It is possible to substitute specific training in 400m sprint

It is possible to substitute specific training in 400m sprint for a nonspecific one and achieve the same or even greater improvement?

Nonspecific training will be used in case of bad weather conditions, no track and so on.

Nonspecific – different movement structure, but from a physiological point of view identical to the special endurance training – same HR, same levels of lactate, for example special strength training.

In last three months I done small experiment. I took 8 students from university probably the same age and same sport performance. All of them are active but not professionals athletes. I split them in two groups. One group was performing specific-running training, the second one non-specific (strength training).

Both groups

But more important is that the nonspecific group improved in average PB time (300m test) 0,79s and specific group improved by 0,65s. I know that was a small group and not professional 400 m athletes but still, It shows (in a small scale) that nonspecific training can improve specific performance, despite widely accepted specific principle in training. But the nonspecific training must stimulate the same energetic system used during specific training.

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Ondrej Durjak

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It is possible to substitute specific training in 400m sprint

It is possible to substitute specific training in 400m sprint for a nonspecific one and achieve the same or even greater improvement?

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