dude, im SO with you, excact same thing here, they are for the larger part INCOPETENT, doctors, coaches and physiotherapists alike. Most of the time i have to self treat my self just because the solution to EVERY single problem lies with voltaren and “three months of complete rest”
jesus, i had chondomalachia pattelae and that was the advice. I researched, had some EXCELENT help here from the forum, and withing a month i was squating pain free more than before.
the good thing is man, when all is said and done, you will be a GREAT coach because you had to learn all that shit on your own:p
So its not just me who’s having these kind of problems. Well… Anyway. Thanks for all the kind words… Lets not get away from the main point. Back to Tempo. And another question. Why do people use tempo type training during rehabelitation… Is it the bad doctors we have that actually do this. Or is it widely used.!! If it is widely used by good doctors then Tempo’s recovery qualities would be proven already but fitness wise… I’m not very sure! It just goes away so so easy.
tempo during rehab serves the same puproce as it does during training.
its a safe way to keep lean, keep cardivascular fitness and (im quoting from Norris’ “sports injuries diagnosis and management”)
“external mechanical factors have a positive influence on tissue healing and can dictate the eventual strengthof the healing tissues. Long periods of total rest are therefore rarely required when trating sports injuries”
so there you go, it has a nice little graph also, pointing out fibre orientation in healing tissues as a responce to stress and strain
Generally for my guys who all run 10.5 (men) / 11.5 (women) we can’t really push it much past 2200. Usually one session of 1600 and one session of 2200m a week. They are not full time athletes so cannot handle (and don’t have the time to do) the volumes presented by Charlie which tend to be focused more towards elite performance.
Well in theory yes but in reality no as they are coming off an extended break so it takes a few weeks to move the volumes up without them getting really stiff. So basically I ramp up over a few weeks and then hold it pretty steady for the rest of the year - though it fluctuates depending on weather conditions if it is nice we do more if not so nice then maybe less. I also use the pool a lot for tempo when i feel it is needed.