Rethinking the cool down AND XC coach at University of Houston. First, let's get the personal life/move out of the way. I took the job as XC/distance coach at my alma mater, University of Houston. I'm thrilled to be back in TX and at UH. We've got a great bunch of athletes here and looking forward to doing big things! Also excited to be working with another pro in Sara Hall, who is an absolute pleasure to work with.
Announcement: Second...Cool downs! The Cool down- what does it do? I’ve contemplated for a while writing about the role and function of cooling down after a workout or race, but never I have never fully been able to put all the pieces together to do so. Why? Let’s first look at the traditional viewpoint of the cool down. But do these things matter? Is this another case of being overrated like stretching? Adaptation, not always recovery: What state is the body in at the completion of the workout? Yes. So what? The Fallacy of Vo2max and %VO2max. I'm finishing up with finals, so I thought I'd post a long paper on the fallacy of VO2max. In it I briefly touch on a lot of stuff that's going to be in my master's thesis.
Briefly, the legitimacy of the measurement, training to improve it, and basing training off of it (think Daniels VDOT or Vigil's %VO2max). There has been a lot of good research coming out lately that shows that there is huge variation between individual when training at a fixed %VO2, which should not surprise anyone who reads this blog. Lastly, in the future, I'll do a similar paper/post on the measurement of Running Economy.
Once again, it does not measure what we think it does. I've been holding off on posting this, but was inspired by a good post by Jay Johnson talking about how their are no magical intensity zones, which as readers of this blog would know, is my biggest pet peeve in the world. Anyways, enjoy, let me know what you think: (It's LONG): The fallacy of VO2max based training. References. Shoes | Inov-8 New Zealand. Trailroc 246 Minimalist Everyday Trainer / Racer The Trailroc sole is the natural progression from the super successful Roclite sole. The rubber studs on the Trailroc are spaced similarly to the Roclite, but each stud is lower. However, by mimicing the patterns evolved for mountain bike tires (edges cut into each stud) the Trailroc gives just as much traction as the Roclite, but minimises discomfort on harder surfaces.
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Email has been sent. Igloi. First, I'd like to point out that I've added a feature to the site. It's a collection of links to the best training articles and presentations, as well as relevant research related to running. Dr. Richard Hansen has helped with the collection and I hope that you will too. The site allows anyone to add relavent links, rank the articles, and comment on any of them.
The goal is to build a collection of relavent articles in one place that allows for easy access and an ability to search for what you're looking for. So, feel free to join in and help us out! The link is: One of the biggest fears coaches have is high lactate work or high intesnity interval training. While the idea that too hard too early does lead to a premature peak is correct, the idea has grown to mean that any interval training or intense training done early causes this premature peak. 1.
There is a problem with this line of thinking. The basis of the system is running by feel and progression. Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal. McMillan Running.