Got back to some 5 aside football last night, but this could be a problem to fit in with the FLM training. I am currently trying to follow the RW training guide, and am already doing a tempo run during the week. Do you think that the 5 aside would count as Fartlek?
Wearing my Heart Rate Monitor I averaged 174 bpm over 50 mins and a max of 191 so I reckon it should count! What do others think.
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Having said that, football does involve lots of running! The only bit of the training that would have little 'crossover' would be the kicking action, but having said that, I used to count football as cross-training, and Its a dang site more fun than the treadmill IMHO
I found it helped c gen fitness but kept getting knocks/etc,, and this affected my normal running- so i quit 5 a side about 1 month before- paranoid i would turn an ankle/etc.. It uses a whole diff gp of muscles so i guess is good for5 all round fitness,