Great start to July, I hope the first week was an equalizer.
It is going to be hot this week so please
- Drink lots of Electrolytes... very important because a lot of water is not doing the job
- Get proper recovery in between workouts
- All slow training should be low zone 1
Training this week
Tuesday 7am - 8th line and horseshoe valley rd. Double pole hills, I will be driving you down
Tuesday 6:30 pm - Hardwood - Team strength workout
Wednesday 5pm - Hardwood - roller ski with team
Saturday 9am - Hardwood - natural intervals with team
I will be away with my family this weekend, if you can cover the training for me that would be great. Tristan will be there too
Sprint Workout
10 min warm up
6 X 10 sec running hill sprints with 2 min rest in between
5 min rest
6 X 10 sec running hill sprints with 2 min rest in between
10 min cool down
6 X 10 sec running hill sprints with 2 min rest in between
5 min rest
6 X 10 sec running hill sprints with 2 min rest in between
10 min cool down
Interesting article
http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/how-to-train-like-an-olympic-speed-skater-those-legs
Strength workout
We are going to try something old school, we are going to do an old fashion Strength Run
Run 10 min warm-up
Then 30 min of
- run 1 min
- Strength exercise
then 10 min warm-down
Here are the strength exercises - we are going to do 2 sets and between 8 to 15 reps depending on the exercise
- Push-ups
- Incline pull-ups
- 10 sec sprint
- Left leg 1 leg squat
- right leg 1 leg squat
- handstand push-up against tree or dive push-up
- Pull-ups
- 10 sec sprint
- Tricep push-ups
- Leg lifts
- step-ups
- Lateral skate bounding
- 10 sec sprint
- Burpees
- Mountain climber
