samtridad wrote:
I would be interested to know how many of your athletes are able to complete the 1000+ hours of annual training without becoming injured. Do you have a high rate of athlete drop-out or do they all seem to manage to do the training without injuries cropping up? I would suggest that many people would simply break if they tried to put in 1000+ hours of training in a year - either physically (especially from large amounts of running) or emotionally (repercussions to family life, career etc). Do you keep data for the percentage of athletes who are able to stick with the 1000+ hours per year plan?Paradoxically, the "workhorse" type of athlete - the type of athlete that I prescribe high volume for, are the least likely to get injured. It's the "thoroughbred" athletes - those who are naturally fast even when doing low volume that I have to worry about.
Alan Couzens, M.Sc. (Sports Science)
Exercise Physiologist/Coach
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Alan Couzens: Jun 25, 19 8:09