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!
Understand that I think USRPT is intriguing and I've done similar sets in the past. But the following types of statements (from Becca Mann's blog) drive me a little crazy:
- Dr. Rushall said in his seminar was that USRPT is, “not theories, but deductions made from scientific work.”
- You must accept that science is right and opinions are mostly wrong.
I think that in both cases Rushall is trying to say that his approach is primarily data-driven rather than conjecture derived from fundamental principles. Well and good. But I hate it when people -- especially scientists -- invoke science as some all-powerful and distant thing that can't be understood, much less practiced, by mere mortals. In most cases that's just a way to stifle debate.
I am a scientist, I work with scientists, and none of them talk like this. And when they report their work they do so in far more conservative fashion than this (sometimes almost comically so). Maybe sports science is different than chemistry, I dunno.
Understand that I think USRPT is intriguing and I've done similar sets in the past. But the following types of statements (from Becca Mann's blog) drive me a little crazy:
- Dr. Rushall said in his seminar was that USRPT is, “not theories, but deductions made from scientific work.”
- You must accept that science is right and opinions are mostly wrong.
I think that in both cases Rushall is trying to say that his approach is primarily data-driven rather than conjecture derived from fundamental principles. Well and good. But I hate it when people -- especially scientists -- invoke science as some all-powerful and distant thing that can't be understood, much less practiced, by mere mortals. In most cases that's just a way to stifle debate.
I am a scientist, I work with scientists, and none of them talk like this. And when they report their work they do so in far more conservative fashion than this (sometimes almost comically so). Maybe sports science is different than chemistry, I dunno.
