You're not joking about picking your playlist wisely. I was alternating between hard and easy paces by song once, and hit hard place when Sandstorm cane on. That was a long interval.
Thank you for this video, I have just started a 12 week 1/2 marathon training plan, and was not sure what I was supposed to be doing in tomorrow's fartlek, now I know!
I do this but with flat out sprints, 300m sprint, 300m jog. 5 min warm up and warm down. Its great fun feeling sick begging for it to end. The improvements in the overall running is worth it.
@Democrats are cunts maybe, but don't be here- first time I heard this name, don't tell me you didn't think huh at first hearing of this? Before everyone got all serious like I've gone after someone remember back and ask yourself honestly when you first came across this term,you didn't at least crack a stupid grin, however immature. Life's short & I like to laugh.
@phillip perkins sadder things than this. Like grown men taking offence to such irrelevance... laughter isn't always induced by high brow stimuli. Sometimes low hanging fruit has got to be had.
@phillip perkinsHaha you're a good sport & I plead guilty to all charges of acting a twit (in the name of fun of course). I know it's juvenile, but it is nice to have something to burst out laughing to immaturely every once in a while.
Just learned about this in your video, I have done something like this before but it was structured I guess a tempo interval. Will be nice to turn and burn when I feel its right. Thank you very informative.
thanks! i like these as a careful way to get some speed in if i want a second weekly workout but rather than using landmarks or music, just listening closely to what my body wants to do often ends up in these seemingly random intervals or progressions!
30-20-10 -jog 30secs -run 20secs - Max speed 10 seconds over 2 months Can give upto 12 minutes better performance on a half Marathon , a great Way of getting new runners upto 10 km over a ten week period of running once a week with a trainer , better in groups so there Can be a whistle on the watch , fartleg is the most fun Way of improving the performance its better in groups 🇩🇰
Good video! will say that most beginners are not going to run for 40 minutes. I say do a warm up run 2-3 minutes; stretch do a speed interval to your comfort level, but make sure its at a pace that challenges you. For instance if you want to do a 7 or 8 minute mile pace try and run at a set distance for that pace. You can choose to jog to cool down but i normally walk. This is how i pass my PT test every year. I will agree just running a mile or two over and over is not going to help improve you time by much. Good video!
I live in Johannesburg South Africa , Which is just over 6000 feet above sea level, and the part of Johannesburg where i live is very very hilly , very little flats to do Fartlek running ,as well as cycling to get speed work..
ah yes indeed, so i was fartlekking earlier then..is this the same thing as interval training?..it sounds to be so..go fast for a bit, go slow for a bit, then fast, slow and so on, i did a 43 minute run of this earlier with more fast then slow mixed in and it felt great, really good workout, great speed work..
Your comment is a year old. I guess you already know the answer. Nonetheless, I will try and respond to your querry. A fartlek and an intervals session are slightly different. An intervals session is more structured. You will be doing set times/distance of hard effort and recovery. For instance, a typical interval workout might be 8 intervals of 1 minute sprinting and each sprint interval followed by a minute of recovery. Whereas, a fartlek session is less structured. The hard efforts will vary by intensity, time and distance. So will the recovery intervals. The beauty of fartlek is that you are bound by any set measurements. You are free to alter your pace as you go along the run. I hope this clears the concept for you.
Who else agrees there should be a “GRN” Global Running Network, for specific videos aimed towards runners. It would make sense as they have EMTB, GMBN, GCN & GTN. Why not go for a GRN to top it off then runners can have their network of videos to go to to help with reviews, training tips, nutrition and Recovery strategy’s. Just an idea. 🙂
@john davis well. Great joke and All. Just to be a jerk its actually a shortening of two word. "leg" & "godt" which means Play well :) boring but true.
Using music..... I like it. Except if I did that, Slipknot May have me tuning an all out Sprint for 2hrs straight. 😂 Time to soften it up and stick with my favorite: Metallica. 😜
You mention a good baseline for the top end training is a 2:1 ratio of easy:effort. What’s an ideal ratio and duration/distance for the lower end casual effort sessions?
