The 5/10km Re-Test
Welcome to Episode 1.4 - The 5/10km Re-Test - of the Progress Theory Podcast. It's here, check in to see how the 5/10km sub20/40 minute challenge went.
In this episode @freddiereadhead and @thepricep discuss their 5/10km re-test results and reflect on how training for the challenge went. Topics include:
- Recapping the training strategy for this challenge (The 6 day cycle, polarised training)
- How constant changes due to covid restrictions effected training
- The choice of training plan and maintaining a work/training balance
- If we had longer than 8 weeks how much more do we think we could improve?
- What we've learnt from this experience
- How reflection is the key to making better future training decisions
- How we want everyone to join in with this journey. Let us know your challenge
That's season 1 done. Check in next time for season 2 where Progress Theory goes up a notch. Big plans ahead.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Science of Hybrid Training
It was originally thought that you could not effectively train for both strength and endurance at the same time because they required different adaptations which were not compatible with each other. It was claimed that ‘an interference effect’, blunted the adaptations for strength if you simultaneously trained for endurance. However, recent developments in sports which require both strength and endurance have really challenged this idea, with hybrid athletes producing impressive performances in both strength and endurance sports together. This had led scientists, coaches, and athletes to rethink what is humanly possible and suggests the interference effect is not as influential as originally thought. But what is a hybrid athlete? What is the ‘interference effect’? And how can we maximize our training to improve at the same time our strength and endurance performance? In this book, Dr Phil Price provides insight into the misconceptions surrounding strength and endurance training by distilling the past 50 years of research and drawing on the conversations he had with great scientists, coaches, and athletes on The Progress Theory podcast. This book is essential reading for hybrid athletes and coaches who are looking to understand the key training variables and their effect on the simultaneous development of strength and endurance performance.
