Only two days left before my third visit to the British Indoor Rowing Championships. Thankfully one final sprint training session left at half past six tomorrow morning.
Why do it?
Amateur sportsmen and women up and down the country will be asking themselves the same question as they run, cycle, gym or whatever else they do before work gets in the way of the training we would really like to do.
Well, I think the answer is simple. For professional sportspeople, they have training advice, nutrition advice, plenty of sleep and by definition, no day job. With this situation, they can get to near their true potential with the correct coaching. For the rest of us time limited folk, our training is far less frequent, even if we manage to do something every day. This means that most of us will never reach our true sporting potential.
A bad thing?
I don't think so. We have the possibility of improving our performance far more significantly compared to professionals because even small changes can have a dramatic impact. Those small changes applied continuously by coaches and applied with all that time are far more haphazard and infrequent for the rest of us, leading to material improvements.
A great indoor rowing example is the change you will find when incoporating speed interval work from a good training plan where previously the rows were of generally consistent pace and longer uninterrupted duration. For a great example plan check out The Pete Plan, developed by Pete Marston, a well known and very successful indoor rower.
thepeteplan.wordpress.com
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