Intensive tempo

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@fogelson

Most people put it as anything under 95% and I believe that is how Charlie defines it in his materials. Even so, there are plenty of ways things under 90% can improve maximum velocity and speed endurance (especially in developmental athletes) via indirect mechanisms. There is also something some people here have called “controlled speed work”, which is actually stuff well below 95%, but has longer rests so may not fit in with the traditional definition of intensive tempo.

I’ve read about the indirect mechanisms etc. But I had always thought that for a 100/200m sprinter, those would be done in addition to shorter MaxV and Speed Endurance work. Since the OP was talking about doing only two days of running, is it being suggested he would be better off with intensive tempo instead of Max V and Speed Endurance and worry about MaxV work later? If so, why is intensive tempo better, in this particular situation, for developing 100/200m speed than traditional MaxV and SE?