question about allan wells training

[Neospeed]

@Neospeed

Youngy, what is the rationale for doing 6 sets of 3 mins on the speedball with 1 min rest between sets? Since the majority of your athletes are training for a sprint that lasts around 12 seconds or less, I can’t see the sense in hitting the speedball for such a long period. Maybe for athletes training for the 1500 metres, where they have to pace themselves, this approach would be suitable.
I understand that the 3 min long reps came from boxing because each round in boxing lasts for 3 mins. I think for a short distance sprinter, it would make much more sense to do several or many sets of 20 sec or so at maximum speed with a full recovery between each effort.
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