Re: Proper form for using a kickboard

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:14:50 GMT, "diablo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>didn't we get into this discussion a few weeks back, re: Lactates Training?
>if not, i'd encourage you to hit the archives, as i went into pretty good
>detail.
>
>

        Actually going back and reading the thread I didn't miss it,
just didn't post in it as I had nothing to add and you and Sam did
such a fine job.
        As you stated in your first post:
 
>>Lactate testing has its uses, but they are far more limited than the general
>>coaching/athlete body believes them to be

        You could say this about alot of coaching practices, Including
MaxHR, LT, VO2Max or anything that happens to be the flavor of the
month training technique.

You also stated this.

>>i for one, only train my athletes either at maximum effort (either sustained for VO2 
>>Max, or
>>shorter for power) or a very very low intensity.anyway, i digress.

        This is fine if you choose to train this way. However for
those that choose to have a slightly more diverse training methodolgy
including training above a very very low intensity, but lower than
racing effort(Which is rarely max) it is wise to have a "guestimation"
of what is to hard and what is not hard enough.  

This how ever I couldn't agree with more:

>>Its a bench mark - a rough guide - nothing more, nothing less.

As you mentioned before LT testing, as well as just about any method
of measuring fitness, has serious flaws. All to often people take
"benchmarks" like LT, MAXHR etc and make them fast and hard rules. The
most famous example of this IMO is the 220-AGE HR formula. 

As I stated earlier:

>>>That being said I would never suggest that a person train on
>>>any one indicator as no indicator is fool proof when it comes to
>>>something as complex as the human body

My personal preference is to train by HR set by a "tested" LT. Yes
very inaccurate but it does give me a "guestimated" point to work by.
However I also incorporate other indicators as well, PE, Pace or just
plain old how I feel that day. Frankly I've come to rely more on the
later the more familiar I become with my bodies reaction to training.

~Matt