Interval training and more
Great resource: http://www.pponline.co.uk. A lot of training material. And though there is nothing on GS some principles of endurance training can be utilized in oour training. One of the articles I read recently is Interval Program Training: To make your workouts more realistic, you should aim to trim down the recoveries. I am not in the mood to make a synopsis of it, and cutting it would only spoil the material. In short - it is the variation on the theme of escalated density training. I highly recommend reading it.
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Do you mean interval training principles applied to kettlebells?
I'd have to respectfully disagree if you mean the bulk of training.
"Elite endurance athletes perform 80 % or more of their training at intensities clearly below their lactate threshold and use high-intensity training surprisingly sparingly." (Stephen Seiler, PhD)
Now, for weekend warriors not interested in performance, go ahead and have a killer workout.
I respectfully disagree with your disagreement :).
For GS it is almost impossible (at least for this sample of 1) to have a training session where at least 40% of the time per HRM is in threshold zone.
I've given up trying to figure out this apparent sports anomaly. I just accept it and make sure I eat well and am rested.
They say GS is one of the hardest sports and from this perspective that is certainly true. If my running coach 30 years ago could look at my data now he would choke.
David
I am not sure we're talking about the same thing.
One thing I can fully disagree with it that GS is one of the hardest sports.
Data? evidence? "They say" is hardly a reference. Some other say...
At the end of the day, any maximal effort is hard. Be it rowing, Cross country skiing, MT biking, boxing...
The data of elite endurance athletes has been quantified and can be referred to. Check Stephen's articles.
Now, how we define intensity can lead to misunderstanding.
To me a timed set is low intensity, because I pace myself. If I do short fast sets with minimal rest, I classify it as high intensity interval. And of course the weight used makes a difference.
Both approaches are hard,and the recovery will be different.
The argument is displaced. First of all, I posted the link to the article because I liked it. No particular ideas as to how to apply it to GS training.
As far as intensity is concerned - it is not as simple in GS. According to the Russian methodology (check earlier translations) it is either the weight of the bells OR the number of reps as expressed in % of max attempt. As reps more or less correlate with the duration of the set then time is one of the measures of intensity. To complicate matters more: what's more intensive, 6 minute set of 2 x 24 kg for say 48 reps or alternating 30 sec static holds in rack/top?
In regards to elite athletes - there testimonies to various ways of training for various athletes. Early marathon stars strongly suggested walking for marathon training. Zatopek, on the other hand, trained almost exclusively with repetitions and intervals. Various individuals respond to various stimuli.
What I believe is that everyone's training should consist of various modes: long timed sets and short intervals, both of them easy and hard.
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