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Physical Education - The bottom line
The bottom line
OK, you love your sport and are motivated to improve, but with so many
possible training methods and "experts", what can you do? Well, here is
what I think. First, understand what training does to your body - learn the
physiology of the sport. A physiological analysis of your sport would be
helpful! Know how your engine works. This will help you critically evaluate
the disparate training ideas that are thrown your way.
Next, examine and learn the biomechanical principles that must be obeyed
for performance success. How do you maximise the efficiency of transfer of
your engine power to performance velocity? There is no endurance sport that
does not place a premium on good technique.
Finally, keep a record of what you do! Use a notebook and pencil, or a
fancy computer program; but make yourself accountable to both the training
you do in pursuit of your performance goals, and the results. If you do
this, eventually you will have arrived at your own personal prescription
for success; built from solid general principles, but finetuned to your
personal characteristics. "Success" will vary for each of you in absolute
terms; completing a 10km, a new personal best, a city championship, or
maybe a world veteran's record! But it all feels the same to the person who
establishes the goal, develops a plan, and works diligently to achieve it.
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The bottom line:- First, understand what training does to your body - learn the physiology of the sport. A physiological analysis of your sport would be helpful! Know how your engine works. This will help you critically evaluate the disparate training ideas that are thrown your way. Next, examine and learn the biomechanical principles that must be obeyed for performance success. How do you maximise the efficiency of transfer of your engine power to performance velocity? There is no endurance sport that does not place a premium on good technique. Finally, keep a record of what you do! Use a notebook and pencil, or a fancy computer program; but make yourself accountable to both the training you do in pursuit of your performance goals, and the results. If you do this, eventually you will have arrived at your own personal prescription for success; built from solid general principles, but finetuned to your personal characteristics.
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