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Time Off in between seasons?
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:02 pm
by uconnvaulta
Im just wondering if any of you take any time off in between seasons. After competing in the long indoor season i just took a week off to let my body recover from the aches and pains it goes through. Do any of you guys take any time off ro do you go str8 thru, our schedule this year allows two weeks off of competing unlike last year when we only got a weekend off. Do you guys prefer taking any time off or just go str8 thru indoor right into outdoor
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:12 pm
by bjvando
I personally dont take a WHOLE week off, but its a week of light training and lifting, depending on my health. If 100 % ( which is very unlikely) i will just vault more and relax on the heavy running and lifting. Have a " fun " week, get more mentally prepared for the outdoor season and try to push off any bad vibes from the indoor season.
# 1 priority, BE MENTALLY PREPARED
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:18 pm
by 1yeldud1
My son trains year round (actual indoor vaulting in an unheated barn) 3 to 4 nights a week. He does this all thru football, basketball and track season. This gets kind of tight during the height of b-ball season but he enjoys the vault so much. We work around his schedule. If the mood is to not vault it only hits him probably 1 to 2 nights a month.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:48 pm
by rainbowgirl28
My coach made us take a week off after Indoor Nationals. I ran a little and lifted, but he wouldn't let us vault.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:09 pm
by csunpolevaulter
My coach trains up straight through both seasons. We have about 2 weeks of a break of seasons... and my coach uses those 2 weeks to heavily train and condition. Although it is hard to find the motivation to continue the hard training, it usally lets all us athletes peak at the right time.
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:13 pm
by vaulterjim
Taking time off is a great idea. I took ten days off after my indoor season. But it is good to get back to some basics after your time off.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:36 am
by SlickVT
A little time off between freshman and sophomore years never hurt either...
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:53 pm
by VTechVaulter
most of the time i dont like to take breaks if im actually making improvements. but at times when things just roll downhill quick, its good to get away and relax for a few days, then come back and attack it again