Yesterday I did my first workout with a 200m jog recovery which was 20x400m. We usually do standing recovery, but i realized that the first lap of the rep (indoor track) felt much more loose, then when u have standing recovery and it seems to take 40-50m to get your legs back.
Anyone who does both types of recovery frequently care to comment on which seems better? Is one better fro injury prevention, or do you recover better with one type, etc.
I just started doing jog recovery this year and I've really learned to love it. It passes the workout more easily, plus, like you said, it really does make me more loose throughout the workout. It makes getting mileage in easier, too.
They both have their uses. A jogging rest is obviously tougher than a standing rest. I use, say, three minutes jogging rest after six-minute sections, or two minutes of standing rest.
I use a jog recovery and just roll into the next interval, I feel it takes away some of the stress of a hard start at the beginning of each interval. Anybody agree or disagree on that concept.
In HS we always used the standing recovery. In college we had a number of Europeans and they acted like a standing recovery was the most backward thing they'd ever heard of. We used the jog, it was more difficult, but I guess we were better conditioned.
i don't know about you guys, but for me the only time i ever stop during a workout is when i am done. the entire time during a workout i am moving (sometimes jogging very slowly, but still constantly moving forward). if i were to stop i don't think i would be able to get started again. jog recovery makes a workout much much easier.
amf wrote:
i don't know about you guys, but for me the only time i ever stop during a workout is when i am done. the entire time during a workout i am moving (sometimes jogging very slowly, but still constantly moving forward). if i were to stop i don't think i would be able to get started again. jog recovery makes a workout much much easier.
I agree, the motion gets rid of the crap in my legs. For example, tonight I'm doing 6x800m with 90s recovery and will be jogging/walking up and down the home straight in those 90s. It'll be a very slow jog but definitely not standing still.
Jog your recoveries.
Venous return relies on muscle movement to squeeze the blood along back to the heart and lungs for replenishment & re-circulation.
Keep the circulation going by continuing to move & shift the crap and lactic acid from the legs, share it around the body. This'll deal with the energy production by-products more efficiently and lead to better run sessions.
Dang! Somebody took some major physiology classes recently! It is true though, the only way you can get the crap out of your legs in by muscle activity. Furthermore, in a work out or a race, it is not the pace that kills you, it is the change of pace. For example, if you are doing a workout at a HR of 180 and you stop for 90 sec. your HR can drop to about 100 or so, but if you keep moving, your HR will be at around 140-150, so when you start up again, your heart does not have to work as hard to get to 180 again.