Renato Canova what do you think about six day training plans? What do you see as being the advantages and disadvantages of it? Do you think a 6 day or 7 day training schedule is better in the long term?
Renato Canova what do you think about six day training plans? What do you see as being the advantages and disadvantages of it? Do you think a 6 day or 7 day training schedule is better in the long term?
Interesting topic. Are you curious about high school, collegiate, post collegiate, hobby jogger, professional or what level?
His athletes don't take days off.
Paula Radcliffe took a day off every eighth day.
I'm going to be transitioning into the post-collegiate stage of running in like a month. I've kind of experimented with both 6 and 7 day training but I'm not sure what works best. The reason I was asking about this subject is that I've been reading different training plans on the internet and noticed that Stephen Cherono and Wilson Kipsang seemed to take a day off most weeks and I know Bernard Lagat is famous for it. Does anyone know if Coach Lee's other runners such as Lawi Lalang and Stephen Sambu also use the 6 day plan?
there is never one answer to this - even in a single athlete sometimes days off help and other times days off hurt.
There's a post where he says he never schedules days off, because Kenyans will always have interruptions like family members getting sick, going to Nairobi to get a passport or something, travelling, etc which result in multiple days off anyways.
It depends completely on your age, experience and individual physiology.
If you're below 25, have been running for >5yrs and have absorbed 7 days per week in the past, a modest reduction in intensity and volume every fourth week is wise. No need to take days off but again, modest reduction is wise to avoid overtraining and burnout - it lets you theoretically extend yourself even closer to your limit on your 'on' weeks and my belief is this results in a better training effect overall. Everyone but the most elite (and even them to some extent) need to allow for recovery.
On the other end of the scale, I advise people >30yo returning from injury or who are just entering running to follow run/walk programs, and once that is over to never run consecutive days, cross-train every second 'off' day, always run on packed dirt or grass, and to always run less than they think they can and slower than they think they ought. Every fourth week has a 70 per cent reduction in volume.
Just to provide some contrast and perspective.
God took a day off every seventh day.
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All Kenyans take Sunday off. Even if it was schedule, they would take it off for church and family.
If G. Mutai takes Sunday off, you can too.
Except for the Muslims.
Protestant Work Ethic wrote:
All Kenyans take Sunday off. Even if it was schedule, they would take it off for church and family.
If G. Mutai takes Sunday off, you can too.
Chicago was on a Sunday and Kipchoge won instead of going to Church.
The Dearslayer wrote:
Protestant Work Ethic wrote:All Kenyans take Sunday off. Even if it was schedule, they would take it off for church and family.
If G. Mutai takes Sunday off, you can too.
Chicago was on a Sunday and Kipchoge won instead of going to Church.
And you know this how? A large city in the Midwest is going to have plenty of evening church services.