As a part of my goal to get faster this year, I did a 6*880 mts last evening with an average speed of 3:20 for each lap of 880 mts. The workout started with a 15 minute warm-up run and ended with a 15 minute warm-down session. It took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to finish the entire session along with adequate stretching. I was quite happy with my work-out until I felt like throwing up this morning.
This morning began with me reaching Sandy's house at 6:20 am and we went around looking for a ground to practice. After not being allowed into two tracks for various reasons ranging from a police parade to compulsary membership, we decided to go to the neighbouring Pachiappas. The session was decided while doing our usual warm-up. It was 25 push-ups, 25 sit-ups, 25 pull-ups followed up by a 300 mt full out sprint. Sounds easy right? Now multiply the whole thing by 5 i.e. (push-ups, 25 sit-ups, 25 pull-ups followed up by a 300 mt full out sprint)*5. Let me add another level of difficulty to this. No breaks between each set. The workout was pretty intense and despite some cheating we got it done in 37 minutes.
Plain vanilla running does not help you improve your pace. Road running is similar to playing basketball on a cement court. Your jump improves for the first 3-4 years then its starts to decrease. Thats why you see most Indian basketballers peak when they are 20. After that its all downhill.
If you have been following this blog regularly, I must remind you that the first four months of last year, I only trained on a track until the Bangalore midnight marathon. Everyday was a 5k but at a maximum pace. My pace around the Bangalore marathon was quite amazing and I was also able to perform decently in the race.
Going to an urban yuppie gym is too boring. Cross-fit and circuits are the answer to build in explosions in your runs.
Finally, for those of you who think running is hard and have'nt tried it yet, let me just reiterate what Michaiel Jordan said - "I can't except not tryin".
Friday, January 04, 2008
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Ahh, now i understood why you messaged me. Had you informed me, I would have joined too.
Nice blog you've got...But I have to disagree with your view on Indian basketball players. Indian players are unable to sustain their peaks mainly due to lack of scientific approach to sports and conditioning...I had 2 friends who went to Loyola on basketball scholarships, and were highly touted once, but lost their way as they bulked up...If you are over 7' tall like Shaq, you don't have to depend on jump. But to improve your jump, one has to keep a close eye on body weight/mass distribution, as one needs to have very very low or zilch fat in body...this will help in both the jump and balance...for physical fitness and endurance look no further than kobe, wade and allen iverson (who is only 6' tall)...
I dont know about gyms in madras, but most gyms here in US have facilities that can simulate various tasks for conditioning and strength, just like cross-fit...but gym fitness/cross-fitness will take you only so far...there is no substitute for match fitness and match preparation to be a complete winner...thats why you would see kobe and others slog out nearly 75% of their time on basketball courts and not at gyms, trying out various situational and positional plays...
in the absence of a well-thought philosophy, its no surprise to me that indian basketball players fade out quickly...
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