A lot of different trainings
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A lot of different trainings
hey , what do you think about a lot of different trainings method ... cycling, orienteering, swimming, fitness ? maybe 4-5 running training per week, 1 cycling, 1 day fitness+swimming.. do you think it is good method, you didn't get bored from running, you have variety everyday and so on.
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I guess it depends upon what your aims are. At present i'm running 6 times a week, and doing yoga/pilates on the other day, but this is mainly because the big races are coming up and i've had 8 weeks of no running at the beginning of the year.
At other times of the year, however, i may only do 4 runs a week, 3 lots of cycling, plus a couple of gym sessions, and football or badminton if the chance arises.
As for the benefits, again, depends on what you're after. I've always believed in training for what you race in. If you want to do well at orienteering, training in terrain as much as possible, with a map as well, is the best training you can do. If you want to improve your road/track times, lots of fast sessions on road/grass is best. If you want to do well at adventure racing, a bit of everything is needed.
At other times of the year, however, i may only do 4 runs a week, 3 lots of cycling, plus a couple of gym sessions, and football or badminton if the chance arises.
As for the benefits, again, depends on what you're after. I've always believed in training for what you race in. If you want to do well at orienteering, training in terrain as much as possible, with a map as well, is the best training you can do. If you want to improve your road/track times, lots of fast sessions on road/grass is best. If you want to do well at adventure racing, a bit of everything is needed.
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rocky wrote:Fifi Fingertips didn't become a World Class pianist by practising the violin every day.
No, but she did end up with RSI.
Whilst you want to do a lot of running / orienteering to train for O, you do need to have some easy days in your week, and I don't see any harm in some of these being a bike ride rather than a run. Most of your hard sessions should be running, but even then, an occasional hard bike (or whatever else) won't do you any harm, and may even help avoid staleness, or help break through a plateau.
Personally I'm glad my main sport has variety (though realistically, most of my training is running and biking).
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For orienteering, as nixon said, you want to be in terrain as much as possible, this howevere is usually very dificult, especially as a junior co you need your folks to drive you there, (unless you live in walton, where you have the chase on your doorstep like steve palmer did!)
runnning is very important too, that is what you need to be good at, so its important to make sure your body is tuned into it.
however you also need to be darn fit, so anytype of cardio work will benefit, cycling is great, it worls similar muscles, it is zero impact(unless you fall off) it can be a lot of fun (if mtbing) and gets the heart going well.
swimming again is zero impact and builds up general fitness so is fine to do, but personally i'm not a fan cos i get bored going up and down!
you have to feel how your body is doing too, but as they say variety is the spice of life.
i now do lots more biking than running, but need to do more running, as i think most people will agree that runners can bike, but not all bikers can run!!
hope this helps
runnning is very important too, that is what you need to be good at, so its important to make sure your body is tuned into it.
however you also need to be darn fit, so anytype of cardio work will benefit, cycling is great, it worls similar muscles, it is zero impact(unless you fall off) it can be a lot of fun (if mtbing) and gets the heart going well.
swimming again is zero impact and builds up general fitness so is fine to do, but personally i'm not a fan cos i get bored going up and down!
you have to feel how your body is doing too, but as they say variety is the spice of life.
i now do lots more biking than running, but need to do more running, as i think most people will agree that runners can bike, but not all bikers can run!!
hope this helps
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