I ran XC my entire life with a direct focus on Track and Field and just recently was offered the head coaching position at my high school and with very little knowledge of the training regiments this has been a great first step for me and I appreciate this video and the time it took to put it out to the public. Good luck this season!

This is exactly what I did when I was in high school! I hated the weights/ core workouts and I had a terrible diet in HS. I learned it the hard way when I got to the collegiate level. It made me a better runner! I now coach and I try to teach my athletes all the right things I should have done their age. I’m going to be sending them this video. They need to hear this from another HS athlete. I wish you all the best in your running career.

@ParkerMax

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and thanks for sharing your story! Your comment made my day, I am so glad you and your team can take away value from this video. Happy running!

God bless you Parker Max. I just started cross country recently

Big cross country and track guy! 👍

Loved every point you made here Parker. Watched it with Truman on the TV at the hotel in Boston. I kept telling him “I agree with that. And that. And that.”

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark! Appreciate it. I'm hoping to get out to a couple of Thorsday runs this summer!

I think this will help a lot of people. It was so well thoughtout. Great work!

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so! Thank you so much!

@SquidSquab

7 ай бұрын

@@ParkerMaxhey just a question , I run XC and track and am in my sophomore year, I am playing basketball in the winter because I’m in Nebraska and there is no indoor track, by playing basketball does it make me lose potential as a runner? Like should I quit basketball and just run in the winter instead?

Jack Daniel's is my favorite too! Oh, wait, nvm, wrong JD! 🤣

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

haha classic

Hello max what a awesome video to make

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@evanmegoulas

2 жыл бұрын

@@ParkerMax your welcome

I'm a simple guy: I see a Parker Max video, I click.

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you so much for being such a loyal sub!

I of the E: Fartleks are a great workout for the summer. Start easy with 30 seconds on 30 seconds off and build up to the pyramid fartlek. 30-1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1-30 with the rest being half of the rep. Great video, great tips!

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great workout that I completely forgot about. Thanks!!

Been Running With Good Diet, Lifting, Stretching And Stuff And 40+ Miles A Week Usually For Almost A Year But 5k Pr is 27

@HamptonHelps

10 ай бұрын

Started at 34

@HamptonHelps

10 ай бұрын

And Started Running Only A Few Months Before This

I'm a beginner runner. In eighth grade, I started doing track and field as a pass-by sport. I wasn't fully committed to the sport until the end of the season. It's been about three months and my timing has increased drastically and my stamina has decreased so much to the amount that doing a mere 800 is difficult. My season starts in a month. What would you recommend me to do to increase my timing and distance? Is there any specific goal you would recommend me to set for each week or day to slowly increase my stamina and endurance for the season? My coach would like me to at least be able to run a mile with a cadence of 170-180 and my highest so far (in May) has been 165.

@mahathikarthik3551

11 ай бұрын

I'm also training with limited space due to being away from home. I have access to a 400m track but that's all.

Boutta start XC soon, what’s a good workout for me as a beginner

@ParkerMax

Жыл бұрын

For the first 4-5 weeks, just focus on building mileage. Run all of your miles at an easy pace and about 2 to 3 times a week run some strides and hill strides at the end of your run. , Then you can start slowly incorporating one to two workouts a week. I would say one of those workouts should be a hill workout and the other should be something that tempo pace. I think a great workout is a 5 min, 4 min, 3 min, 2 min, 1min fartlek w/ half rep recovery. The reps should start at tempo pace, but progressively get faster each rep

@dejaeubanks1644

Жыл бұрын

@@ParkerMax what I was thinking of doing … 1 . Warm up jog 2. Stretch before run 3. Run: 400 splits -> 2-3 sets 4. Break 5. recovery lap around the track 6. Final stretch Now would you recommend me follow that or what would you like for me to maybe change it up within my workouts

@ParkerMax

Жыл бұрын

I would not recommend you do that until August. The goal for the summer is to build your aerobic engine and not your speed. You can maintain speed by doing strides or a few 200s after a tempo workout. If you are keen on running a track workout, I would recommend you do something like this instead: warm up, 2-4 x 200m @ 3200m pace, 1-2 x 2 mile tempo, 2-4 x 200m @ 1600m pace. Of course, you should consult your coach and evaluate your summer training before taking advice from a rando on the internet

@dejaeubanks1644

Жыл бұрын

@@ParkerMax will do, thank you. I appreciate it a lot

@dejaeubanks1644

Жыл бұрын

@@ParkerMaxforgot to ask this but what XC spikes would you recommend that you’ve tried and are good ?

Whats your current 5k?

@ParkerMax

Жыл бұрын

I ran 15:29 this year and that video is coming very soon!!

I do not appreciate you telling me to do bands parker

@ParkerMax

2 жыл бұрын

Do your bands