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Regular ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Ok, pictures. Here's one with a cycling buddy on a trip a couple years ago. I'm in the blue sweater... And here's the action photo... |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2013-01-09 8:56 AM LOL! That is what I say about fist drills but it is amazing the feel after switching back to full had. Could you tell a difference afterwards?kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? Yes it was with the new paddles. They are tools of the Devil |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() luv2bhealthy - 2013-01-09 2:26 PM Thanks for the info! I will have to read up on it.kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? It was named after the person who delved into this kind of training - Professor Izumi Tabata. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 1:57 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 8:56 AM LOL! That is what I say about fist drills but it is amazing the feel after switching back to full had. Could you tell a difference afterwards?kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? Yes it was with the new paddles. They are tools of the Devil Yeah you could tell the difference. I like fist drills FWIW. The paddles are 10x worse. |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2013-01-09 2:03 PM kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 1:57 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 8:56 AM LOL! That is what I say about fist drills but it is amazing the feel after switching back to full had. Could you tell a difference afterwards?kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? Yes it was with the new paddles. They are tools of the Devil Yeah you could tell the difference. I like fist drills FWIW. The paddles are 10x worse. What are fist drills? |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() luv2bhealthy - 2013-01-09 2:07 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 2:03 PM kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 1:57 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 8:56 AM LOL! That is what I say about fist drills but it is amazing the feel after switching back to full had. Could you tell a difference afterwards?kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? Yes it was with the new paddles. They are tools of the Devil Yeah you could tell the difference. I like fist drills FWIW. The paddles are 10x worse. What are fist drills? Basically swimming with your hand in a fist. It takes your hand out of the equation and forces you to focus on an early vertical forearm and "catching" the water with your forearm. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ccmpsyd - 2013-01-09 2:36 PM I grew up playing lacrosse and played in college. The sprints we did before and after practice were insane. I dreaded hearing the whistle and the coach saying "on the end line." BUT...after having recently done a 1x1000 swim test and reading about people's 3x800, 3x900 etc, the aforementioned sprints in college pale in comparison, as does the dread that I experienced. I love lacrosse. I didn't play until my late 20's when and friend and I joined an indoor league having never played. We told the guy running it we had never played and to just yell at us when we were out of position. We sucked so bad on offense that first year but his soccer experience and my football and hockey let us understand the dynamics and we were good defenders nearly from the start. One night a team playing after us was short on players and we got asked to stay and play. There were only 6 of us not including the goalie so one sub. You would hit the bench and get a ten second blow and somebody else would be opting out. That hour I came closer to puking then any other time including wind sprints in football. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2013-01-09 3:09 PM luv2bhealthy - 2013-01-09 2:07 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 2:03 PM kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 1:57 PM uhcoog - 2013-01-09 8:56 AM LOL! That is what I say about fist drills but it is amazing the feel after switching back to full had. Could you tell a difference afterwards?kidtri33 - 2013-01-09 6:57 AM Good Morning! Nice 1hr ride this morning with Tabata Intervals. Not sure where that name comes from but either way it was a good workout. Hoping to get in a adjustment to my bike fit this Friday with my new saddle and have them adjust a couple of other things on the bars. Tomorrow is the 3x800 test. Hopefully this time I get all three 800s in. Scott, is the swim with the new paddles? Yes it was with the new paddles. They are tools of the Devil Yeah you could tell the difference. I like fist drills FWIW. The paddles are 10x worse. What are fist drills? Basically swimming with your hand in a fist. It takes your hand out of the equation and forces you to focus on an early vertical forearm and "catching" the water with your forearm. I hate fist drills so the paddles must be brutal. I love swimming with the regular paddles because I can fly. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Kuma - 2013-01-09 2:54 PM Ok, pictures. Here's one with a cycling buddy on a trip a couple years ago. I'm in the blue sweater... And here's the action photo... Were you riding up Alpe d'Huez? How was it? |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() luv2bhealthy - 2013-01-09 2:31 PM Lots of rain yesterday and today. Need to get back into the pool. Perhaps Friday would be a good day! Haven't swam since my last tri in September. ![]() Swimming is an interesting animal. Once you are comfrtable with the distance it can be low ROI w/r/t getting faster BUT its a great recovery activity and you can work on anaerobic and the ATP/CP system in the pool without running the same rsik of injury. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() How relevant the conversation ... I have 1600 tonight, with 800 being fist drills .... argh. Thankfully the ipod is charged up!!! |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2013-01-09 2:28 PM carrie639 - 2013-01-09 1:15 PM Nope not the only one, but I have only ever done 1x1000 swim test ... right now I can't determine which was harder, the 4x1 mile repeats running or 3x30 TT on the bike. I get real anxious about that stuff too
They're just numbers Carrie. There is no pass or fail. Just using the numbers to make adjustments so that you get the most out of your training going forward. I think the word "test" should be removed or something. The only day that its important to be fast is race day. Everything else is just information to adjust training. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() kaburns1214 - 2013-01-09 2:51 PM Kuma - 2013-01-09 2:54 PM Ok, pictures. Here's one with a cycling buddy on a trip a couple years ago. I'm in the blue sweater... And here's the action photo... Were you riding up Alpe d'Huez? How was it? Nice shot....was the beer drinking before the ride? Perhaps that is why you were smiling on that climb? |
