Saturday, July 11, 2009

First lot of training

Hi All

I thought I put a post on here about a week ago but it appears I managed to not actually post it or something. Anyway, once I started back at McLaren it took a few days to get approved to train, and then I turned up two Fridays ago to fiond it closes at 6pm on Fridays, so I've now made that a standard 2k test every Friday. Other than that I've been quite light in the first week, given the total raping of my body I had perpetrated in May Week and afterwards!

2/7 - Gym assessment. Still have good VO2 (60.5 ml/min/kg as measured by a walking test - not exactly confident of the value!) but I'm heroically unfit (35 press ups in a minute, less than two minutes for plank, etc.)
3/7 - impromptu 2k test - 7:02.7 was surprised it was that good!
6/7 - first proper session back - 2x5k @ 18 2:02.5 and 2:01.8 splits plus some weights stuff given to me by the McLaren guy, working on explosive strength.
7/7 - proper weights session, started with 1500m warm up on the erg @ 19, gradually took split from 2:00 to 1:50. then various cable exercises, squats, free squats and some other stuff that I can't remember
8/7 - another gentle 5k @ 2:01.3 splits plus some weights
10/7 - 2k test - 6:58.7

going to start doing proper ergs and bigger weights sessions now, my plan is long ergs on monday and wednesday, weights tuesday and thursfday, 2k on friday, plus i'm going to sort my bike out and start cycling at the weekends, and maybe jog to and from the station, although i'd say that's unlikely!

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