[jumper-aj]

jumper-aj on March 11, 2004 at 4:57 am #8978

So we had a rather simple workout today outdoors, nothing very difficult at all: 4×200 at 32' with 10' recovery, not hard at all something i can usually hit in my sleep. However, today after the first one my legs were completely dead, it felt as though i had done a complete meet with long/triple jump and some high hurdles. I dont know why this is, as yesterday was a light practice (we played basketball) and the day before was a distance run slow for 30 minutes. I lifted yesterday, only squats, and monday i lifted shoulders. There is no reason i should be this tired, as my 200m pb is about 25' and my 100 is 12.2'. I think i may need a week off from running/sprinting to recover my legs from overtraining, but i dont know why or if thats even the right course of action. I think it could be overtraining because i usually lift nowadays 5x a week, doing legs on my speed workout days and arms on the off days. Any suggestions?

[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on March 11, 2004 at 7:43 am #26117

That's weird. . . . today my sprinters did the EXACT SAME workout. 4 x 200 in 32 w/ 10 min. rec. Ha ha. . . wow.

Anyway, how long have you been training? Maybe that has something to do with it. Try not t lift heavy on consecutive days, that seems to work for me. Also, if your PB is 25 then you were essentially doing extensive tempo today. So you're right, no way you should be tired at all. What have you done for the last two weeks training wise? Also check your weight routine as I stated previously.

[jumper-aj]

jumper-aj on March 11, 2004 at 11:44 am #26118

well i'm coming off a hamstrings tear, and so i really only have done workouts the past 2 weeks, and they've all been a bit slow but nothing like that last one. oh, and the workout was 4×200 in 32 with 10 seconds recovery after walking the 200 back to the starting line, not 10 minutes. still an easy workout though. My lifting has been arms and legs alternating days, i try to coincide my legs heavy lifting with my workouts, so i go hard upper body then workout/hard legs, then hard upper body etc. with rest on the weekends.

[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on March 11, 2004 at 7:49 pm #26119

Well first and foremost, if you've only been back for two weeks then that may be it right there. You're still getting used to running again. Also, in my opinion, 10 seconds may be a bit too short. try somewhere between 30 seconds – 2 minutes. And read some of the forums on here regarding weight training and do some asking around about that.

[pete]

pete on March 12, 2004 at 6:17 am #26120

He said 10s after walking back to the line Gov.

[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on March 12, 2004 at 8:13 pm #26121

Yeah but that's still only 20 seconds. another 10 seconds added on to that makes a big difference, TRUST ME.