Multi-level training
Multi- tier training is a training method for medium- distance runners and long-distance runners . It is characteristic that several skills are always trained simultaneously within a training cycle, e.g. B. aerobic endurance , anaerobic endurance, strength.
Multi-level training was developed in the early 1970s by Peter Coe , the father and trainer of middle-distance Olympic champion and world record holder Sebastian Coe . It differs in particular from the Arthur Lydiards training system, in which various running skills are developed one after the other over the course of a training cycle.
With multi-level training, the individual sections focus on certain training content, such as: B. Improvement of the aerobic capacity, however, this training method does not stubbornly work towards the development of a single property. Rather, one tries to always include other skills to a certain extent in addition to the respective training focus.
The aim of this approach is to train the body in a multidisciplinary manner. If the training requirements change, e.g. B. from the focus on endurance to the focus on speed training, the body does not have to go through a longer phase of adaptation, as a basis for faster runs has already been laid. In this way, among other things, training injuries due to overload can be prevented.
In addition, in contrast to other training methods, you avoid an uneven distribution of muscle fiber types . For example, a longer training phase with a focus on aerobic endurance often leads to an excessive development of the slow and weaker "red" ST fibers required for endurance performance while at the same time neglecting the quickly reacting "white" FT fibers . Since several skills are trained at once in multi-level training, this effect is mitigated.
See also
literature
- David E. Martin, Peter N. Coe: Training Distance Runners . Champaign, Illinois, USA; 1991; ISBN 0873227271
- David E. Martin, Peter N. Coe: Medium and long distance training . Aachen 2001, ISBN 3891241518