[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on July 27, 2011 at 11:42 pm #17612

Is hormone testing important? A simple blood panel testing general health has a higher impact than all of the nonsense we are seeing with some teams in Europe. Where is the impact? One Director of Performance clearly indicated that worrying about the “possible” 2% was not worth if if you are not doing the basics really well. I agree. Get in shape first then worry about recovery. High frequency t

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[COV-GOD]

COV-GOD on July 28, 2011 at 6:04 pm #109501

I agree, sometimes coaches can bt caught up in the ‘science’ rather the session or even the athlete.

I went to watch one of th uk 400 coaches and he was taking lactate every rep and stopped 2 of the runners really early in the session as they had hit a set ‘target’ however both runners wanted to and felt they could continue with the training session

[W.E. Price]

W.E. Price on July 30, 2011 at 5:24 am #109524

I agree, sometimes coaches can bt caught up in the ‘science’ rather the session or even the athlete.

I went to watch one of th uk 400 coaches and he was taking lactate every rep and stopped 2 of the runners really early in the session as they had hit a set ‘target’ however both runners wanted to and felt they could continue with the training session

And perhaps those same runners might’ve performed slightly better with extended recovery given the opportunity. What is the effect to the ANS?