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Old 02-28-2008, 12:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
Power
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Question My 5 days intense training before semi-finals.

Okay I got 5 days before my semi-finals in basketball for the season. I wanted to increase my stamina and increase leg strength in 5days. My first thought was to run for 2hrs in the morning and in the afternoon + resistance leg training to finish off . I know that I will be aching the next day and won't have enough rest to recover.

My new plan (which I started today) was to run for 5mins with resistance (inclined treadmill) every hour (total of 8sets in 8hrs), for the next 5days. Plus I am packing in more proteins for recovery and warm bath + massage on leg to finish the day.

To be honest, I never heard of such training plan, but I am cramming for 5 days. My common sense tells me that I won't be aching the next day and my recovery would be fast due to diet and the 55mins rest in between sets will have enough blood transport to my muscle to rest and develop. Kinda like a slow steady increase of strength + slow steady strength on my heart muscle in a short amount of time (5days), making it a fast increase stamina and strength but slowly working out. Kinda like eating 8 small meals rather than eating 3 big meals in a day.

Do you see any problem in my training plan that I might have missed? or do you think its a wrong approach? Be honest even if you think it's ridiculous, I don't mind, just explain it why you think so. (So I can rearrange in the next 4 days)

Last edited by Power; 02-28-2008 at 02:52 PM.
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