This is a follow-up to the article Estimating 400 meter Hurdles Potential.
There are so many social media sites out there, it's hard to keep up to date: Facebook, Twitter, etc.
One of them I belong to is LinkedIn, and their Discussion Groups. I belong to one group called Track and Field Coaches and recently Sarah from Seattle asked the question,
"Any Good 400 meter Hurdle Workouts out there?"
(By the way, she is trying to break 57 seconds in the 400mH, so she is a seasoned athlete.)
I responded with my question: Are you training long-to-short, or short-to-long?
There are some good responses, but the best one (so far) is from Charone Williams of www.athleticgrowth.com
Below is a cut and paste from his response, unedited. I'll add my comments to the comment section later, but overall, Charone offers some solid advice and great ideas.
Well, first remembering that Hurdlers are Sprinters, workouts that train all energy systems are good for the 400 hurdler. Some really good specific workouts target every zone in the 400 hurdle race such as starts over H1-H3, tempo runs over H1-H4 or H5, 150’s over H6-H10, etc. I really don’t know which part of the season that you are asking about and your training method whether it’s long to short or short to long, however, just looking at the month and time of year, I would assume that you would be in the early to mid season phase, but I will give you some workouts to cover all energy systems and every phase of the training year. Some of my favorite workouts are:
GPP General Prep: 2×5x30m, 2×5x40m, any combination of 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s not to exceed 500 meters in a given training session; 4×150H (H1-H4); 4-6×300m; Sprint Hurdle training 3-5xH1-H6 with reduced height and distance (bring them in closer so the hurdler can run faster between them); 2-4×500m; 2-3×600m
SPP Specific Prep: Continue with speed training 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s; 5×200H (H1-H5); 3×350m; Sprint Hurdle training 3-4xH8-H12 (14 hurdles if you’re tough! lol) with reduced height or distance or both; 2-3×500; 2-3xBroken 500’s and 600’s with a combination of running over hurdles and without hurdles (2xBroken 500H-300H, rest 30-60 sec, 200 flat, repeat); Speed endurance 60m-150m
Early and Mid Season: Continue with speed training; 2x(250H, 250)-max effort; 2×80, 2×100, 2×120, 1×150-max effort (increase and decrease the reps as the athlete shows improvement), 2-3xBroken 400-500 hurdles, 2×450m; Special Speed Endurance 150m-300m, 2×3x250
Late Season: Continue with speed training, continue with previous training sessions and lower the volume and increase the intensity, you’re looking for quality at this time and resting the athlete more and more, ice therapy is important throughout the season and very important now especially for regeneration; 1×250H, 1×150-max effort; 2×300H, rest 45 sec, 100m-max effort and full recovery (15-20 minutes); 2×320-max effort and full recovery; 2×350-max effort and full recovery; 1×220, 1×180, 1×150-max effort and full recovery; Sprint hurdle training 2-3×8H-full recovery
I know this is a lot, but I hope it helps in your training.
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