training advice on the web

Peemaccee

Does anyone on boards know of locations on the web of free athletic books for download. Or maybe decent training advice sites for club athletes.

These two look interesting though there may be more gems out there.

http://www.lydiardfoundation.org/pdfs/al_training.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/?wtz3aaucch1

this latter one is repeated here with more pics

http://www.scribd.com/doc/18228/Gordon-Piries-Running-Fast-and-Injury-Free-ultimate-edition-240307

especially love this one



if only they made tracks like that now !

InTheTrees

Cool Runnings has a lot of training programs:

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/index.shtml

shg101

Peemaccee wrote: »

Does anyone on boards know of locations on the web of free athletic books for download. Or maybe decent training advice sites for club athletes.

These two look interesting though there may be more gems out there.

http://www.lydiardfoundation.org/pdfs/al_training.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/?wtz3aaucch1

this latter one is repeated here with more pics

http://www.scribd.com/doc/18228/Gordon-Piries-Running-Fast-and-Injury-Free-ultimate-edition-240307

especially love this one



if only they made tracks like that now !

I think we can discount any training advice that's more than 10 years old. Those old-timers hadn't a clue.

YFlyer

shg101 wrote: »

I think we can discount any training advice that's more than 10 years old. Those old-timers hadn't a clue.

It be interesting to see what advise El Guerrouj could give.

shels4ever

shg101 wrote: »

I think we can discount any training advice that's more than 10 years old. Those old-timers hadn't a clue.

I wouldnt mind having some of our 80's and 90's middle distance lads back.. even if they knew nothing....

ecoli

Peemaccee wrote: »

Does anyone on boards know of locations on the web of free athletic books for download. Or maybe decent training advice sites for club athletes.

These two look interesting though there may be more gems out there.

http://www.lydiardfoundation.org/pdfs/al_training.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/?wtz3aaucch1

this latter one is repeated here with more pics

http://www.scribd.com/doc/18228/Gordon-Piries-Running-Fast-and-Injury-Free-ultimate-edition-240307

especially love this one



if only they made tracks like that now !

When you talk of club athletes are we talking adults or kids because training for the two is very different and needs to be treated as such

Peemaccee

I am talking about adults.

I used to have quite a lot of book a few years back. But I let a younger guy who was training on his own have them so he could sort out a schedule and understand the rationale behind it all.

I bought the Lore of Running recently. But the web being what it is I thought that there should be a lot out there describing various training method and the rationale behind schedules but I can't find much myself.

ecoli

Peemaccee wrote: »

I am talking about adults.

I used to have quite a lot of book a few years back. But I let a younger guy who was training on his own have them so he could sort out a schedule and understand the rationale behind it all.

I bought the Lore of Running recently. But the web being what it is I thought that there should be a lot out there describing various training method and the rationale behind schedules but I can't find much myself.

If you got the Lore of Running my advice would be work through that you are better off learning training principles and their rationale.

If you are looking towards resources however:

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/index.htm

This is a good starting point and from here you can get a base of which aspects you want to research more.

Here are a few topics which can set you in the right direction

• Circuit Training
  Core Training
  Speed development drills
  Aerobic Capacity
  Lactate/ Anaerobic Threshold (Training)
  Speed endurance training
  Intervals
  Dynamic warm up
  Drills
  Strength/ resistance training
  Hill training

These are just some of the components to a good training plan. There is a bit on Cram and Ovetts training on the internet also which can give you some insight.

Other than that my advice would be talk to coaches if you can and get insight from them. Most are willing to help to an extent. Also possibly start with your AAI coaching qualifications as they can provide you with a good opportunity to get talking to some established coaches and gain insight from them

Hope some of this helps