Andre De Grasse’s plateau exposes a recurring flaw in sprint training: isolated physical qualities rise, yet speed remains unchanged. His case highlights the deeper mechanism most approaches overlook.

For all their variety, an overwhelming majority of WODs have one constant – running. That’s a lot of running in a community that says it hates running!

Whatever your current running speed is, you can run faster immediately by simply changing just one thing. Nothing else will give you the same result.