Good Morning
I am reading about how to structure workouts and many recommend that I descend my times in a series of intervals. I know what it means but wonder what is the physiological basis for doing it.
Regards
Spudfin
I find that the descending lets me 'warm into' a set....like for 5x200, you can start at 70%, and work yourself up to max by #5. That is, if everyone in your lane knows/does what the coach says... There's been more than once when I've had guys catching my feet on the first of a descending set, let them pass, only to be catching them by the last one or 2.
How our coach will sometimes describe a set, rather than descending, is at 800 pace, 400 pace, 200 pace, 100 pace. It would be assumed that a 100 at 100 pace would be faster than a 100 at 800 pace (one of the middle 100s of the 800).
I find that the descending lets me 'warm into' a set....like for 5x200, you can start at 70%, and work yourself up to max by #5. That is, if everyone in your lane knows/does what the coach says... There's been more than once when I've had guys catching my feet on the first of a descending set, let them pass, only to be catching them by the last one or 2.
How our coach will sometimes describe a set, rather than descending, is at 800 pace, 400 pace, 200 pace, 100 pace. It would be assumed that a 100 at 100 pace would be faster than a 100 at 800 pace (one of the middle 100s of the 800).
