of course st has an article on this, cf for a decent overview,
https://www.slowtwitch.com/..._s_Toolbox_4321.html
never had a coach in anything, swim run or bike, was able to get myself to ITU AG championships a couple of times..
big problem with self-coaching, is now you have a fool for a coach and a fool for an athlete.. proceed with appropriate caution ;-)
hard days hard, easy days easy. About 80/20 easy/hard.
as desert dude says, read widely. I like Friel's approach in general.
Lore of Running by Dr Tim Noakes is still a great book for running, although Dr Noakes has since then gone a bit batty over keto.
The one thing I'd add if I was still training to race, is a HRV monitor. Like every other old endurance athlete, I used RPE with training logs: but got myself thoroughly overtrained on several occasions, so believe this is not sufficient.
Alan Couzens suggests a simple approach to detect overreach using HRV, submaximal HR, and cadence as an indicator of neuromuscular efficiency.
https://alancouzens.blogspot.com/...-help-you-avoid.html
Log these in the training log along with details of workouts, review the log on a regular basis, looking for patterns.
Remember that it's not just training stress, there will be a lot of stress from your 60-80 hour workweeks, which mean you cannot achieve your full athletic potential. That's why it's important to have objective measures like HRV to prevent overload and breakdown..
Follow @sweatscience on Twitter, to get excellent reviews of the latest research..
as he says,
"It’s always tempting to base your workout routine on the fake orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally: you see someone with big muscles and think “I’ll have what she’s having. Somehow, though, copying someone else’s training plan seldom produces the same results for you as it did for them.”
https://www.slowtwitch.com/..._s_Toolbox_4321.html
never had a coach in anything, swim run or bike, was able to get myself to ITU AG championships a couple of times..
big problem with self-coaching, is now you have a fool for a coach and a fool for an athlete.. proceed with appropriate caution ;-)
hard days hard, easy days easy. About 80/20 easy/hard.
as desert dude says, read widely. I like Friel's approach in general.
Lore of Running by Dr Tim Noakes is still a great book for running, although Dr Noakes has since then gone a bit batty over keto.
The one thing I'd add if I was still training to race, is a HRV monitor. Like every other old endurance athlete, I used RPE with training logs: but got myself thoroughly overtrained on several occasions, so believe this is not sufficient.
Alan Couzens suggests a simple approach to detect overreach using HRV, submaximal HR, and cadence as an indicator of neuromuscular efficiency.
https://alancouzens.blogspot.com/...-help-you-avoid.html
Log these in the training log along with details of workouts, review the log on a regular basis, looking for patterns.
Remember that it's not just training stress, there will be a lot of stress from your 60-80 hour workweeks, which mean you cannot achieve your full athletic potential. That's why it's important to have objective measures like HRV to prevent overload and breakdown..
Follow @sweatscience on Twitter, to get excellent reviews of the latest research..
as he says,
"It’s always tempting to base your workout routine on the fake orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally: you see someone with big muscles and think “I’ll have what she’s having. Somehow, though, copying someone else’s training plan seldom produces the same results for you as it did for them.”
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doug in co: Sep 19, 19 10:17