How did Jakob's training differ from the training of his brothers Henrik and Filip? I watched every episode of Team Ingebrigtsen but I cannot answer this question except with the broadest brush: Gjert, the father and coach, learned from training Henrik and Filip and adjusted Jakob's training accordingly. But how?
You are correct, Filip and Henrik were the guinea pigs for Jakob, he got the improved version of the training while the others did not.
It took time for Gjert to perfect the secret sauce
Not sure their training has ever been made public so it’s hard to say. The most obvious difference is that Jakob focused exclusively on distance running from a young age, whereas Henrik and Filip did other sports for a while (Nordic skiing - Filip didn’t exclusively become a runner until age 17).
Also, Henrik had an ill-fated stint at Texas A&M, lol, which probably taught Gjert not to send his sons off to NCAA.
I think I read something on here a while ago about Henrik doing more speed work initially because Gjert thought it was important to lower his 800 PR, but then ditching that strategy for Jakob, but I might be misremembering.
More talent + not overdoing it in training
It doesn't. They all train the exact same way.
from the few snippets on Team Ingebrigtsen, it seemed that Jakob has been able to run within his own abilities more often. The other two are often coming back from injury and then jumping in and running on jakob's heels during workouts. if they are not as good as him, should they be so close to him in workouts? especially when they never seem to get any momentum going. I think i can remember seeing henrik let his lactate get up pretty high.
Also, jakob is just more talented.
it's been awhile. i could be misremembering.
I didn't know Henrik ran in the NCAA. For how long? What did he accomplish there?
IMO none of the brothers is an intellectual, hence studying must have been a burden beyond high school.
Haseyo wrote:
I didn't know Henrik ran in the NCAA. For how long? What did he accomplish there?
IMO none of the brothers is an intellectual, hence studying must have been a burden beyond high school.
What are we coping with today?
high school xc coach wrote:
from the few snippets on Team Ingebrigtsen, it seemed that Jakob has been able to run within his own abilities more often. The other two are often coming back from injury and then jumping in and running on jakob's heels during workouts. if they are not as good as him, should they be so close to him in workouts? especially when they never seem to get any momentum going. I think i can remember seeing henrik let his lactate get up pretty high.
Also, jakob is just more talented.
it's been awhile. i could be misremembering.
Yeah it seemed like Henrik and Filip were always playing catch up and probably running too fast which always made things worse.
Mocazilla wrote:
More talent + not overdoing it in training
This is is the answer. They acknowledged very early on that Jakob was the most talented. Even before his major breakthrough at at 13/14. But the biggest differences in training was backing off intensity on the margins more and being dialed in to when he might be on the verge of injury and backing off. There wasn’t a wholesale change to the training philosophy.
Whatever changes were done, it seems like it's allowed him to be virtually injury free for quite some time. I recall from the reality show that he was getting some therapy from Hendrik while they were training in Africa, yet he was still a child. I cannot think of him having any serious injury since.