![]() ![]() Depending on how you classify your training, it would be some kind of specific 8/15 workout or speed endurance or whatever ever words you choose. Would any distance coach in their right mind think that this is a high-end aerobic workout? (or if you wanted to make it a direct comparison slow it to 60sec with pull up or pushups in between… doesn’t matter) If I were to show any distance coach the following workout for lets says a 1:50/4:05 miler.ĥ×400 in 56 with 90sec jog recovery. The CF expert said that this has to be an aerobic workout because it took 8-10min at least to complete! When I said that workout doesn’t work on high-end aerobic development, they scoffed and basically said I had no understanding of physiology. For those uninformed Helen is a workout that consists of a few 400s run at high intensity with “rest periods” of pull-ups done in between. While the critique isn’t the topic, one thing that stood out was the difference in viewpoint and understanding of what training was trying to accomplish.Ī CrossFitter remarked that CF does a good deal of “high end aerobic” work and cited a workout called “Helen” as evidence. Not surprisingly, a week or so ago when I commented on CrossFit suing Ohio State scientists and the NSCA over some study, I got a lot of backlash from crossfitters through tweets, emails, and other communication. It’s time for an ill-informed, distance runner biased, look at conditioning on the soccer pitch, or really any field at all. And more importantly in their ability to understand how to put together interval sets and workouts that attack different adaptations (which is a lost art). And from a training design standpoint, only swim coaches rival distance coaches in their love of training theory and design. Why? Because you have to understand all aspects of speed, power production, strength, endurance, and recovery from a training and technical standpoint. ![]() Not sprint coach or distance coach, but someone who understands sprints to distance to throws to jumps. Not an “athletic performance” coach or one of those guys at your local gym, but a track coach. I’ve long made the argument that if you want to understand athletic performance, talk to a track coach. You see in sports like soccer, which have a heavy endurance and speed component, there’s always a debate on how much endurance work and how much speed work needs to be done. Thankfully, I think I made the right choice in terms of talent maximization.Įnough of my trip down nostalgia lane, the point isn’t to reminisce about my could have been soccer career, instead, it’s to use soccer as a backdrop for conditioning. My HS coach said I could only do one if I wanted to be great at something, and he thought I could be great at running. My soccer career came to an abrupt halt because I ran too fast.
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