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Writing a training programme. Matt Pearce. Goals. Attain fastest speed possible for your final race of the season Improve consistency and reduce the “valleys” by building a solid foundation “On a good day, we can win, on a bad day we can win a medal”
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Writing a training programme Matt Pearce
Goals • Attain fastest speed possible for your final race of the season • Improve consistency and reduce the “valleys” by building a solid foundation “On a good day, we can win, on a bad day we can win a medal” • Have the individual be the best they can be
HOW? • Build a very large aerobic foundation (80%) to support a tall peak • Once they get to Final Preparation change gears and let them race
TRAINING GRAPH WATTS 10” 1’ 2K 6K 30’
GUIDING PRINCIPLES • Build from the bottom up. Push from below for most of the year • You want to provide just enough stimuli to elicit a response and see improvement. NB IF IT DEVELOPS QUICKLY IT CAN DISSAPPEAR QUICKLY • Stay in touch with all training zones all year. Evaluate 2-3 zones every test period • Need to be confident and patient- realise you won’t be fast all year • Every athlete may not be an Olympic champion, but every athlete can be much, much better than they are. Build the athlete, don’t simply select athletes
PERIODISATION • Periodisation is breaking the rowing year in blocks that have specific training goals and complement each other • Main elements for designing a programme are VOLUME,INTENSITY and SKILL DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING ZONES Steady State/UT3-2 HR 140-156, 1-2mmols, R16-20 Hard Steady/UT1 Most training in these HR 160-172, 2-3mmols, R19-24 zones. Anaerobic Threshold/Lactate Threshold HR 176-190, 3-6mmols, R24-32 Race Intensity +/- HR 180+, 6+mmols, R32-40 Max Speed HR???, ???mmols, R40-44 NB: Combination of SR, HR, Speed determine your training bands UT2 will not be full pressure early on in the season but will develop into it
TYPES OF TRAINING Rowing Specific- (UT3-1, AT, VO2 Max, AN) Power- 1/2-Whole boat, Bungee, 3’/1’, 250-750str (R14-28) Weights- Strength 3-15 reps, Endurance 20-60 reps • Not rowing training • Optimal to do a aerobic session after weights training • 3 sessions are a lot unless they are varied in training Cross-Training • Anything that is not rowing on the water should be considered cross-training because it does not have a direct link to the speed of the boat • Most of the cross-training is done on the CII ergo • Unless developing fitness, biking, running, swimming are a waste of time for TRAINING benefits for rowing
BEFORE YOU START • Time is the easiest way to assess stress on the bodies (not KM’s) • Determine when in the year do you have the MOST time. • Assess how much time you have in “peak” time • Determine when in the year you have the least time • Assess how much time you have in “valley” time • Determine when you need to be fastest in the season • Estimate the amount of time you have 2-3 weeks before your final/primary race (stress needs to be greater than what they have done in the previous 2-3 week period) • Establish what testing you will use to determine progress
CONNECT THE DOTS • Gradually increase the volume over time through early season • Plateau volume or slightly decrease and increase length of intensity • Largest volume is at 7-5 weeks before major competition • 6 weeks out mini season of UT2/UT3 training • 2 weeks from major competition decrease volume and increase short, intensive pieces
SETTING UP THE YEAR The year can be broken up in 3 training periods: • Preparatory Phase • Precompetitive Phase • Competitive Phase
PREPATORY PHASE • 12-16 weeks • Emphasises strength training, flexibility and aerobic conditioning • 60% of aerobic training is at or below the aerobic threshold in long, steady-state workouts of 60’ or more • Use cross training to alleviate boredom and prevent overuse injuries • Technically it is ideal to work on specific skill development in the stroke • 8-16 weeks • Emphasises rowing-specific aerobic, anaerobic and power work • Training volume increases • Rowers do more work near the Anaerobic Threshold • Cross training decreases to 10% of training • Strength maintenance sessions 1-2 times per week in gym • Technically it is ideal to work on overall skill of the rowing stroke GENERAL PREPARATION SPECIFIC PREPARATION
PRECOMPETETIVE PHASE • 4-8 weeks • Training volume peaks during the precompetitive phase and intensity continues to build • Low-intensity aerobic threshold workouts continue to account for 60% of training time, but it includes intervals done just above and just below anaerobic threshold, with about 1 ¼ hours per week dedicated to race-pace intervals. • Strength training in the weights room features full body maintenance sessions • Generally strength training focuses more on water work and anaerobic sprint training • Generally precompetitive camps would be held in this period
COMPETETIVE PHASE • 6-8 weeks (but could be longer) • Design this phase first in the training programme as the lengths of the others depend on this one • The goal of the competitive phase is to develop boat speed and rowing specific power • About 31% of volume is dedicated to race-pace intervals, some of which can be done with minor races • Race Pace is not meant to feel comfortable ever- You shouldn’t train at race pace too much • If you don’t have the physiology for race pace, training on it for race prep won’t do too much • 6 weeks prior to major competition- ‘A season within a season’ to avoid peaking too early
GENERAL PREPARATION Evaluating General Preparation
Specific preparation Evaluating Specific Preparation
Competition preparation Evaluating Competition Preparation
summary Always Be Building • Increase volume, then intensity • Beware of camps. You can end up with nowhere to go • Beware of holidays. Stress individual commitment • Think long term if possible. 2-4 year cycles • Human element to coaching. Don’t let the training programme dictate the training all the time • Build in variety • Test regularly, when it fits in the programme • A rapid increase in volume and intensity though could lead to overtraining and injuries. Gradual path progression over time is therefore needed