Re: LE Physical Fitness Test Help/Advice
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 6:46 am
First off I see no personal attacks in any of Doc's posts. Second, I tend to agree with his assessment, your aerobic output is where you need the most improvement.
I gave you advice the first time around based on the premise you only had 2-3 weeks to prepare.
Doc alluded to it, but it needs to be made crystal clear; your failed run time has nothing to do with the mechanics of your training and everything to do with how much TIME you spent training. 2-4 weeks of ANYTHING will only do so much for you, especially with a 12something as your starting point.
If you want to improve your 1.5 you need to spend time on Base Building, no shortcuts. In your particular case the aerobic foundation simply isn't there. Doing sprints and speed work at this junction isn't going to do you much good. You yourself observed that when you tried other programs that focused on speedwork (Stew Smith) you didn't get very good results. That's what we call a clue.
The advice you receive now is going to be different from the advice you received at the beginning of the thread because having 2-3 weeks isn't the same as having 45-60 days.
Bear in mind the last 3 weeks of Base consist of HIC and speed work anyway. Additionally, I'd recommend doing more than just 3 LISS/week when possible during BB, in your case you might need a little more mileage than the average bear.
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I gave you advice the first time around based on the premise you only had 2-3 weeks to prepare.
Doc alluded to it, but it needs to be made crystal clear; your failed run time has nothing to do with the mechanics of your training and everything to do with how much TIME you spent training. 2-4 weeks of ANYTHING will only do so much for you, especially with a 12something as your starting point.
If you want to improve your 1.5 you need to spend time on Base Building, no shortcuts. In your particular case the aerobic foundation simply isn't there. Doing sprints and speed work at this junction isn't going to do you much good. You yourself observed that when you tried other programs that focused on speedwork (Stew Smith) you didn't get very good results. That's what we call a clue.
The advice you receive now is going to be different from the advice you received at the beginning of the thread because having 2-3 weeks isn't the same as having 45-60 days.
Bear in mind the last 3 weeks of Base consist of HIC and speed work anyway. Additionally, I'd recommend doing more than just 3 LISS/week when possible during BB, in your case you might need a little more mileage than the average bear.
B.