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RECOVERY
Recovery from training is an important consideration for a well thought out programme for sprint athletes. Placement of weight training, speed sessions and other neurally demanding work within a training week should be such that consideration is given to the correct clearance periods to facilitate full recovery for the athletes. Lack of planning on this requirement will have dire consequences. Athletes will start to complain of tiredness and lack of energy. Both indications of neural fatigue.
Speed work and weight sessions involving the leg musculature should ideally have a clearance time of at least 48 hours.
Active recovery work can also be implemented to help athletes. This can come in the form of scheduling slow tempo track sessions to stimulate recovery. Just as in all track sessions these slow tempo recovery sessions have to be designed using the right accumulated distance and recoveries.
Regenerative massage can be used to manually massage out, waste products after speed/strength endurance sessions. Residual amounts of lactic acid can sit in an athlete’s blood stream ready to come back and haunt the athlete in the future. |
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