Hello,
I was wondering if it is safe and okay for your body to be doing sprints 5-6 times after every run. Ive heard that elite kenyans and ethiopians follow EVERY run (whether it be easy jog or hard workout) with short sprints. Is that okay to do or is it too taxing on the CNS (nervous) system?
Thanks.
well, how are the kenyans and ethiopians doing? have their legs exploded?
doing sprint 5-6 times A WEEK **** after every run.
hey reality check im not asking about their legs im asking about the nervous system, sprint training is supposedly taxing on the nervous system so i was just wondering if doing too many sprints could cause harm (brain damage etc...
No, it should be fine as long as the sprints are secondary to the aerobic run you are doing. I don't think that the kenyan's and ethiopians do max sprints that frequently, but relaxed bounding strides at a fairly high speed can probably be done daily without too much risk.
do sprinters suffer from brain damage?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NvXhb52bAkggg wrote:
do sprinters suffer from brain damage?
We did 8-12 100yd sprints/srides on the football field w/o any shoes back in the 70's.....precursor to Frees/Minimalist shoes. I agreed with the coach that it kept our speed side of our runs in check.
runasfastasucanforaslongasucan wrote:
We did 8-12 100yd sprints/srides on the football field w/o any shoes back in the 70's.....precursor to Frees/Minimalist shoes. I agreed with the coach that it kept our speed side of our runs in check.
Really? There was a time before minimalist shoes? And people would run without any shoes? I would have never imagined.
CoachB wrote:
No, it should be fine as long as the sprints are secondary to the aerobic run you are doing. I don't think that the kenyan's and ethiopians do max sprints that frequently, but relaxed bounding strides at a fairly high speed can probably be done daily without too much risk.
I don't believe the Ethiopians are doing sprints after EVERY run, but after speed workouts. We (D1) do 3X50m sprints in spikes after speed sessions, and we got it from the Ethiopians. Even for mid distance, I doubt that full speed sprints more than 2X a week is necessary for max velocity development (many elite sprint programs only do this once a week).
I know that Renato doesn't like full speed sprinting (injury risk I think) so he does hill sprints only, but I don't know how prevalent that view is in Kenya.
I would also add some plyos (a few box jumps or hurdle hops and alternate leg bounding) to the routine.