As a middle distance guy, i was taking too little rest. Used to be 90sec to 3 min. Now my sweet spot is 6-10 min and setting PRs consistently without injuries.Great video.
There are, of course, times where we need shorter rests to develop certain qualities, but pure speed is not one of those qualities. Awesome to hear how that has improved your health and performance. Thanks for watching!
A super important aspect that you failed to mention if you're going to train in the very intense manner you recommend is extensive warm up. This is especially true if you are an older athlete and in colder weather. Going all out without really good warm up will undoubtedly eventually lead to a muscle strain or, worse yet, ligament or tendon tear.
Middle distance as 1500m - 10000m? Can you tell more about how longer rest between sets helped you? I train for 3k, 5k and 10k. I often to 10x800m with 2 mins rest between.
@@amblincork It depends on my goal for the workout. For a few reps of speed endurance, like 400/200/100, yes. For anaerobic endurance, 4-5 minutes at about 800m pace and vO2max for 1500-3k racing, 2 minutes each for 8-10 reps at mile pace.
Taking breaks for a good amount of time was such a game changer for me. It helped me improve every meet during my season and it helped my body feel a lot more prepared and not overworked. Also not always going hard like you stated, the easy runs are SUPPOSED to be EASY. Great vid as always!
Yes we have some similar ideas. I really like their philosophies and for developing pure speed I think they've got it down. I do think things are perhaps more nuanced than they suggest, especially when it comes to 400m training
I've been following your journey and really appreciate your insight and wisdom backed advice! I'm a master runner and even at my old age I still have track goals - mainly for health reason but it's also very motivating to run my age or better in the 400. I'm over 60 and I've been able to do that but of course I want a little more, I want to break 60s for the 400. My first race of the season I hit 62.08. I'll use your guidelines as they sound right! Thank You again for taking the time to post and good luck with your post college chapter. May your find a great and rewarding job. Stick with your training as it's so important for your health and wellbeing, high intensity training and of course vo2 max training, your body, mind and spirit will thank you and reward you with good health. Thank you, your videos are very much appreciated!
Thank you for such a kind comment! So inspiring to hear you're still out there training at 60, goes to show that us younglings don't have any excuses You'll have to keep me updated, it would be so cool if you broke 60! With a first race of 62 it's only a matter of time I really appreciate the kind words, thank you for watching
Hey Simon, would you say combining lifting with a speed day (lift after the sped workout of course) would be okay so long as it’s not sending too many mixed signals to the body? Like 3 30s max velocity followed by 3 sets of 3 cleans, squats & RDLs?
As a middle distance guy, i was taking too little rest. Used to be 90sec to 3 min. Now my sweet spot is 6-10 min and setting PRs consistently without injuries.Great video.
There are, of course, times where we need shorter rests to develop certain qualities, but pure speed is not one of those qualities. Awesome to hear how that has improved your health and performance. Thanks for watching!
A super important aspect that you failed to mention if you're going to train in the very intense manner you recommend is extensive warm up. This is especially true if you are an older athlete and in colder weather. Going all out without really good warm up will undoubtedly eventually lead to a muscle strain or, worse yet, ligament or tendon tear.
Middle distance as 1500m - 10000m? Can you tell more about how longer rest between sets helped you?
I train for 3k, 5k and 10k. I often to 10x800m with 2 mins rest between.
If you were doing 400 metre repeats for training, would you nnow take 6 to 10 minute breaks between repeats ?
@@amblincork It depends on my goal for the workout. For a few reps of speed endurance, like 400/200/100, yes. For anaerobic endurance, 4-5 minutes at about 800m pace and vO2max for 1500-3k racing, 2 minutes each for 8-10 reps at mile pace.
Taking breaks for a good amount of time was such a game changer for me. It helped me improve every meet during my season and it helped my body feel a lot more prepared and not overworked. Also not always going hard like you stated, the easy runs are SUPPOSED to be EASY. Great vid as always!
Nice video 📈 I’m a distance runner in the 30-40 mpw range but a lot this stuff was still applicable 😁
This is relatively close to the workout program of “Feed the Cats”
Yes we have some similar ideas. I really like their philosophies and for developing pure speed I think they've got it down. I do think things are perhaps more nuanced than they suggest, especially when it comes to 400m training
Hopefully this could help me next meet
I hope it will!
I've been following your journey and really appreciate your insight and wisdom backed advice! I'm a master runner and even at my old age I still have track goals - mainly for health reason but it's also very motivating to run my age or better in the 400. I'm over 60 and I've been able to do that but of course I want a little more, I want to break 60s for the 400. My first race of the season I hit 62.08. I'll use your guidelines as they sound right! Thank You again for taking the time to post and good luck with your post college chapter. May your find a great and rewarding job. Stick with your training as it's so important for your health and wellbeing, high intensity training and of course vo2 max training, your body, mind and spirit will thank you and reward you with good health. Thank you, your videos are very much appreciated!
Thank you for such a kind comment! So inspiring to hear you're still out there training at 60, goes to show that us younglings don't have any excuses
You'll have to keep me updated, it would be so cool if you broke 60! With a first race of 62 it's only a matter of time
I really appreciate the kind words, thank you for watching
Yes sir
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Hey Simon, would you say combining lifting with a speed day (lift after the sped workout of course) would be okay so long as it’s not sending too many mixed signals to the body? Like 3 30s max velocity followed by 3 sets of 3 cleans, squats & RDLs?
30seconds is too long. 3-5x (50-90)m all-right
@@sprint-shorts I meant 30-meters not 30 seconds
@@sprint-shorts I meant to ask about doing lifting after sprinting. Would the lift send mixed signals to the body after max velocity?
The overworking my body with load got my hamstring tendon bad but how long should it take to work back up ?
I have a big meet next week will the hamstring tendon be at 100% by then or should I just qualify at 80% and not rush it
@@JthtbhsDbdsbdv-hd9dyTendon injuries takes 8 weeks or more to completely heal. pain free doesn't mean it's healed fully
Aw man, no advice, but good luck!