind of safety margin.
– Only when you enter this pose, you just have to remove all fear and switch to spinal reflexes. This is what gives the best time.
Karsten Warholm set the European record for the 400m indoors at 45.02. He brought it back in 2019.
If the form is as good as it looks in the power room, it might be possible to hope for a historic sub-45s race debut on the Warholm main track in Olsteinvik.
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