Ohh i already done this but I don’t know that its called fartlek like when i run the first block is jog and the second block is sprint and then the third block is jogging again and i just stop doing that but I’ll do it again and try one block for easy jog and two blocks for sprinting to build my speed and get used to it and just add numbers when i feel i can doni
I’m going try this now, I’m training for ultra so deffo need to spice it up those long runs are very time consuming, I also feel like I’ll never hit my 35 min 10km ever again lol
Great video, as always. You mentioned speeding up during the chorus of a song, and slowing down during the verses. What then is the difference is between Fartlek training and interval training?
Fartlek is a non-stop speeding for short bursts and slowing back down to recover. Intervals are focused on distance and fartlek on randomness, how you feel and time. Thus structure, that would be the biggest difference I see.
@@struong57 I would consider what you do then a fartlek. Intervals are more structured with an expectation of distance and pace, whereas a fartlek is based entirely on effort and time. For instance, if your interval pace is 6:00 per mile, you could do either 400/800/1k repeats on a track(which would be interval work at a specific pace for each), or do a structured fartlek of 3:00mins hard with 1 to 3 mins rest and the two workouts would be interchangeable. Structured because you set a specific time for the hard/speed part and jog/walk/easy part. The true fartlek is done by feel but is still shorter in terms of burst of speed/hard part unlike the interval that will be based on a set distance. Hence you could be doing 24yd/15yd/33yd/12.1yd sprints during a fartlek as you're not measuring distance but just speeding based on feel and slowing to a jog/walk even if new at it and doing it nonstop for 15 to 30min+.
i recently started training and i run 5k but i think i wasn't fast as i'd like to be and i'd like to have a faster pace. Is this going to help me? is it also going to help me run 10k?
@@alfredconqueror4422 i'm running 10km now and i have tried to run 21... The thing is that i need more speed. And i have to run a 5km faster first and then try to improve my 10km
We did these types of workouts regularly in high school. Ran a circle around the park and our coach would randomly blow the whistle for us to stop and start. Goal was to catch as many as possible for each "on" session. I did some at the gym, this morning. At it's always nice to break up any otherwise boring workout with some nice random speed work.
@Leone Lelen absolutely - although I'm no authority on this, I do it myself. I think treadmills are actually mentioned in the video around the 02:20 mark! 🙂
doing the Fartleks at marathon pace, and then picking it up to 5k pace, then back to marathon pace is too much. You need active recovery. You won't get that from marathon pace. You need to be at a "conversational pace", then pick it up to 5k pace, then back to conversational pace, but not too slow. I go over it in detail in my video, here: ruclips.net/video/jnA5dcZ3Qig/видео.html
Hi how do you no your 5 k pace I can run 6 minutes when do 5 k as my quickest first mile then second third about 6 30? Also how do you no your marathon pace thanks
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You're not joking about picking your playlist wisely. I was alternating between hard and easy paces by song once, and hit hard place when Sandstorm cane on. That was a long interval.
It sounds sounds exactly like my yesterday "I-have-no-idea-what-i'm-doing" run training :D
It can feel like that 😂
That's the spirit of the word! In Swedish, the word clearly means something that's meant to be fun. "Lek" means child's play :)
@@Adtonius "Lego" has the same origin, no?
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Thank you for this video, I have just started a 12 week 1/2 marathon training plan, and was not sure what I was supposed to be doing in tomorrow's fartlek, now I know!
I run just to stay in shape and I find that fartlek is simply more fun than a steady, plodding jog.
I do this but with flat out sprints, 300m sprint, 300m jog. 5 min warm up and warm down. Its great fun feeling sick begging for it to end. The improvements in the overall running is worth it.
Fartlek = adding speed by fart propulsion
@Democrats are cunts maybe, but don't be here- first time I heard this name, don't tell me you didn't think huh at first hearing of this? Before everyone got all serious like I've gone after someone remember back and ask yourself honestly when you first came across this term,you didn't at least crack a stupid grin, however immature. Life's short & I like to laugh.
