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Maybe I'll do it right this time..

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  • 22-12-2013 3:48pm
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    Topps
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭


    So basically I've been lazy over the past few months. I fell back into my old college lifestyle of having too much fun and eating badly. But been injured for the end of last year really annoyed me because I wanted to train and keep improving the way I had been. I got a gate analysis done and got insoles fitted at the end of last year and found that I had high arches (which was the opposite of what I had been told before) but still my legs and feet don't feel 100% and I'm starting to think is my 6ft 4 frame not capable of doing the running training that is needed to do a good Sprint triathlon. But I've decided to give it another go this year, too much gear and time would be wasted if I didn't.

    So I'm going to change a few things.

    I'm not going to do what I did last year and kill myself on every training session. I know for a fact this does not work and is crazy. It increases injury and burns you out so instead I'm going to go by "less equals more". High intensity workouts will happen but not as often as I would probably like.

    I'm going to eat less. I eat well but I don't eat continuously throughout the day. I tend to eat later on in the day and night more. I also eat to many carbs. This will all change. Alcohol?

    Sleep. Get one more hour sleep as they say. This is quite hard as I like staying up. I'll give it a go.

    So the plan is to start tomorrow. Probably a bad time to start due to gyms been closed and Christmas around the corner but I'll definitely be on my way by December the 27th.


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    Topps
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Topps


    Monday 6th January 2014

    Swim: 5 x 100 and 3 x 50
    Bike: 24 mins including warm up and cool down
    Weights 4x4x6

    Tuesday 7th January 2014

    Run: 2 x 1500m
    Weights: 6x6x6 and core x2

    Wednesday 8th January 2014

    Day off.

    Thursday 9th January 2014

    Swim: 5 x 100 and 3 x 50
    Bike: 1k 100%, 750m 100%, 500m 100% with rest between.
    Weights: 4x4x6

    Friday 10th January 2014

    Run: 5 x 60m sprints with 200m recovery
    Weights 8x8x6 and core x2


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    Oryx
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    Do 20% of your training hard and 80% easy. You're right, doing only hard sessions just breaks you cos you don't recover.


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    Topps
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Topps


    Saturday 11th January 2014

    Swim: 2x200m, 2x100 and 3x50

    Sunday 12th January 2014

    Run: ~3k, Pulled a muscle in my bad and took the rest of the week of for a full recovery.

    Monday 13th January 2014

    Nothing

    Tuesday 14th January 2014

    Nothing

    Wednesday 15th January 2014

    Nothing

    Thursday 16th January 2014

    Nothing

    Friday 17th January 2014

    Nothing

    Saturday 18th January 2014

    Nothing


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