Manatee Mentors 2016 - Closed (Page 17)

I was thinking about the "core discussion" on my way into work this afternoon. My personal shortcoming is flexibility.  I find that when I do a good leg stretch every day for a week or so, I see benefit.  It kind of falls in line with Ben's and Yanti's statements of "What are you going to gain?" and "What do you need to do?" I also try to incorporate some core, yoga, or pilates movements as well.  I find I am better off if I take about 10-15 minutes at the end of the day and do a stretching/core routine.  I'm not sure that this will help everybody or anybody for that matter, but I do find that it helps me. ANd sometimes that's the best we can go on.  Try something for a few weeks in a row and see what happens.

Yes, they are a series of videos that have a set of workouts with varying purposes. they are awesome, hilarious, and crazy hard most of the time. We have a set and i admit I haven't used them in a very long time - but the idea is if you pick a workout that works on something specific, say sprints, you follow the instructions on the screen and do the workout adjusting your gearing, cadence, etc to meet what is being requested from the video. 

They often taunt you ... 

DO EEEEEETTTTTTT!!!!! 

Bring it.

FOR THE NEW MANATEES:

No need to be overwhelmed by the chattiness or familiarity.

NONE of us keeps up all the time. Just check in regularly, ask whatever you need to, be here to offer what you can as you can.

We don't bite.

(too hard)

FOR THE NEW MANATEES:

No need to be overwhelmed by the chattiness or familiarity.

NONE of us keeps up all the time. Just check in regularly, ask whatever you need to, be here to offer what you can as you can.

We don't bite.

(too hard)

Sufferfest is just the set of videos. Their effort is based on RPE although this can very well be translated over to power. Those of us with a dumb trainer have to pay attention and pedal harder as the onscreen RPE goes up. Smart trainer owners (Kickr, Computrainer, etc) may have the option of programing the workout into a file ahead of time. By doing this and synching with the video, the amount of resistance will change with what you see on screen. So sounds something like you see with Zwift, but you have to make the effort to get the programing in yourself. Sufferfest doesn't do that, not as far as I know. Some of the others here with smart trainers could offer better advice on programming or obtaining this.

Originally posted by Lighttower  And I need to get my hands on some poptards someday, they look really unhealthy. I apologies for my grammar mistakes, but it is midnight here and I've just finished my run for today.

Jó napot Magyar Köztársaság!

OK, that's all the Hungarian I know. But I've known it and can remember it for 23 years

Pop Tarts are FRUIT. They have REAL FRUIT in them. It says so on the box!

They are actually quite popular with some pro tri champs as pre-race breakfast.

And me

P.S. A guy who speaks (at least) four languages never needs to apologize for grammar. Especially at midnight!

FOR THE NEW MANATEES:

No need to be overwhelmed by the chattiness or familiarity.

NONE of us keeps up all the time. Just check in regularly, ask whatever you need to, be here to offer what you can as you can.

We don't bite.

(too hard)

Pretty stoked. Bought a Yakima 4-bike, full swing hitch rack from a friend in KS...for $100. We were completely loaded coming home, so the inlaws are bringing it in a few weeks.

And kids are getting signed up for real swim lessons. They're naturally fish already, but now they need the right instruction away from mom/dad. 4:1 max and no parents on deck. I'm excited for them.

So, my long time running buddy is moving away! Well, she's still going to be in the city but it won't be so convenient to run together very often. I've been a bad running buddy for the last few years, what with going into tri and then having a baby ... but i will genuinely miss her and feel the loss. We've been running together since 2007 and trained with her for 4 of my 5 marathons (and same for her) 

do you have training friends? Have you had to deal when the moved/left/stopped training with you? 

I'm a lonely trainer, so I really can't help, sorry.

I do 3, sometime 4, runs a week with a group.  We have new people come in and some people leave, but it is a pretty stable group.  I also used to swim with a small masters program, when the program changed pools, most of my swim buddies did not make the move.  That made getting to the pool a lot harder!