Wes Kirton - Push vs. Pull Training
by CCCAT
Description
Coach Wes Kirton breaks down "Push vs. Pull" training, a framework for understanding whether a workout is building aerobic or anaerobic capacity, and how to use that distinction to design smarter training paces.
What You'll Learn
- The difference between Push and Pull Training
- How oxygen delivery, heart rate, and lactate buffering drive performance
- Why the 5K is roughly 94% aerobic and what that means for training focus
- How VO2 max and stroke volume relate to race pace
- How to identify whether a workout is training push or pull
- How to build a weekly training plan that balances push and pull work
- How to use pace charts to set accurate training paces from race times
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Lessons
The Coach
Wes Kirton
Head Boys' Cross Country Coach, Canyon High School
Wes Kirton is the head boys' cross country coach at Canyon High School. He has been coaching since 2002, putting him at 22 years of experience at the time of this presentation, during which his teams have qualified for the state meet 72% of the time, including several third-place finishes early in his tenure and six years spent as the second-smallest 5A program in the state. Kirton describes his coaching philosophy as shaped by several influential figures and frameworks.
Kirton has been married for 25 years, and his son, who runs in the program himself, was entering his junior year at the time of this talk. Kirton also mentions navigating a cancer diagnosis around 2020, after which he says he refocused his coaching approach around the "push versus pull" training philosophy that is the subject of his presentation.
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This Course Includes
| 24 hours on-demand video |
| Streaming from mobile and TV |
| Lifetime access |
| Certificate of completion |
| 100% money back guarantee |
Course Info
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| Caterory: | Track and Field/Cross Country |
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| Videos: | 14 |
