18 days to get in decent shape

[Koing]

He doesn't need to do any HIIT/ cardio. He has 18 days (less now) to get in to shape. Lifting in the gym will not make you much stronger in 18 days and you will be sore as it sounds that you are very new to training (or you would have a training schedule) so the lifting will make you very very sore.

But if it is ice/ snow on the track your f0cked. I'd hit running on the treadmill as a poor subsitute. The weights won't help much in 18 days. They will help if you had more time to plan out what you were doing.

Stretching and technical drills is what you can do.

The lack of a track to run on is a killer.

SociallyChallenged, he only has about 12 days left, he can't fit everything in to that time frame. I would avoid the plyometrics because the OP doesn't seem hgave a strength base to begin with. They are meant for more conditioned athletes and not for beginners with no strength base.

OP, when you mean you have 12 days to get in to 'decent' shape, what does that mean? Decent shape for pre season running? (very late now) or competition season? We need more details. "I'm actually doing this to get in proper shape for the start of Track & Field" doesn't tell us much. Where are you at? When does your season start? Do you not have an athletics coach? Why is it, you only have 18 days to get in to prope shape for T&F? You must know you can't do much improvement to your CV within such a short period of time.

Koing

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Koing
He doesn't need to do any HIIT/ cardio. He has 18 days (less now) to get in to shape. Lifting in the gym will not make you much stronger in 18 days and you will be sore as it sounds that you are very new to training (or you would have a training schedule) so the lifting will make you very very sore.

But if it is ice/ snow on the track your f0cked. I'd hit running on the treadmill as a poor subsitute. The weights won't help much in 18 days. They will help if you had more time to plan out what you were doing.

Stretching and technical drills is what you can do.

The lack of a track to run on is a killer.

SociallyChallenged, he only has about 12 days left, he can't fit everything in to that time frame. I would avoid the plyometrics because the OP doesn't seem hgave a strength base to begin with. They are meant for more conditioned athletes and not for beginners with no strength base.

OP, when you mean you have 12 days to get in to 'decent' shape, what does that mean? Decent shape for pre season running? (very late now) or competition season? We need more details. "I'm actually doing this to get in proper shape for the start of Track & Field" doesn't tell us much. Where are you at? When does your season start? Do you not have an athletics coach? Why is it, you only have 18 days to get in to prope shape for T&F? You must know you can't do much improvement to your CV within such a short period of time.

Koing

I'm moreso talking to him about things to do throughout the season. That's not just for these 18 days, but for the entire time he'll be doing track. You gotta start at some point and what better point to start than pre-season? There's no way he's really gonna improve in about 12 days, so I'm setting him up to get stronger and get in shape throughout the season

 

[Koing]

Plyometrics during the season? Not so sure of that mate...most coach's use it far too much in their schedules and it should be cycled in and out appropiately. The coaches just latched on to it years ago and kept with it!

Yes it is good to start at pre-season but the OP has this insane tasks of getting in to shape in 12 days for the start of his season! INSANE!

Koing

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Koing
Plyometrics during the season? Not so sure of that mate...most coach's use it far too much in their schedules and it should be cycled in and out appropiately. The coaches just latched on to it years ago and kept with it!

Yes it is good to start at pre-season but the OP has this insane tasks of getting in to shape in 12 days for the start of his season! INSANE!

Koing

Meh, you're never in shape for the first meet - at least that's what I've had in my experience. Each meet is an improvement, so you gotta go hard

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Koing
Plyometrics during the season? Not so sure of that mate...most coach's use it far too much in their schedules and it should be cycled in and out appropiately. The coaches just latched on to it years ago and kept with it!

Yes it is good to start at pre-season but the OP has this insane tasks of getting in to shape in 12 days for the start of his season! INSANE!

Koing

Meh, you're never in shape for the first meet - at least that's what I've had in my experience. Each meet is an improvement, so you gotta go hard

Well I wouldn't say your not in shape for your first meet! That would mean a poor winter training period imo unless you have a valid reason, injury, sicknees a few days before the meet. Under performing is not a coincidence. It is a factor of your training. You may not run blazing times but you should be pretty even to your PB and peak past it for the big meets.

I'm not a competitive hurdler but I know for my Olympic weightlifting meets I never go in prepared. I train 7-9x a week, every week, don't drink much and get my cutting and eating sorted out for competitions. I go in to competitions expecting to well. If I didn't I underpeformed on the day and not because of my training leading up to the competition.

Koing

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Koing
Plyometrics during the season? Not so sure of that mate...most coach's use it far too much in their schedules and it should be cycled in and out appropiately. The coaches just latched on to it years ago and kept with it!

Yes it is good to start at pre-season but the OP has this insane tasks of getting in to shape in 12 days for the start of his season! INSANE!

Koing

Meh, you're never in shape for the first meet - at least that's what I've had in my experience. Each meet is an improvement, so you gotta go hard

Well I wouldn't say your not in shape for your first meet! That would mean a poor winter training period imo unless you have a valid reason, injury, sicknees a few days before the meet. Under performing is not a coincidence. It is a factor of your training. You may not run blazing times but you should be pretty even to your PB and peak past it for the big meets.

I'm not a competitive hurdler but I know for my Olympic weightlifting meets I never go in prepared. I train 7-9x a week, every week, don't drink much and get my cutting and eating sorted out for competitions. I go in to competitions expecting to well. If I didn't I underpeformed on the day and not because of my training leading up to the competition.

Koing

Yeah, the sad thing is we didn't have any winter training in high school (and a lot of schools actually don't) so we were never in shape if we didn't do it of our own accord (I was running for about a month before track season when I got bronchitis :|). With track at a lot of the schools, in SoCal the coaches aren't allowed to lead a team practice until a certain date. That makes the conditioning of the athletes suffer, but meh, we dealt with it.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Koing
Plyometrics during the season? Not so sure of that mate...most coach's use it far too much in their schedules and it should be cycled in and out appropiately. The coaches just latched on to it years ago and kept with it!

Yes it is good to start at pre-season but the OP has this insane tasks of getting in to shape in 12 days for the start of his season! INSANE!

Koing

Meh, you're never in shape for the first meet - at least that's what I've had in my experience. Each meet is an improvement, so you gotta go hard

Well I wouldn't say your not in shape for your first meet! That would mean a poor winter training period imo unless you have a valid reason, injury, sicknees a few days before the meet. Under performing is not a coincidence. It is a factor of your training. You may not run blazing times but you should be pretty even to your PB and peak past it for the big meets.

I'm not a competitive hurdler but I know for my Olympic weightlifting meets I never go in prepared. I train 7-9x a week, every week, don't drink much and get my cutting and eating sorted out for competitions. I go in to competitions expecting to well. If I didn't I underpeformed on the day and not because of my training leading up to the competition.

Koing

Yeah, the sad thing is we didn't have any winter training in high school (and a lot of schools actually don't) so we were never in shape if we didn't do it of our own accord (I was running for about a month before track season when I got bronchitis :|). With track at a lot of the schools, in SoCal the coaches aren't allowed to lead a team practice until a certain date. That makes the conditioning of the athletes suffer, but meh, we dealt with it.

Yeah, same at my school but didn't you guys run for your own athletic clubs? But saying that a lot of coaches are clueless.

Koing