Difficulties, consideration and concerns while designing Training Prog

Writing/ designing program for any event is a very complex assignment, which has to be approached carefully. The demands of modern sport at any competitive level are huge, therefore I would like to start this interesting topic.

During planning of our program we should ask ourselves question such as:

1. What is the most important aspect of my training I want develop the most?
2. Which approach to choose?
3. What is the most benefitting order of events during sessions?
4. When to lift
5. When enough is enough and when is too much?

1) As we all agree, 9 out of 10 events during 2 days of our Decathlon are speed/ power related events. From observation and researches it is looking like developing of Speed and Strength has to come first without omission technical aspects of the events, before specific endurance can be add to your training program.
Therefore it seems to be logical to have a Short to Long approach in developing those two most important components of fitness through the major part of SPP 1 where we can focus and dedicate our time towards Maximal Strength and Speed/ speed endurance improvements.
Having said that, we can face few difficulties with in this approach if you are leaving in colder climate and you don’t have an access to indoor facilities, the only way to get your goals is to use Long to Short approach.

Spreading events across our micro-cycle it seems to be problematic, ratio between high CNS work and recovery has to be maintained to allow us to progress and achieve desired results and therefore putting events into groups with high CNS stress seems to be logical.

Monday: Speed, elements of long jump, shot, weights

Tuesday: Elements of javelin tempo/recovery, walking hurdles- drills

Wednesday: Discus, hurdles, pole vault, weights

Thursday: Elements of javelin, tempo/recovery, mat work for high jump

Friday: Hurdles/ speed endurance, elements of high jump, shot, weights

Saturday: Elements of pole vault, tempo and recovery

Sunday: OFF

When enough is enough and when is too much?
From observations, articles, forums, interviews and I have read it looks to me like some of athletes are spending too much time on one event and later rushing to and through the next one, sometimes getting injured on the way,
If you have planned 12 shot puts throws then do those 12 and move on, usually the extra one hurts the most!

Vince Anderson: Tom Pappas coach said that they have never spent more than 40/45min on hurdles with the drills included in those 45min.

You cannot spend whole day training (well if you pro then you can) because you have to be back the next day after your work or school and be ready for training. I think the safe number of reps in your field events where you can work on your technique would be around: Shot- 12 to 15, discus- 15 to 24, Javelin 24 to 30, Long jump and high jump drills over the hurdles 20 to 30 take offs, In terms of hurdels 35 to 55hurdles in total for speed and speed- endurance is more then enough

What’s your opinion?