@phillip perkins sadder things than this. Like grown men taking offence to such irrelevance... laughter isn't always induced by high brow stimuli. Sometimes low hanging fruit has got to be had.
@phillip perkinsHaha you're a good sport & I plead guilty to all charges of acting a twit (in the name of fun of course). I know it's juvenile, but it is nice to have something to burst out laughing to immaturely every once in a while.
@phillip perkins no need for apologies g.
Fartlek is fun to say, and fun to do. I'm farty, I mean, 40... humour is needed these days, thank you :)
thank you helped me for my physical eduction paper tommorow. !🎉🎉
Happy to see GTN in Bahrain ❤️❤️
Thank you for explaining it in such easy-to-remember way. 👍
Do you include Fartlek training in your regular training plan? Let us know in the comments below 👇
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.awesome tip....thank's. Hello from GREECE!
Awesome tutorial! I just used this to explain Fartlek training to my 8th grade fitness class. Thank you!
Thank you for this! As an ultramarathoner, I am pretty much bored with my slow pace and wants something new, I wanna try this fartlek. Cheers!
Great video, thanks for the education!
Our pleasure!
Very clear and brief, excellent presentation. All my questions were answered:)
Very nice educative video, thanks GTN! 😀😍👌
Just learned about this in your video, I have done something like this before but it was structured I guess a tempo interval. Will be nice to turn and burn when I feel its right. Thank you very informative.
Nice!!! This is in Bahrain! 👌👌👌
Great vid thanks for the advice!
Glad you found it helpful!
1:53 I saw a cat or something ran towards you and then disappeared into your leg.
Creepy! I believe there was a small hill she ran behind
@@impracticalrunner7529 Yup, that's what I think..... :)
😂
Kitty is doing fartlek too.
it's her PUSSY
Merci pour l'effort
1:53 That cat is training hard
cats can train to
Great advice i will try this 👍🏻
Great explanation, thanks for the video
Great 👍🏻 presentation, thank you
thanks! i like these as a careful way to get some speed in if i want a second weekly workout but rather than using landmarks or music, just listening closely to what my body wants to do often ends up in these seemingly random intervals or progressions!
Thanks. Useful
30-20-10 -jog 30secs -run 20secs - Max speed 10 seconds over 2 months Can give upto 12 minutes better performance on a half Marathon , a great Way of getting new runners upto 10 km over a ten week period of running once a week with a trainer , better in groups so there Can be a whistle on the watch , fartleg is the most fun Way of improving the performance its better in groups 🇩🇰
I most time run 5 km, and I run 10 km a hour, but I really want to run faster, thank you for these tips 😊
another gr8 video guys...thank you
Ian, thank you.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Bruce Lee
Very cool session :) thank you very much! Greets from Austria
Good video! will say that most beginners are not going to run for 40 minutes. I say do a warm up run 2-3 minutes; stretch do a speed interval to your comfort level, but make sure its at a pace that challenges you. For instance if you want to do a 7 or 8 minute mile pace try and run at a set distance for that pace. You can choose to jog to cool down but i normally walk. This is how i pass my PT test every year. I will agree just running a mile or two over and over is not going to help improve you time by much. Good video!
Welcome to Bahrain!!
I'm a wanna-be triathlete but I include Yasso 800 before marathon races. Good to know I can adjust distances, running outside the track.
I live in Johannesburg South Africa , Which is just over 6000 feet above sea level, and the
part of Johannesburg where i live is very very hilly , very little flats to do Fartlek running ,as well as
cycling to get speed work..
ah yes indeed, so i was fartlekking earlier then..is this the same thing as interval training?..it sounds to be so..go fast for a bit, go slow for a bit, then fast, slow and so on, i did a 43 minute run of this earlier with more fast then slow mixed in and it felt great, really good workout, great speed work..
Your comment is a year old. I guess you already know the answer. Nonetheless, I will try and respond to your querry.
