I’ve never heard of low altitude training, such as along the Dead Sea or in an oxygenated chamber.
Spitballin’, but imagine if a guy like Rudisha could run something like 6x400 in 48 and get biomechanically comfortable with the pace while his body felt like he was running 53 in terms of effort.
Contrary to what many posters have said about more intense training, my sense is that the big development will relate to building a larger aerobic base by training the 30 or so hours a week that elite swimmers and bikers train - and not getting injured.
Most of those elite swimmers are doing a lot more intensity also. The intensity issues in distance running are impact stress as much as muscular/Neuro fatigue. My limited experience is that XC skiers for example do much harder workouts in addition to the volume.
Maybe some VR Google's to make pool running/alter g not suck so bad🤣 my guy though is efficiency at race pace is going to matter more than building a bigger aerobic engine...
Has he ever coached anyone or anywhere significant?? All I ever see is patched together random nonsense on the internet. Just because you study training doesn’t mean you can coach. I find his stuff just Bull Pattie’s.
Speed skaters have always been cycling in the off season. Biking is muscularly very similar to skating. XC skiers also bike a lot. They never did when there was only the classic style skiing.
Agree. Came across this randomly and it looks interesting. Accuracy would be the big concern of course and I’m too dumb to read through all their specs and science.
1. Progress in science. Think big. Imagine many different smart microsensors (non- or min-invasive) monitoring (in the 24/7 mode) hundreds parameters and variables of your main systems involved (neuromuscular, cardiovascular, etc. etc.). Based on these data, a sophisticated math model outputs recommendations on a) readiness for the next workout b) rest/recovery (duration and type), c) special medical procedures (whether massage is needed or electrical stimulation of a particular muscle/tendon or whatever procedure is available), and so on. Like now we have “digital twins” of a particular vehicle in the technical world when instead of maintenance every 10K km/miles (for cars) or every N flight hours for an airplane the system may output a specific recommendation at any time and predict the moment when a problem may occur. Of course, math modeling of a human body is a way more difficult task than modeling of an aircraft or spacecraft and such sensors do not exist yet, but the time will come.
2. Harder training for kids. This I would hate, but the profy world is tough. Look e.g. at the swimmers. Many of the elite and Oly champs are/were 15-17 y.o. They started spending hours a day in the pool since the age of 7 or so. Accordingly, adaptation to this particular activity took place along with the body itself. And it is different from the situation when your body is already formed and resources for adaption are not that high. The same (or even more ugly) situation is in gymnastics. Also, recall all those stories about kids in Africa who had to run to school and back many miles every day since their childhood. Or skiers in Finland and Russia who were doing the same during long winters in remote locations. Or this famous Norwegian family when a father was seriously training his sons since their pre-teen age.
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What's pretty prescient in my all-time favorite training book, THE OREGON SYSTEM, Dellinger ends it by saying the 2hr marathoner would run 90 miles per week with more quality... he pretty much nailed the current generation of Gidey, Cheptegei, Kipchoge, running way less than those in the 80s.
And I will say, many here don't believe in genetics, but let me assure you they are real - the continued breeding of superior mitochondrial parents. Runners marrying runners, we are already seeing the results in high school and NCAA at a very rapid rate.
Contrary to what many posters have said about more intense training, my sense is that the big development will relate to building a larger aerobic base by training the 30 or so hours a week that elite swimmers and bikers train - and not getting injured.
This was how many runners in the 1970s trained: Virén, Väätäinen, Gärderud etc.
one of the greatest limiters is athleticism. call it coordination, kinesthetic awareness, proprioceptive whatever tf, etc.
we are currently working on haptic suits that the user essentially "dances" with in the sense it gives pressure feedback guiding one towards a more biomechanically correct motion.
Or have the human creativity explored almost every avenues for athletic performance? I am talking significant revloutionary methods like the invention of interval training and the incorporation of weight training for distance runners.. Will someone unlock a secret method to sprint the Marathon?
New world records @ 5 k, 10 k , half, Marathon on just 60 mpw training.🧙♂️🇸🇪
Gene modification therapy. This will be followed by genetically engineered specialty athletes. Billionaires / corporations will design them and own them as property. They will do this with lobbyists who get laws passed declaring these mutations "not human". Sports will cease to be accessible to the average human. Sports will then become more violent and people will cheer for dismemberment and death in games.
And I will say, many here don't believe in genetics, but let me assure you they are real - the continued breeding of superior mitochondrial parents. Runners marrying runners, we are already seeing the results in high school and NCAA at a very rapid rate.
Superior mitochondrial parents?
Ok, you're leading the most pretentious post award so far.
