Griffin Cole

I am a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Hurdle/Sprint Speciality Coach. I am a Personal Trainer for TMPL Fitness in NYC along with my own business "Fast Lane Fitness". I have coached track and field at the high school level, specifically hurdles, and my hurdlers went on to compete at Nike Nationals, New Balance Nationals, and Adidas Nationals while also achieving county, sectional, and state titles.

Still competing in Open Division track meets
High School level Achievements:
-Team Captain 3x
-Top 5 Monmouth County 110mHH
-Individual School Record 55mHH, 110mHH
-Relay School Record 4x
-"All Non-Public" Team Accolade Indoor and Outdoor
-Meet of Champions Qualifier 2x
-School 'Rookie of the Year' Award
-School "Most Improved" Award
-Top Hurdler at Mater Dei Prep in 30 Years

To work specifically on hurdle speed and technique with clients, the layout would be as follows:
Warmup:
400m Jog --> Active Stretching --> Dynamic Stretches such as A,B, and C Skips, Butt kicks, High Knees, etc.)

Hurdle Warmup:
Stretches on Hurdles --> Pop Overs --> Fence Lead Leg Power Drills --> Fence Trail Leg Speed Drills

Workout:
3 Hurdles spaced 1 Hurdle closer to force quicker 3 step progression between each hurdle, Varying the heights from lower than normal height, normal height, and "pyramid" height ; starting from 100mH or 110mH start

Cool Down:
Static Stretching