. No real direction for training other than test frequently
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Being a coach for now over 15 years the biggest single thing I’ve learned. Every workout is a “test” if the program is written correctly so that you eventually don’t need to “test frequently”. IE- the weekly key quality sessions are weekly “tests” that you don’t need to apply more psyuedo pressure on some “test set” every month/block etc that supposedly is defining if the training has gone well.
Plus “test sets” tend to do something many times to athletes pysche….it’s like why is this test set any different than the similar type of set they did last week except it wasn’t designed or marked as a “test set”? I’m of the mindset, the less “test sets” you can put in training (again coaches should be able to tell by daily workouts and weekly key sessions what the athlete is able to do) the better and the best tests in the business = races
ETA: Obviously if you are with elite athletes 24/7 and they are training in front of you, making them do "test sets" pretty much becomes the norm of the training. But if you are talking about general AG approach imo "test frequently" would imo not be the best path for fun and performance in said sport.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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Being a coach for now over 15 years the biggest single thing I’ve learned. Every workout is a “test” if the program is written correctly so that you eventually don’t need to “test frequently”. IE- the weekly key quality sessions are weekly “tests” that you don’t need to apply more psyuedo pressure on some “test set” every month/block etc that supposedly is defining if the training has gone well.
Plus “test sets” tend to do something many times to athletes pysche….it’s like why is this test set any different than the similar type of set they did last week except it wasn’t designed or marked as a “test set”? I’m of the mindset, the less “test sets” you can put in training (again coaches should be able to tell by daily workouts and weekly key sessions what the athlete is able to do) the better and the best tests in the business = races
ETA: Obviously if you are with elite athletes 24/7 and they are training in front of you, making them do "test sets" pretty much becomes the norm of the training. But if you are talking about general AG approach imo "test frequently" would imo not be the best path for fun and performance in said sport.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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