Hills are overrated. The effect of every workout depends on intensity, duration, and recovery. Jog down recovery isnt that much and it doesn’t sound fast enough to be anaerobic capacity training. Sounds like a typical “hills are the end-all” workout that loads of coaches do. The sprinting the last one seems unwise. Why go 90% for most of it and then say, f#*k it, just kidding, I decided that I do want to trash your legs now!
xccoach55112 wrote:
Hills are overrated.
Wrong.
People view them as a panacea and prescribe them in so many different ways that are do physiologically different. Too many done just because they’re hard and they supposedly make you tough.
Don't focus on science too much. Focus on what works.
Why not both? Are they mutually exclusive?
xccoach55112 wrote:
Why not both? Are they mutually exclusive?
Somewhat a false dichotomy. However, if you go strictly go by what "science" says, you won't go as far as focusing on what works.
xccoach55112 wrote:
Hills are overrated. The effect of every workout depends on intensity, duration, and recovery. Jog down recovery isnt that much and it doesn’t sound fast enough to be anaerobic capacity training. Sounds like a typical “hills are the end-all” workout that loads of coaches do. The sprinting the last one seems unwise. Why go 90% for most of it and then say, f#*k it, just kidding, I decided that I do want to trash your legs now!
You sound stupid!
O.P., can you give us the metro area if you live in a major city or first ring suburb? If you live in a second ring suburb or rural area, can you give us the state? Maybe some of us here did hill workouts on that same hill.