A fartlek and an intervals session are slightly different. An intervals session is more structured. You will be doing set times/distance of hard effort and recovery. For instance, a typical interval workout might be 8 intervals of 1 minute sprinting and each sprint interval followed by a minute of recovery. Whereas, a fartlek session is less structured. The hard efforts will vary by intensity, time and distance. So will the recovery intervals. The beauty of fartlek is that you are bound by any set measurements. You are free to alter your pace as you go along the run.
I hope this clears the concept for you.
@@sayakmitra88 thank you..it does clear things up for me..
Nice, its good to know my made up workouts are actually somewhat legit!
Perf3ct, i am about to do fartlek later today,just out from work...now, i am more inspired..🙏
Fartlek is just another word for high-intensity interval training.
Do your stretches to warm at first before running.
Thanks for sharing.. :)
By the way hello to little cat at 1:53
And 1:11 two poor guys who saw beautiful lady jogging for the first time 🤣
shaved off 22 mins over my HM time thanks to those little buggers :D
Who else agrees there should be a “GRN” Global Running Network, for specific videos aimed towards runners. It would make sense as they have EMTB, GMBN, GCN & GTN. Why not go for a GRN to top it off then runners can have their network of videos to go to to help with reviews, training tips, nutrition and Recovery strategy’s. Just an idea. 🙂
Billy Nicks i agree 💯. A new channel for running (and sprinting on the side) would be great. I would subscribe.
Thanks. best tip ever. I've always hated interval training. This sounds fun though. I'm going to try this tonight.
Gabor, let us know how you get on.
O this is like freestyle swimming. Great idea.
All I'm doing is the lek-less Fartlek training on my sofa
@john davis well. Great joke and All. Just to be a jerk its actually a shortening of two word. "leg" & "godt" which means Play well :) boring but true.
Would love to know what happens physiologically that causes one to plateau if they only train in one way?
Aku datang ke sini sbb ada dlm buku teks Pjk ja 😂😂
aku pun sama 🗿
Using music..... I like it. Except if I did that, Slipknot May have me tuning an all out Sprint for 2hrs straight. 😂 Time to soften it up and stick with my favorite: Metallica. 😜
hahahaha i feel ya
not if you use snuff in your playlist 😁😁👍🏻
yea i have a pretty good mix on temp but probably a to big gap from my highest bpm to lowest
Can we get GRN global running netwok
You mention a good baseline for the top end training is a 2:1 ratio of easy:effort.
What’s an ideal ratio and duration/distance for the lower end casual effort sessions?
I love triathlon!!!!!
Ohh i already done this but I don’t know that its called fartlek like when i run the first block is jog and the second block is sprint and then the third block is jogging again and i just stop doing that but I’ll do it again and try one block for easy jog and two blocks for sprinting to build my speed and get used to it and just add numbers when i feel i can doni
I’m going try this now, I’m training for ultra so deffo need to spice it up those long runs are very time consuming, I also feel like I’ll never hit my 35 min 10km ever again lol
Bahrain!!
My bahrain 🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Does this work for sprinters
What city is this? It's beautiful.
Great vid btw.
Bahrain
Cat or dog at 1:53 ?? hahaha
I'm guessing cat.
... this cat did HIT intervals hahahaaaa
*don't be a slave of the numbers*
That's an eye opener 🤔
Starting from 1:53 I thought you were going to trip over a cat doing his own fartlek... But he seemed to disappear into a dip.
Great video, as always. You mentioned speeding up during the chorus of a song, and slowing down during the verses. What then is the difference is between Fartlek training and interval training?
Fartlek is a non-stop speeding for short bursts and slowing back down to recover. Intervals are focused on distance and fartlek on randomness, how you feel and time. Thus structure, that would be the biggest difference I see.
A Coul I thought interval was focus on time? Sprint for 30 seconds, walk for one minute, and repeat. Isn’t that time based rather than distance based?
