coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../ultra40a.pdf
There is a method, which is referred to as the Rushall method which Michael Andrew uses.
Was wondering if you had any critique about this. If this sort of training is a good idea and what are the problems.
Would this also be good for longer events? Like the 400 IM?
Thanks!
We don't have a coach on the side to keep control!
We did a progression of something similar to these sets last fall. We were doing it with an eye on 1650 times.
If I were to do this with an eye on 100 or 200 times, I'd do rounds of it with rest in between rounds.
For holding the times, you put your thumb right on it, that is one of the key challenges. For our swimmers it was at around 600 yards that people wanted to back off, but a little coach inspiration and a reminder of what the set was about helped people stay on task.
As for the times, it's a pretty quick matter with a spreadsheet to adjust the times and number of repeats to make sure everyone gets the proper challenge. If you look in the coaching section, I uploaded one that does those calculations for you.
I prefer to have everyone doing their proper interval and adjust so that the set time is the same for everyone than to have some folks twiddling their thumbs while others get hammered by the set construction.
We don't have a coach on the side to keep control!
We did a progression of something similar to these sets last fall. We were doing it with an eye on 1650 times.
If I were to do this with an eye on 100 or 200 times, I'd do rounds of it with rest in between rounds.
For holding the times, you put your thumb right on it, that is one of the key challenges. For our swimmers it was at around 600 yards that people wanted to back off, but a little coach inspiration and a reminder of what the set was about helped people stay on task.
As for the times, it's a pretty quick matter with a spreadsheet to adjust the times and number of repeats to make sure everyone gets the proper challenge. If you look in the coaching section, I uploaded one that does those calculations for you.
I prefer to have everyone doing their proper interval and adjust so that the set time is the same for everyone than to have some folks twiddling their thumbs while others get hammered by the set construction.
