Most of the training suggestions I make in this blog will only make a small difference in your results. So, why bother? Why not just train like I am used to? Why not just do like everyone else?
It's the cumulative effect of several small changes that will make a big difference in your results. Just increasing the quality of your workouts by getting coached probably won't make you world champion. But add on the increased quality by taking each run like a serious race run and you will start to see a difference in your results.
Do some weight training and you probably won't see any immediate changes in your performance. But if you keep with a quality program (such as the triphasic training program) that improves your strength, power and speed over many months or a year, and you will see some significant improvement if you combine it with high-quality slalom training.
If you just do some speed training, you won't immediately get faster. But after doing quality speed work consistently for months, plus higher quality practices, plus resistance training, plus coaching, plus focused workouts, you will see a difference in your results.
If you do some active recovery, you probably won't notice any difference in your results at races. It's another small difference. But, if you combine it with several of the other factors, the cumulative effect will be big.
I would say that if you just make one or two changes in your training, you might not see any difference. The only exception I can think of is if you don't have a lot of quality race experience and you start training on a good quality race site regularly. That does make a significant difference in and of itself if you have such a site available on a regular basis. Most other interventions only make a small difference in your race results.
But if you add some of the other interventions such as active recovery, coaching, quality runs, timing your runs, counting penalties, watching video, doing a quality resistance training program, and doing speed work, this will add up to a big difference. If you do 5-6 small things to make you better, it's the same as doing one big thing to improve your racing. So, find 5 or 6 small things and you will really improve your racing.
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