Originally posted by mike
Looks good to me although you could also consider doing some maxV work on Monday since the athletes will be getting speed endurance work when they compete.
You mean Special Endurance right? Because the rest in between races will be too long to be considered Speed Endurance. Thoughts?
Originally posted by DaGovernor
You mean Special Endurance right? Because the rest in between races will be too long to be considered Speed Endurance. Thoughts?
At least the way that I think of it, the effects of speed endurance are not so much within session rest dependent as they are dependent on the duration of time at or near maximal velocity within the rep (or some of that time during the course of the session). The rest intervals for speed endurance workouts (in my opinion) are only important in how it effects the intensity of subsequent reps. If they are too short, the subsequent reps may be performed too slowly to be considered speed endurance work. On the other hand, if they are performed with long rest intervals I don't really think it would matter too much because it could only enhance the athlete's ability to sustain near maximal speeds during the next rep or in your case event. In my opinion, this is what speed endurance is all about.
I'd like to thank everyone for their help with this journal. The knowledge and advice I've received is invaluable and is appreciated. It has helped me, as well as my athletes, become a better sprinter.
I plan on starting a journal for next season. However, I'm not sure if I'll continue it here or start an entirely new one.
i’m a 400m /400mhurdles runner, my pb is 52"50 and i want to increase this time so i want to know if i can use your training program to reach my goal?
You may use anything on this site that you feel would help you to improve. Go ahead and take a look at what I have, and if you see something you like, by all means, be my guest.
I agree with 400stud, before I begin the track season I stick to short sprints, then when the season starts in Nov. then we have a strict schedule, but we also have 1-2 days working on starts/short sprints no longer than 40m.
Plus I was reading your weightlifting schedule and I would decrease the number of reps for monday for bench. I would lower it to 4x5. Seeing that all your other core lifts are low reps.
How to you train off season? And how many months before competition do you start speed work?
First of all, I believe that speed work should be done year round. You can do speed work all year long if phased properly.
In the off season, I start with hills, and endurance work. I also do things like sled pulls, drills, etc. Drills, sled pulls, and hills all are forms of speed work. You don't have to do 40m sprints on the track to be doing speed work. There's always more than one way to skin a cat.
