Over the summer I am planning on training up high, would this help me?
Over the summer I am planning on training up high, would this help me?
Living at altitude, training at sea level is really the ideal.
In general I would say get all the other training optimized and then add altitude blocks.
Training at altitude has its downsides: people sometimes do too much and get fried. For middle distances, you lose some leg speed.
luv2run wrote:
Living at altitude, training at sea level is really the ideal.
In general I would say get all the other training optimized and then add altitude blocks.
Training at altitude has its downsides: people sometimes do too much and get fried. For middle distances, you lose some leg speed.
So you're saying Kiprop and Rudisha have diminished leg speed?
luv2run wrote:
For middle distances, you lose some leg speed.
Only if you neglect speed. It's easy to do sprint work at altitude.
It's tough to make a blanket recommendation about altitude. If you do it long term, than it's probably a good idea. The effects appear to be cumulative. But over the short or medium term, there are as many people who regress at altitude as there are who improve. You have to realize that altitude is another training stressor. In the short term, you'll probably have to reduce volume and intensity while increasing sleep. It's hard to isolate psychological variables as well. Many people go to altitude for a "camp," where they're focused on training all day, to a degree they might not have been back home. People might get a placebo boost.
Anyway, give it a shot if you have the chance.
Altitude does no benefit high schoolers, like EPO helps not the Kenyans.
This is the response I needed. I'll be sure to at least try it over the summer.
Yes, no one who hasn't tried getting high should be allowed to vote against legalization.
luv2run wrote:
Living at altitude, training at sea level is really the ideal.
In general I would say get all the other training optimized and then add altitude blocks.
Training at altitude has its downsides: people sometimes do too much and get fried. For middle distances, you lose some leg speed.
Please tell us how simply training at altitude causes you to lose some leg speed. I'm looking forward to reading this.