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!
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Oh, I meant to say too, that Ive been trying to follow the :15 seconds rest for 25s and :20 seconds rest for 50s. I bumped up my 25s fly to :20 seconds rest and my 50s to :25 seconds rest. I have days when I fail a lot, but my understanding of the training is you dont want too much rest or you arent taxing and training the correct system.
Where Does Andrews go from here? He is a 6'4'' 180 pound 14 year old? He swims anaerobic 25s and 50s at practice totaling 1500 yards. What does every top coach for the last 40 years talk about. You can go down in distance but not up. Spitz held the world record in the mile, did he ever swim the mile in the olympics? No. Remember that great american sprinter in the 80s Tom Jager, he also started out swimming distance.
I understand this kid also swims a very fast 400 IM. There are a lot of really good 400 IM short course yards swimmers that are under 16. Can they swim it successfully internationally and long course? Can they continue to improve in it as they age (Vendt, Phelps, Lochte, Clary)? You think those 4 guys were swimming practices of 1500 yards comprised of 25 sprints when they were 14?
Andrews- Is going to be remembered as the fastest 12-17 year old ever. Unless he grows to be 6'10'', this kid will level off and his peers will catch him. Especially those last 20 meters in a long course 100, LOL!. There are other energy systems after 30 seconds of effort... try tapping into them.
Research- Yes there is research that states prolonged intense anaerobic training is harmful to children- 12 and 13 year olds are children. Dont believe me... ask Jonty Skinner.
You want to train like this for a 1500.... do it. Let me know how it goes. Actually let Ous, Sun Yang, Connor, Park, Cochrane and Angel know. This way they can change their training and really go fast.
USRPT is mostly aerobic, not anaerobic. That's the whole point. So he is using other energy systems.
What makes you think he only does 1500 yards? As I understand it, he does multiple USRPT sets a day with AFAP sprinting before and recovery in-between.
I don't think Andrews has any intention of training for the 1500.
Fort, reading your blog, you seem to be incorporating USRPT sets into your workouts on a fairly frequent basis. Out of any conviction, or just experimenting? Noticed any effects?
Fort, reading your blog, you seem to be incorporating USRPT sets into your workouts on a fairly frequent basis. Out of any conviction, or just experimenting? Noticed any effects?
The only USRPT set that I do is 20-30 x 25 @ 100 pace and, as a drop dead sprinter, I use more than 15 seconds rest.
Just experimenting right now and hard to really tell ... I didn't taper for yards this year and was coming off 7 months of no drylands. But I still did some decent un-tapered times in my 100s (and one PR) without any other sort of training targeted at 100s. Last year, my times were all done solely with HIT training. But HIT training for 100s is really arduous and regular aerobic work bores me (and is of dubious value for short course 100s), so I decided to give USRPT a try. I wouldn't do it exclusively -- it has no application to 50s and I don't swim 200s -- but I like it for 100s and it doesn't wear me down as much as pure HIT. So I will probably carry on ... I don't really feel like there are any negatives.
