[Dave Hegland]

Dave Hegland on January 21, 2005 at 10:07 am #10294

I’m wondering how often, if ever, people here pair hurdle specific work with other training elements. It seems hurdlers often neglect tempo or SE because of the technical time demands of hurdling.

For example, would you ever do a technical hurdle day, capped by a few starts over one hurdle, followed by an intensive tempo workout?

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on January 21, 2005 at 11:53 am #40715

Most good collegiate hurdle coaches break up the training in a similar way to what you mentioned. Better hurdlers however typically don’t have a hurdle day that is purely technical because at higher levels of hurdling you can’t separate the technique of hurdling from the rhythm and speed demands of the event. You can however mix the technical training in with acc. dev, speed endurance, etc.

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[pzale8018]

pzale8018 on March 29, 2005 at 10:15 pm #40716

I know what I do in terms of training for IH and the flat 400 is I’ll do the majority of my workout over hurdles, whether its’ runs over 7H or whatever, then I’ll come back and do an abrieviated version of the long sprinter’s workout for the day. Sometimes that means doing short speed, sometimes it’s SE. But I know it’s definitely common to do those kinds of workouts.