Aikidoman's Group - FULL! (Page 6)

Dang straight, i hate the trainer already, but it is a necessary evil, that and the Dreadmill!!

So i got my head out of my and got my new training plan posted finally.. thanks to Jim and Akustix for the appropriate kick in the pants today.. :D

its a HIM training plan with my goal for the HIM in mid July.. the first few weeks are the same training schedule to allow me time to iron out logistics and get my body used to training again..

I'm also planning on adding some weigh training in but haven't included it in the plan because I wasn't sure how to integrate it just yet and wanted to get the feel of the rest of the program..

and wth.. we were on page 2!!

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But, this is what I do when it's called for.  (got to love Youtube!!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxPgQ3LElMg

You do this drill to lean how to find 'clean' water during your pull.  When you pull, you don't pull straight back, but kind of 'wave' your hand a little to find water that's not disturbed yet.

This one is longer (the other is straight to the point), but it relates to tri a little better.  I like this one a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWmeKfOl9TQ&feature=related

Great video's on the swim, after i met with Bob this past weekend, he told me i was not finishing my stroke (amongst other things) but that sculling drill is one of the ones he showed me. Those videos are awesome and i know the next time i get in the pool, it will have a purpose other than just droning lap after lap at a 2:00/100 pace. I will be focusing on more drills and less swimming to make my stroke more efficient and hopefully i can gain 10-15 sec per hundred and still be fresh out of the water!!

I can't emphasize drills enough...  Swimming is SO technique oriented.  I SHOULD be doing more of them.  In fact, some plans I have, have you doing a several hundred yards of drill to warm up before every swim.

Some HUGE break through drills for me are the closed fist drill (to learn how to catch with the entire arm and not just the hand) and using a pull bouy once in a while to help get a feeling with body rotation.

At one time, I was up to 2.5 hour training rides.  To be honest, the only way I could do them is in front of the TV.  I also HAD to take some short breaks or it would have been impossible.  Every 45 minutes or so, I would get off the bike, towel off, refill the water bottle, etc.  Maybe about 3-5 minutes of rest to break it up.  So basically 2-3 breaks for the 2.5 hours.  I can do 90 min pretty comfortably, but not much more than that.

If I'm at the gym, I also have headphones and a magazine.  I destroy the magazine with all my sweat, but who cares...

I've never taken a swim class lately, though I did swimcompetitively for a couple years when I was younger.  I just work on being smooth, and then try being smooth while going faster.

Training has ramped up nicely so far this year.  Cycling/trainer interval sessions are feeling pretty good.  I'll bump them up to 45:00 or 1:00:00 starting Monday.

Goofing off today, tennis doubles match tomorrow.  Autocross season isn't too far off either.  WOOT!

Second-page bump.

Tennis match at 2:00, watching someplayoff football afterward.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Went for a swim and a LSSD (long super slow distance) run this morning.  I've encountered quite a bit of resistance as the streets and sidewalks were covered with snow and ice making it tough to run at a pace faster than the one I usually run at on dry or wet pavement.  I usually run on side streets and those were not plowed when I went out.  I have nonetheless managed to keep in Z2 during the 10' run intervals.  I'll take the yaktrax out for a run the next time around.

Nice work!  New stuff always helps with the motivation.

Food for thought. 

I had my RPE ranges a little wrong (based on the BT interpretation).  I was going a little hard.  I found out because my swim workout called for RPE 8.  Based on my old scale, that's a Zone 5 effort (all out sprint).  That sounded a little odd to me, so I looked at what BT uses for a conversion.  See attached:

That means that some of my recent runs and bikes were at RPE 6-8, instead of 3-5 per plan.  That's ok.  Just went a little harder than I was supposed to.  No harm done.

Thanks for that chart.  The one thing I want to start doing this year is monitor my HR.  Then I'll know what they mean when they say "20 min. Z2 run" etc.

Despite what may seem like a lack of training so far, I am getting my heart rate up for 45 mins or so almost daily.  Sometimes, twice daily.