Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004 What does Johan have to say?Here is a quick translation of a comment from Johan Modig:I want to clarify a few things: A big difference in my training now compared to earlier is the quality and effectiveness. When I was 20 to 25 years old I built up strong endurance and oxygen uptake. Today my training isn't primarily intended to try to improve those abilities. I can build the effectiveness of my muscles and running efficiency through other methods, for example strength and spaenst-training [spaenst training involves things like quick jumps]. I've also been injury prone and so I will continue to do more alternative training. That means that I can have high quality almost every day and that will make me better. I'm convinced that you can be world champion following my philosophy, i.e. varied, highly effective training combined with a lot of recovery (rest, massage and stretching). But my belief that this type of training will be enough has to do with having almost ten years of training with longer slower session. Another important reason for how I train today is that it is really how I WANT to train. It has been a long time since training has been so much fun. And I can say that despite having trained almost every day for the last ten years. The discussion can continue another day... I've got a couple of comments about Modig's comments. I really appreciate that he took the time to write. Looking at how top orienteers train is fun. It helps me understand the sport. I think I can speak for others who look at this page regularly and say we all appreciate the chance to hear from one of the world's top orienteers. I was struck by Modig's comment about having fun and training the way he wants to train. Sometimes in discussions about training, we forget how important it is to have fun. posted by Michael | 7:55 PM 
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