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!
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain
its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things, because the
innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and
lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new." ―Machiavelli
Oh, please. Race pace training has been around for a long time, this is just another version of it. Evolutionary perhaps, but not some radical paradigm shift.
Does anyone truly think that Rushall is acting as an impartial scientist at this point? He has invested far too much of himself in "selling" this system to be objective about it IMO. It happens.
In an ideal world it wouldn't matter, USRPT would be evaluated on its own merits and those of the studies supporting and refuting it. In the real world as its #1 promoter I would like to see Rushall act a little more balanced and nuanced in his pronouncements. Most people don't have the time to investigate all these things fully and form an objective opinion (and many of the studies are available to most people only as abstracts) that's why we depend on experts.
The irony is that Rushall appears to be acting in a manner -- overgeneralizing, overinterpreting -- that he derides in others. At least that's the way it seems to me.
But it's all good. I stand by my assertion that in most cases the best system for masters swimmers (both for athletic performance and general health) is usually the one that you can follow enthusiastically. If that's USRPT then go for it.
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain
its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things, because the
innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and
lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new." ―Machiavelli
Oh, please. Race pace training has been around for a long time, this is just another version of it. Evolutionary perhaps, but not some radical paradigm shift.
Does anyone truly think that Rushall is acting as an impartial scientist at this point? He has invested far too much of himself in "selling" this system to be objective about it IMO. It happens.
In an ideal world it wouldn't matter, USRPT would be evaluated on its own merits and those of the studies supporting and refuting it. In the real world as its #1 promoter I would like to see Rushall act a little more balanced and nuanced in his pronouncements. Most people don't have the time to investigate all these things fully and form an objective opinion (and many of the studies are available to most people only as abstracts) that's why we depend on experts.
The irony is that Rushall appears to be acting in a manner -- overgeneralizing, overinterpreting -- that he derides in others. At least that's the way it seems to me.
But it's all good. I stand by my assertion that in most cases the best system for masters swimmers (both for athletic performance and general health) is usually the one that you can follow enthusiastically. If that's USRPT then go for it.
