Swedish Speed Skating Gold Medallist writes 60 page document outlining his entire training...
I'll be digging into this in the next couple days, but I am pretty interested to hear what the endurance folks here think of this!!
Nils Van der Poel
All training sessions are performed at the expense of other, more efficient, training sessions, or at the expense of recovery after these sessions. My point isn’t that stretching is useless. If you need to stretch then go ahead and bend over. But do not fool yourself; do not drop hours from the essential sessions in order to perform something that sounds cool or is easy. Yeah, the gym is warm and nice, mirrors everywhere so that you can see your pretty face and attractive muscles. But you're more likely 50 watts of the required bike threshold to make it below 12.00,00, than you are 50kg in squats from it. I completely cut what I thought were the sub-optimal sessions in order to increase the optimal ones. But, as I’m looking back upon it all, 5 minutes of core and stretching weekly would have been a smart way of staying clear of injury. Those “prehab” sessions I believe should be approached with an attitude of “how little of this is enough?” in order not to get injured nor steal time and effort from the essential sessions.
This guys at the top of his field. He knows at what point chasing additional strength will take away from other areas of his training.Weight training you might ask….?
In the period between May 2019 and Jan 2022:
9 days total of ‘deadlifts and squats’
(Lots of single leg body weight squats)
Fueling training and recovery is the first priority. Anyone that's ever trained for an iron-man can attest that it is VERY difficult to get 6k + calories a day clean.And nutrition….?
I was drinking whip cream during sessions, another recurring routine was to eat potato chips after dinner until I went to bed.
Yeah, I think I know that….Fueling training and recovery is the first priority. Anyone that's ever trained for an iron-man can attest that it is VERY difficult to get 6k + calories a day clean.
And endurance sports do require you to eat. Oh the horror of being able to put awY ample amounts of your favourite junk food a week.
Gustav Iden, Norge 70.3 WC is known to drink Coke at breakfast. If you are gonna train 7 hours that day it isnt a big deal.And nutrition….?
I was drinking whip cream during sessions, another recurring routine was to eat potato chips after dinner until I went to bed.
When I first started teaching college, it was during a summer session. I taught 10 am to 10 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 10 am to 7 pm on Thursdays. Before my first class each morning, I would get up and run 10 k. I would eat an entire cake - Entenmann's brand, if you must know - every night after I got home. I've always had a sweet tooth, and I needed the calories to maintain my weight, and cake is pretty calorie-dense. Those were the days, my friend, we'd thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day ...Fueling training and recovery is the first priority. Anyone that's ever trained for an iron-man can attest that it is VERY difficult to get 6k + calories a day clean.
And endurance sports do require you to eat. Oh the horror of being able to put awY ample amounts of your favourite junk food a week.
I'm unsure whether you are weighing in with your experiences or whether I'm missing a songWhen I first started teaching college, it was during a summer session. I taught 10 am to 10 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 10 am to 7 pm on Thursdays. Before my first class each morning, I would get up and run 10 k. I would eat an entire cake - Entenmann's brand, if you must know - every night after I got home. I've always had a sweet tooth, and I needed the calories to maintain my weight, and cake is pretty calorie-dense. Those were the days, my friend, we'd thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day ...
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