Reply With Quote*Insert picture of olympic sprinter*Originally Posted by tweakxc03
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LSD vs. metcon - Running
ok, so here's a question the probably doesn't occur to most people.
back in my super-skinny days, I ran d1 cross country in college. That meant running upwards of 60-70 miles a week, never running slower than say, 7 minutes a mile (our easy pace). So LSD for us was probably 7min pace for 15 miles or so. heartrate for that pace was usually around the low 150s.
I was also 6'3" and 165 pounds with probably 5% bodyfat at the time. gross. I'm up to 202 now, trying to get to 225.
Anyway, how would one categorize our "hard" workouts... for example, doing what we call a "tempo" run at just lower than race pace (let's say 5:45 pace) for 6-8 miles. It's hard as balls. Heartrate averages probably 165-175, nearing lactate threshold towards the end. those workouts HURT.
To me, this seems to be sort of an inbetween metcon and LSD. Metcon workouts in my mind are more intense but shorter in duration, No?
Anyway, I recognize that that type of workout would do nothing but make you skinny... I'm just curious. I do miss running and being fast, but not enough to weigh 170 pounds again.
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*Insert picture of olympic sprinter*
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ha i said i missed running... not sprinting. big difference.
probably sounds crazy, but i miss being able to go out and cruise at 6:30 pace for 8 miles. feels good.
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Weirdo.
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The answer is that "metcon" is gay. Tempo runs are awesome. The only thing that's really "LSD" in a real distance runner's training is that long slow run day they seem to like to put on Saturdays.
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All conditioning is "metabolic." And yes, running is harder than jogging and what constitutes the difference is how efficient you are at this particular activity.
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we did sundays in college. running 15 miles at 9am on a sunday morning. HUNGOVER... at 7:00 to 7:30 pace... that sucked balls. dizzy for the first 3 miles or so, then things start to clear up.
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Rather than comparing workouts, I would focus on what adaptation are you intending to gain. For a tempo run, your are presumably working your aerobic and anaerobic energy pathways evenly and you are using the same muscles for the duration of the run. Hence, the adaptation may be better fatigue resistant running muscles via better energy usage, and you also have to count that time as practice running.
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right. I was just putting that out there for the sake of discussion.
i'm just doing straight linear progression right now. no cardio.
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I should state too that my main goal with strength training is to reach my genetic potential in the running events, from 100m up to 5k right now. That may change later.
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