There are a few people on here who live in reality Richard. You are not one of them. You ask yourself questions under another psuedonym and then answer as yourself. You have taken this thread into mediocrity and i wish you would just stop.
The fact that you are indignant at me suggesting you play more of the student role is the perfect example of why you aren't worth listening to. You haven't learned enough to even take an undergraduate tutorial in applied sport sciences. Ive been doing athletics for over 20 years and 10 of them were training as an elite. In case you have forgotten i have scored 8084 in decathlon and you have run
32mins or is that 35mins for 5000m. The sheer difference in that is why i can never find anything of value in your words. You just don't have the quality necessary for the role you are trying to pretend you are in. At least Steve makes up the difference with intelligence.
Your views are simplistic and not at all new. You might remember when i quoted from Percy Cerutty on strength training from his book published in 1960. That's nearly 50 years ago Mr Revolutionary. You might want to investigate Sebastien Coe. He was an 800m runner around 20-25 years ago now. You will find after not much looking some information on the strength training he underwent 3 times a week throughout his career. Spaniel (so glad you are around) then provided information from Stefano Baldini's own strength training.
Let me try and get you back on track once again and out of your laboratory. Oh thats right you've been running for 26 years and i'm still waiting on something practical from your mouth. To date the score on that side of the equation is still zero.
QUESTION from before that you have avoided answering
Firstly, it is fine to say the training for slow twitch is different from the training for fast twitch as you are correct. What is missing is an example of each. Can you please provide such examples?
STATEMENT YOU COULD RESPOND TO
Secondly, the training principle is actually progressive overload not overload.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE OFFENDED BY THIS - IT IS A SIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACT
In conclusion, it is good you are now making the attempt to practicalise. I applaud you on this, truly. What is almost intolerable is that you are continuing to speak like you know everything, are the expert and are never wrong, perhaps you could take more of the student role at times.
FINALLY
There is not a precise lactate threshold. This is agreed generally now so stop peddling it. What there is is a 'grey' zone or 'lactate' zone where lactate accumulates and H+ ions accumulate and many other things go on which start to limit performance. May as well call it the lactate zone. At least now lactate is our friend. Thanks physiologists for making it our enemy for so long.
This grey/lactate zone - which does exist - simply needs to be pushed higher through training. The training below and within the grey zone acts to enlargen the aerobic capacity and pressure the grey zone upwards. After training this for a while the entire grey zone will have shifted. This is what tempo runs are for. By training up to and into the lactate zone one becomes more efficient at using lactate, whether delaying the onset of glycogenolysis or improving the buffering capacity.
Muscle factor model spare me. Look at the alignment of individual fibres if you will. Those fibres in correct alginment with the joints at each end of it's length will function normally. They will cycle on and off (important factor you have not mentioned) and continue over time.
Those fibres being pulled into tension because of a subtle misalignment of one or both joints the muscle is connected to will fatigue more quickly than normal. These fibres (and you can find them on yourself) are unable to function normally because they are sitting in tension when they should be relaxed. They have too much tone and are always switched on. They will fatigue quickly and will in most cases be the limiting factor in performance. People get massages to reduce this problem and see chiropractors or osteopaths or bowen therapists to become realigned. Commonplace in elite athletics which i once again reiterate you have no place in.
thankyou Richard i hope you can answer those questions or i will just have to keep repeating them