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Regular ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() kaburns1214 - 2013-01-09 3:51 PM Yes. It was pretty awe-inspiring. Steeper for the first several switchbacks (around 15-16%, if I'm remembering right) until calming down to around 8 or 9 percent for the rest. This picture was taken about 2/3 of the way up, so I wasn't suffering so much anymore. They say good riders can make it up in an hour or less; I made it up in about 1:05. Oh well. Still very cool. I was there just a few weeks after the Tour, and they still had the riders' names painted on the road. Definitely one of the highlights of being a cyclist for me. Wish I had it in my backyard for hill repeats!Kuma - 2013-01-09 2:54 PM Ok, pictures. Here's one with a cycling buddy on a trip a couple years ago. I'm in the blue sweater... And here's the action photo... Were you riding up Alpe d'Huez? How was it? |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Morning everyone! Bike-run this morning and then a massage tonight. Fun stuff. I'm working on developing higher cadence on the bike, which is a bit frustrating but I'm a bit of a masher and its gotten worse, so I need to address the issue. |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() kaburns1214 - 2013-01-10 5:48 AM Morning everyone! Bike-run this morning and then a massage tonight. Fun stuff. I'm working on developing higher cadence on the bike, which is a bit frustrating but I'm a bit of a masher and its gotten worse, so I need to address the issue. I am a masher as well and a normal cadence for me is around 80-85. Is it possible to successfully develop a higher cadence? What are you doing to address this? |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I had a nice recovery swim this morning. My body is feeling achy and gross, so stretching out in the cool water felt like therapy this morning. I'm heading to the doctor this afternoon to have this cough checked out. I slept a total of 3 hours last night because of this. I just want to be sure this isn't taking a nasty turn, as it doesn't seem to be getting any better at all. |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Morning all! I make little egg muffins to grab and go on work days. Just got to work and left them in the microwave at home. Bummed. How are the whole30 peeps doing? |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() jarvy01 - 2013-01-10 6:39 AM kaburns1214 - 2013-01-10 5:48 AM Morning everyone! Bike-run this morning and then a massage tonight. Fun stuff. I'm working on developing higher cadence on the bike, which is a bit frustrating but I'm a bit of a masher and its gotten worse, so I need to address the issue. I am a masher as well and a normal cadence for me is around 80-85. Is it possible to successfully develop a higher cadence? What are you doing to address this?
You can find workouts out there. Stuff like progressive spin ups. Since Kelly has a power meter you start out at something like 75 rpm and after 5 mins have your power at a set number say 150. After 2 mins pull back a gear, up your cadence say 5 rpm but try to keep the power the same. Repeat after 2 mins. You could probably do the same thing with HR and trying to keep your HR in Z1 while you pull back gears |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Don't disagree with anything you have both said, and it doesn't matter if you call it a test or not. If you say in my workout log to do the workouts at the fastest sustainable speeds ... you know it is going to hurt! That's all. Some of us just get more anxious than others when we see these in our workout logs As an aside, as much as I didn't really like doing all the fist drills last night, they did exactly what they were supposed to. About half way thru the workout, there was a noticeable difference in feeling like my hands and forearms were like 1 big paddle. Signifcant difference in the pull I was getting thru the water!!! |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() carrie639 - 2013-01-10 8:01 AM Don't disagree with anything you have both said, and it doesn't matter if you call it a test or not. If you say in my workout log to do the workouts at the fastest sustainable speeds ... you know it is going to hurt! That's all. Some of us just get more anxious than others when we see these in our workout logs As an aside, as much as I didn't really like doing all the fist drills last night, they did exactly what they were supposed to. About half way thru the workout, there was a noticeable difference in feeling like my hands and forearms were like 1 big paddle. Signifcant difference in the pull I was getting thru the water!!! I think I'm odd because the workouts that hurt are my favorite. LOL.
Yay on the fist drills. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Its a hate/love relationship ... I hate them before and during, love to see the results after and my accomplishment! |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I got faster vs my competition this morning without even working out..........by moving into the 45-49 age group, LOL. I had a really good workout to celebrate which considering how bad I felt last night I'm was pleasantly surprised. 1:10 on the bike with 30 minute Z1 warm-up followed by 40 minutes of intervals and then a 5 mile run. I pumped myself full of Airborne and Oscillococcinum (homeopathic remedy) last night and my wife said I slept 3 times as loud as I normally do. Hopefully I don't have the afternoon crash and feel bad again which is apt to happen. |
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Regular ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2013-01-10 8:13 AM jarvy01 - 2013-01-10 6:39 AM kaburns1214 - 2013-01-10 5:48 AM Morning everyone! Bike-run this morning and then a massage tonight. Fun stuff. I'm working on developing higher cadence on the bike, which is a bit frustrating but I'm a bit of a masher and its gotten worse, so I need to address the issue. I am a masher as well and a normal cadence for me is around 80-85. Is it possible to successfully develop a higher cadence? What are you doing to address this?
You can find workouts out there. Stuff like progressive spin ups. Since Kelly has a power meter you start out at something like 75 rpm and after 5 mins have your power at a set number say 150. After 2 mins pull back a gear, up your cadence say 5 rpm but try to keep the power the same. Repeat after 2 mins. You could probably do the same thing with HR and trying to keep your HR in Z1 while you pull back gears This sounds pretty similar to what has worked for me, though I've only used HR. I have just done some rides where I let cadence be the primary goal. That is, keep the cadence at 90 or 95 or whatever your goal is, and use the biggest gear you can that allows you to keep that cadence and a Z2 heart rate. The first few rides you do this, that turns out to be a pretty small gear, and you don't move very fast (at least I didn't). As your legs get more efficient at spinning faster, though, you get more "oomph" for the same cadence/heart rate, and you do go faster. |
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