I'm familiar with his base phase. But once you get into the hills its 2-3 hill workouts per week like rep type stuff. When you get into the last two phases of anaerobic and peak what SPECIFIC workouts would one do. and perhaps provide an example.
I'm familiar with his base phase. But once you get into the hills its 2-3 hill workouts per week like rep type stuff. When you get into the last two phases of anaerobic and peak what SPECIFIC workouts would one do. and perhaps provide an example.
Lydiard's thing with intervals was: "it doesn't matter how many, how fast, or how long, just as long as you're tired at the end"
some very standard ones might be 20x400, 30x200, 5x1600, 8x1k, etc. Lydiard wasn't very creative when it came to intervals.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, JD has some pretty complicated workouts, involving different distances, paces, etc. An interesting comparison.
Lydiard was never too specific with the interval sessions. Roughly 3 miles worth such as run 800m jog 800, repeat 6 times. You would do something like this 3 times a week for I believe 4 weeks.
The coordination training during the last 4 weeks is mostly time trials with some short reps thrown in. Example:
Monday: 2000-4000m worth of sprint 50m/jog 50m or sprint 100m/jog 100m
Wednesday: 5000 time trial (ie: 7/8th efforth)
Friday: Depending on results of first time trial either a shorter one for speed development (1500-3000m) or a longer one for endurance (10,000m).
http://www.fitnesssports.com/lyd_clinic_guide/lydpg2.html
Alan
There was nothing really fancy or all that specific. His guys did the sorts of interval sessions that were common at the time; sets of 440s, miles, 220s, etc. There might be some progression from large numbers of reps at the outset to a smaller number done faster as you got later into the phase. But his classic quote on this was, "We all go to the track. I do 440s, you do 220s, the other guy does 880s. We all createa big oxygen debt and we all get faster. It's a lot of eyewash."
Does Lydiard emphasize sprint specific training during the anaerobic and coordination phases on the days in between time trials and intervals or is it simply easy aerobic running? I've never been able to get a clear answer on this.
Does Lydiard emphasize sprint specific training during the anaerobic and coordination phases on the days in between time trials and intervals or is it simply easy aerobic running? I've never been able to get a clear answer on this.
That is the art of coaching part. Arthur had a knack for seeing a runner run and knowing what he/she needed to improve. There was no set rule. One season he would have someone do sprint drills, the next not. It depended on the athlete and what they needed to go to the next level. Arthur was a master of that aspect of training. Which is why the final phases of his training programs are so ambiguous. How do you put that down on paper?
Glenn
Thats how it should be - an agreed partnership between runner and coach with individual programmes tailor made to suit the athlete. Not general training/coaching rules but where runner is now and where he wants to be in a given period. Thats the art of good coaching/training regimes.
xc coach, would you agree that most every successful coach has a "basic structure" in which they base their training or do you believe that each individual program should be unique? I do agree with you that the coach and athlete must be on the same page when it comes to individual goals and development.