[Mike Young]

Mike Young on September 2, 2012 at 6:40 am #18514

If you want to get better at something do more of it. This is another simple observation but it’s frightening how few take it to heart. Within that statement are hidden several fundamental tennets of training theory. The “something” implies both specificity and intensity while “more” deals directly with volume and frequency. If I want to get better at sprinting I need to sprint either more, w

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[JeremyRichmond]

JeremyRichmond on September 3, 2012 at 12:16 pm #117791

It seems simple but true.

Sprint more, more often or both. This of course may benefit from greater recovery protocols.

Have we got any information on Seagrave’s methods?

What about recovery protocols?

[RussZHC]

RussZHC on September 5, 2012 at 12:01 pm #117826

Disappointingly, personally, this is one of the two primary reasons I am coaching less and less.

1] the athlete needs to be as passionate about getting to the end point as the coach, locally I have difficulty believing they do

2] it does not matter if both the coach and athlete understand the training as it relates to volume, intensity and variables that effect those…IF you commit to 5x of run specific work per week and for whatever reason, perceived, imagined or actual, you only train 3x in that given time frame, why the H&## do you think you should be given more time off from training?
Again, locally, there seems to be this idea that random training between 2x and 5x a week with unplanned time off filling in the gaps is enough to be competitive at University level. WTF?