Why you definitely need to go through functional testing
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
I have been running for about five years. Behind several Ironman 70.3 ( «halves») and other shorter-distance triathlon, many half-marathon. My week of training sometimes passes for 70-80 km run. After spending 1.5 hours recently on the functional testing of the body, I could not understand, why not do it earlier. How was it possible to ignore the stunning information that I have received? Blame laziness and stupidity!
The desire to pass functional testing occurred because I moved again on Polar V800 sports watch with Garmin Fēnix 3 (More on this - in the next article in this series, hold holivarnoe mood) and I just wanted to correctly mark the pulse zone. And also because I wanted to interview the person with more than 20 years of experience in functional training "Profikom". But the first reason was more important. :)
There are various types of functional testing, they are different for different kinds of sports. But it was interesting to see how it works and responds to load my heart, to determine the effective amount of light and find the correct data on the VO2 max. And yet I wanted to understand what my maximum heart rate. Prior to testing, I thought that the maximum
HR I have 172. Naive!It all started with the fact that I stood on the scales and intricate gave me a pen in hand. Libra calculated fat mass in the body, the percentage of visceral fat (which is on the organs), bone mass, muscle in the arms and legs, and the imbalance in the mass - a place to work. Proved too much fat, visceral but was normal. It is said that to get rid of fat in a much more complex than the fat out. Correct.
Then have fun with straw and exhale into it. You exhale slowly, quickly, alternately. All this in order to measure lung capacity and their ability to quickly release the exhaust air, which is very important for cyclists and sprinters.
After this test, it became clear why we can not all the time just "Joghana", and it is necessary to do speed work. If you just run and increase the volume of training, developing and inharmonious lose sprinting qualities that could be you at the outset. Sorry for amateurism in the wording, but I'm not a doctor. Go to the test, and you will talk about you superumno!
By the way, this test is a little painful, as to empty the lungs at high speed to finish - a very unpleasant task. Did not know.
At the stadium I had run many, many kilometers per pulse areas that I asked the expert. At the end of each 400-meter circle, he measured the level of lactate in the blood. Finger puncture, using a special clothespin. Particularly meticulous can donate blood every lap, fingers shot up and be confident that the results of both the pharmacy. I'm not a professional athlete, and is ready to accept uncertainty and assumptions. And my blood is dear to me.
Run you more than ten laps. start as a pensionerBarely moving his feet. Finish with the utmost speed for you. I pace it was less than 3 min / km and 182 pulse! I literally grabbed the air, like a fish on the shore, and just could not figure out where all the falls that I breathe. It was hard, and at some point I began to catch cartoons. Guilty was the sun that has got out at the wrong time. But I limit my catch - 182. Now I understand that all the time, when the coach said, "You work for 90% of the maximum heart rate," I just underperforming and training were almost nothing.
And even after the tests I was told to run a half-marathon for 1:37 as it turned out at me ashamed. Type I and in less than 1:30. Physiology - for. But head and self-pity at the start - against. :) But the knowledge - the power, and the new target for the half marathon I already have.
Below, I offer you a short film about how I passed this test. Get the complete picture! And strongly recommend that you take the test in your area. It stands as one of your shoes, And the sense of results and health will be much greater.
testing conducted Vitaly Samujlenko in CrossFit BANDA Arena.