I first heard this more formally from Paul Bergen who mentioned
that he told Inge de Bruijn that she was not going to compete in 200 meters crawl
because she stopped months without formal training and could not have enough
training to compete in 200 meters; it was a year and half before the Athens’ Olympics. Inge was trained for 50 meters and 100 meters
and medaled in the Olympics. Also, we
know that Ian Thorpe stayed too far from being competitive after he tried to
come back. Triathlon is the same thing
or even worse. I remembered Vanessa
Fernandes being lapped at Huatulco when she was trying to come back. Paula Findley did not finish at Madrid (2013)
and it does not look that she is coming back.
Detraining is a reversible condition but there is a limited time in life
and the world is getting faster.
Technique has improved and what somebody has as technique is obsolete
even if retrained.
RECOVERING TRAINED STATES TAKES MUCH LONGER THAN IT DOES TO LOSE THEM
Hsu,
K. M., & Hsu, T. G. (1999). The effects of detraining and
retraining on swimming propulsive force and blood lactate. Medicine and Science in Sports and
Exercise, 31(5),
Supplement abstract 1400.
After detraining 50-m times regressed 3.4% and 400-m
times regressed by 7%. Arm stroke propulsive power regressed by 12%. Peak
lactate for the 400 swim was 22% lower. After retraining, 50-m times and
arm-stroke propulsive power had not returned to the levels exhibited before
detraining. Lactate dehydrogenase was unaltered by either detraining or
retraining.
It was concluded that recovering lost training effects
takes much longer than the period of time in which they were lost.
Implication. Recovering
training effects takes much longer than losing them through detraining. It would be wise to avoid
detraining.
There is another form of detraining I have seen in
athletes who try to come back after practicing another sport like ironman. Macca
had years of detraining when trying to come back to Olympic distance triathlon. It looks that “cross training” is useless
when competing at a high level and detraining exist significantly when
comparing through performance. Training
is very specific for the sport we practice.
There is an interesting article written that deals with the gross
physiological variables of detraining, but there are more subtle differences at
the cells as enzymes. WE CAN SEE THE
RESULTS WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO COME BACK FROM AN INJURY OR AFTER STOPPING:
I will leave you with Andres Espinosa, to continue
with the rivalry Kenyans Mexicans in the past.
He is the expert on cross training working in a Steel Mill.
Andrés Espinosa grew up in an impoverished background in northern
Mexico. His hometown Monclova was proudly known as Mexico’s “Steel Capital,”
but not so proudly for the pollution that belched from the town’s factory
smokestacks.Espinosa aspired to become an elite long-distance runner. He toiled during the day at his steel mill job, and then well into the night bounded 80 miles each week up and down his hometown streets.
On a Saturday morning 22 years ago at 4:00 am, Estela and baby Andrés Jr. bid their beloved 25-year old husband and father “vaya con dios,” as Espinosa set out on his improbable dream. The destination was Dallas, and the drive took most of the day. Espinosa would run the next day in the 1988 White Rock Marathon, his maiden competitive race. He arrived in Dallas short on sleep but long on adrenaline.
Espinosa’s audacity paid off. He triumphed in Dallas by a whopping 10
minutes…
BOSTON MARATHON 1994, AFTER THE CURRENT VIDEO (ONLY WAY TO PUT IT)
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