Supertraining

Susan,

personal trainers at gym are often uneducated persons , with dogmatic
views on strength and conditioning. I would not bother too much with
what he says , he is probably way less experimented and versed in SC
than your coach. I think you should **trust** your coach and go on his
hand. Completely ignore that PT , his advice is wrong. Most of the PTs
I know do not have anyway the knowledge to train a competitive
athlete, yet they sure like to talk a lot.

Please listen to the advice in Linda Schaefer's post, and please trust
your coach.

Respectfully,  Dan Partelly
Romania


--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My name is Susan, I'm 43 years old, and this week is my 12th week in
a gym.
> Ever. I'm a marathon kayaker and in order to get ready for races
I've always
> just gone out and paddled. I never set foot in a gym in my entire
life until
> 12 weeks ago. Now I have a kayak coach who has me on a periodization
weight
> training training program and I've been totally surprised at how
much I'm
> enjoying it. Please keep in mind that I don't totally understand
> "periodization," I just follow her directions and I trust her
implicitly and
> do exactly what she says. The results are already paying off, I've
already
> won two races (last week and the week before) and I credit the extra
> strength I've gained from weight training for my wins.
>
> I'm now in the "max strength" cycle of periodization. (I started with
> "anatomical adaptation" then moved to "hypertrophy" and now am in "max
> strength.") The ultimate goal is for me to complete a 70 mile race on
> Memorial Day.
>
> My "rest interval" between sets is a full 2 1/2 minutes (it was 2 1/2
> minutes for hypertrophy too, but 30 seconds to 1 minute during
anatomical
> adaptation). I got talking to one of the personal trainers at the
gym I go
> to and he said I didn't need to wait that long between sets, and he
was very
> insistent about it. I'm not about to change anything that my coach
has me
> doing, I totally believe in her, and the results are already
showing, but it
> got me thinking about rest intervals and their meaning.
>
> My question is: Can you help me understand the "rest interval"
between sets,
> and what the different lengths of time mean? What does 2 1/2 minutes
between
> sets mean versus 1 minute between sets? I do not understand the
mechanics of
> the rest interval and what a longer versus shorter rest interval
does for
> the body. Any help in understanding rest intervals is appreciated!
>
> Thank you,
> Susan Williams
> Just west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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