What a week work has been absolutely crazy. I have managed to get some good training in however. Monday I got a couple of hours of biking in including a workout that Kevin called ‘Spent’ while I was trying to decide whether or not to do a third hour of biking, I got the bright idea to turn the workout into a brick and went to run on the treadmill for a half hour. That was actually very nice. We are now at base 2 for our bike rides which means training in HR zones 3 and 4 and also improving our muscular endurance.
My big discovery for the week was doing the Sculpt class on Tuesday night with my friend Laurie. It uses heavier weights and resistance to improve your tone. I was doing well right to the point where we started the abs portion of the workout. Despite all the work I have put in as part of my strength conditioning to strengthen my abs I found my abs strength to be deficient in this class. Laurie also pointed out that I was moving too fast and I was letting momentum carry the weight. Well I still had a good workout.
Wednesday I got a long swim in but I was slow turning just over a 2 minute hundred. The common theme in my swimming is that I don’t let myself glide enough therefore working way too hard at it. Anyway I finished the week with the Flow class on Thursday morning (Jennifer is absolutely the best instructor). If you need a good stretch and exercise dessert this is the class for you. Thursday night was two more hours of biking with Kevin along with another round of ‘Spent’. Legs were really shot after that. Friday finishes with another swim.
Over all a good week of training, this has become my way of life. I have started to also focus on nutrition coming to realize that working in concert can make training way more fun. However I am sure that nutrition is as much work as the physical aspect of training.
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