@@struong57 I would consider what you do then a fartlek. Intervals are more structured with an expectation of distance and pace, whereas a fartlek is based entirely on effort and time. For instance, if your interval pace is 6:00 per mile, you could do either 400/800/1k repeats on a track(which would be interval work at a specific pace for each), or do a structured fartlek of 3:00mins hard with 1 to 3 mins rest and the two workouts would be interchangeable. Structured because you set a specific time for the hard/speed part and jog/walk/easy part. The true fartlek is done by feel but is still shorter in terms of burst of speed/hard part unlike the interval that will be based on a set distance. Hence you could be doing 24yd/15yd/33yd/12.1yd sprints during a fartlek as you're not measuring distance but just speeding based on feel and slowing to a jog/walk even if new at it and doing it nonstop for 15 to 30min+.
When does the video with Blummenfelt come online?
Keep an eye, there's a snippet tomorrow then more coming soon!
Having lived in the Emirates for quite a while I can say Bahrain looks a million times better. Well done Bahrain.
Did anyone see the ghost animal that runs at her at 1:55 ? :D
I saw it too and wondered what it was!
i recently started training and i run 5k but i think i wasn't fast as i'd like to be and i'd like to have a faster pace. Is this going to help me? is it also going to help me run 10k?
Are you now running 10k or still 5k?
@@alfredconqueror4422 i'm running 10km now and i have tried to run 21... The thing is that i need more speed. And i have to run a 5km faster first and then try to improve my 10km
My body can't do a full steady run ( not even for a mile), so fartlek is ideal for me.
May i know what watch model are you using it?
What city is this?! Beautiful!
Manama
Is it warmdown or cooldown?
Hi, looks like Bahrain. You took part in IM?
Olga, well spotted yes it was. No we were just out there for making content.
We did these types of workouts regularly in high school. Ran a circle around the park and our coach would randomly blow the whistle for us to stop and start. Goal was to catch as many as possible for each "on" session.
I did some at the gym, this morning. At it's always nice to break up any otherwise boring workout with some nice random speed work.
Is this in Doha?
Cooldown: 🚫
Warm down: ✅
What country is this? really nice skyline.
Hey Timanator it's in Bahrain - we love it there!
What u doing in Bahrain?
great but warm up has to be about 2 miles or 20 minutes before fartlek
is fartlek applicable to do on treadmill?
@Leone Lelen absolutely - although I'm no authority on this, I do it myself. I think treadmills are actually mentioned in the video around the 02:20 mark! 🙂
1:54 It looked like the cat disappeared into thin air
Thanks for this. Time to go be a fartlekker
Please make fartlek training and work outs for 1500 meters
ah yes, my 5k pace is like 35 minutes, and my marathon pace is... I don't know if i can walk 42 km in one go?
I wanna run a faster 5km
Ahhh fart lick. Been laughing at it since I was a kid
Beautiful Bahrain. Home of triathletes
1:11 lmao clowns looking like theyve never seen stuff
@really sore knee geez chill out
Lol my marathon pace
Bahrain
doing the Fartleks at marathon pace, and then picking it up to 5k pace, then back to marathon pace is too much. You need active recovery. You won't get that from marathon pace. You need to be at a "conversational pace", then pick it up to 5k pace, then back to conversational pace, but not too slow. I go over it in detail in my video, here:
ruclips.net/video/jnA5dcZ3Qig/видео.html
I dont do enough fart lick training at the moment
Hi how do you no your 5 k pace I can run 6 minutes when do 5 k as my quickest first mile then second third about 6 30? Also how do you no your marathon pace thanks
How do you train? That's pretty fast
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Interesting buildings! Where is this filmed?
looks like an arabic country, dont think its Morocco, Egypt maybe??
Bahrain
Yes we were in Bahrain.
@@heatherfell_oly Thanks Heather! Amazing architecture and great explanation on fartlek :)
Fartlek 🇸🇪
Good exercise Heather but your speech is like always as fast as your sprints and sometimes difficult to understand for non native speakers
Running to your playlist is all fun and games until Iron Maiden comes along.
Fartlek is silent but violent.
Warm down 🙆🏻♂️😂😅😄
# Cool down 👍🏻
will it help to eat beans to prepare for fartlek?