Speed vs. Strength with Ryan “Drop The Hammer” Kent // Spartan ATHLETE 012
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
We learn a little about Spartan Pro Team racer Ryan Kent. He talks about his running background, how he trains during the offseason, and finding a balance between strength and speed. He also has some tips for larger runners.
LESSONS:
Stay consistent for a higher fitness level
Less volume on race week, maintain or increase the intensity
Find things that suit your strengths on each course.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spartan Athlete here on the Spartan Up podcast. We talk to some of the best athletes in the business. |
| 0:04.6 | They're going to give you tips and tricks and techniques on ways to you to conquer the course. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome back to Spartan Athlete. I'm your host Mappy Davis here with Ryan Kent aka |
| 0:16.4 | Drop the hammer. How does training differ for you when you're not racing as often |
| 0:20.6 | when you have sort of an off-season Well, when you don't have a race every weekend or every other week and you're able to just like train through, |
| 0:28.0 | like you don't have to worry about kind of backing off and you're able to get just like consistent training and the more consistent training you do the higher your fitness level is going to get. |
| 0:36.4 | So if you're constantly backing off for a race and then getting a week of good training |
| 0:41.2 | then backing off for a race, you're not really gaining more and more fitness. |
| 0:44.2 | So the longer stretch you have in between races, |
| 0:48.3 | just a higher level of fitness you're gonna get. |
| 0:50.6 | When it comes time for the week of the race, |
| 0:52.1 | so were you in sort of taper mode? |
| 0:53.6 | Yeah. Yeah. I would say you back off the volume, but you either maintain or |
| 0:58.6 | increase intensity. So, you know, just for example, you know, maybe I had an 8 mile run scheduled, maybe I do 4, but I ramp up the pace on that run. |
| 1:08.5 | So you're basically giving your legs a break from all the volume you've been putting in but you're still getting your heart rate up that way it's ready to rock and roll and race day. |
| 1:17.0 | Do you know the difference between amps and volts? No. You either. What is your background? My background is track and field in cross country. So even though I am built a little bit bigger than most of the guys, I can still move pretty quick. |
| 1:30.0 | You know, I've recently run like a 15 minute 5 K weighing 180 pounds. |
| 1:34.4 | So that's something I take a lot of pride in. |
| 1:37.2 | So, you know, if these, you know, if some of the guys out here want to underestimate me because I'm bigger than, |
| 1:42.3 | you know, they got another thing coming. |
| 1:44.1 | So if someone's newer in racing and they're built more like you, they're not a super thin |
| 1:48.6 | runner, what would you say to that for a newer person? |
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