Supertraining

W.G.: Self evident truth, call it what you want. Different strokes for  
different folks so to speak? Train this way for endurance, train this way  for 
power, train this way for........? I have worked with various "athletes" for  a 
period of 30 years, so I guess I have come to my conclusions empirically.  The 
concept specificity defines itself appropriately in sports, but not  
conditioning, so you do what you can with what your dealt. I have people that  
literally 
hurl themselves at their exercise sequence and the pace is  astonishing, and 
I have others who simply cannot. You see the differences based  on years of 
observation. Some are athletes, some are not. The action takes  place during 
the 
execution of their exercises and again the time in between is  individual. Do 
we pick up the pace? Sure, but we make sure that they do not fail  do to a 
cardiovascular bottleneck. We have used NON STOP training and  we used it over 
20 years ago and it was referred to as Metabolic Conditioning.  Was it 
necessary? In some cases yes, and others no. Maybe it got people more  
psychologically 
ready? We have used it off and on over a long period of time. I  personally 
go at a pace that has to be seen, but is it necessary? I am not so  sure, but 
you don't have a chance to think about that when you exercise, you  just get 
after it and survive it, and then move on. With athletes or  otherwise, you 
gradually break them in, and then eventually push them as hard as  possible and 
based on my experience you take them at a pace that works best for  them. I 
train a MMA fighter and he adapted to his sport long before I  ever met him. I 
simply push him harder than he could for himself. When he's  ready he gets 
after 
it. I'll strengthen him the best way I know possible and  then he gets in the 
"cage." He is part of team Gracie. I'm sure he has  never had any hesitation 
into the ring. So the original post was about  "rest intervals," and to 
arbitrarily suggest exact time intervals is just plain  silly. Let's agree that 
we 
just disagree and let the said poster make sound  decisions based on hopefully 
common sense. 

David Landau 
Aventura,  Florida