tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post8752309258306107230..comments2023-04-12T08:26:56.602-06:00Comments on The Triathlon Book: Yes, I said no rest weeksPaulo Sousahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661280271310309495noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-49342290370655474292008-05-16T13:37:00.000-06:002008-05-16T13:37:00.000-06:00Years after I read a mention of it in some seminar...Years after I read a mention of it in some seminar appraisal by Gordo, more evidence that Bompa's "three weeks on one week off" regime was all about drugs cycles, as provided by Victor Conte: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/7403158.stmDuncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012458264540088347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-48899145574822267382007-12-21T15:36:00.000-07:002007-12-21T15:36:00.000-07:00Well put. I'm sending this to every athlete I coac...Well put. I'm sending this to every athlete I coach--especially the whiners. ;-)Matt Calarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878807429440901566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-45836493809876615392007-12-21T09:23:00.000-07:002007-12-21T09:23:00.000-07:00Sacrilege...Sacrilege...terrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974800843736507890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-31241166826954415552007-12-20T22:45:00.000-07:002007-12-20T22:45:00.000-07:00"no rest weeks"?I'm on the "no rest days, unless y..."no rest weeks"?<BR/><BR/>I'm on the "no rest days, unless you really need one, or are forced to take one (travel, etc.)" program.gnicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607975945610370049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-90274164255572860482007-12-19T19:48:00.000-07:002007-12-19T19:48:00.000-07:00You are SO going to hell...You are SO going to hell...Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408583982804238329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-24264597824448963962007-12-19T12:05:00.000-07:002007-12-19T12:05:00.000-07:00Mark,Even though the situation you describe is pre...Mark,<BR/><BR/>Even though the situation you describe is pretty common, it is hard to know what exactly happened in the case of the athlete you mention. One possibility is that athlete raced in a state of overreaching for all these years, and the forced rest caused him to finally adapt to all the training he did throughout the years.<BR/><BR/>You also mention a situation that was not covered in Paulo Sousahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661280271310309495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-1352185981292985862007-12-19T08:08:00.000-07:002007-12-19T08:08:00.000-07:00I enjoyed the latest article, although for once I ...I enjoyed the latest article, although for once I am actually not sure if I totally agree with you or not. I can completely understand what you are saying, however, then I see "one-off" scenarios which make me wonder. For instance, we have a mutual "friend" who is a hard core trainer. Now he is a large volume kind of guy and has been for years. He broke his pelvis in the spring and had very Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172472360095494796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-65776829931056669502007-12-18T18:59:00.000-07:002007-12-18T18:59:00.000-07:00I have heard this before..I think I was looking fo...I have heard this before..I think I was looking for a Starbucks in Cambridge?Kurt P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02786320191472347363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-8294793607432795682007-12-18T17:05:00.000-07:002007-12-18T17:05:00.000-07:00I wish I would've known about rest weeks when I ha...I wish I would've known about rest weeks when I had that job shoveling asphalt. I don't know if I could've convinced my boss though... maybe if I dropped the line "it's in the bible".Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236211751351667412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-81410436076297841572007-12-18T13:45:00.000-07:002007-12-18T13:45:00.000-07:00I am cracking up at your analogies.... :-DI am cracking up at your analogies.... :-DJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06127308733500721549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682083835592080008.post-54965124665913265782007-12-18T11:46:00.000-07:002007-12-18T11:46:00.000-07:00I like to use my time in LC as a "rest week"... :...I like to use my time in LC as a "rest week"... :)khaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375509575883260433noreply@blogger.com