It’s Sunday and Time for the “Week in Review”
Everything rocked. Today, I had an awesome swim. I cranked out a 2000 like it was nothing, meters, of course. Nothing too exciting. A 2 x interrupted 500 for time that put me at 8:50. In meters, of course. Then a 500 kick ( one of my toenails finally came off) - 100 with zoomers - 100 with fins - 100 dolphin - 100 back - 100 reverse fly Then, I did some other really cool stuff. I was swimming with the girls next to me, and my husband on the other side, it was cool. Then 10
Workout for the Week
Workout for the week: warm up with: 10 x unilateral straight leg prone hip extension 10 x side leg raises with band 2 x 6 seconds supine inner thighs with stability ball 6 x 6 seconds isometric hip flexion, prone at 90 degrees Repeat that main set 2 more times. 10 x Deep forward lunges, so back knee comes all the way down. Arms are doing hammer curls 10 x side lunges with weights/hands on hips then rotate down to the floor and to the outside of the opposite ankle with weight and row up. 10 x Front lunge
My ride was so good I almost cried
Generally, lately it's the other way around: "my ride was so bad, Idid cry." I'm not sure if it was because I was in South Lake all day and then went straight to Isle de Bois, or if the teaspoon of Sodium Bicarbonate I took. Whatever it was, I could breath again, and I felt strong. Either way, more will have to come like that. This morning I was doing some research about Steven Johnson Disease, which can be triggered by an allergy to sulfa(sulfur) based medicines. I found that if you
My favorite Ride:
Can be done indoors on the trainer/rollers or outdoors. Ride 1 hour: As FAST and HARD as you can. After warming up, of course!
Thank You From the Blog Master
Wow'sers, what a week! A great week of training, a great week of car shopping, a great week of support from all my contacts on FB(Facebook). Yesterday was my birthday and it was a great day. There was one sad part, maybe two(but the one thing is gas related so we don't talk about that here, they're doing a 24 hour a day frac job .5 miles from my home, oops, slip) All the trails were closed and I couldn't do my birthday, Friday Therapy Ride. Now that's tough! Everything else was DI-vine! I
Today’s 1 Hour Indoor Ride
Today's 1 hour Indoor Ride: Warm up for 5 minutes. 2 x (5 to 10 minute Hill Sets with RPM of 55-65 and lots of resistance, SLOW and STEADY) With 5 minutes of recovery 90-100 RPMS in between sets. 4 x 30 second at (MAX)120 RPMs with Heavy Gearing With 3 minutes of Recovery in between. 5 minutes @ "TEMPO" Cool Down for rest of time. Really easy gearing focusing on upstroke of pedal stroke. Best on Rollers.
The craziest thing happened, I opened my eyes and I was in Giddings, TX
I know I didn't feel that great. Some how the old man rallied me up, loaded my car, said I would be 'mad if I woke up in the morning and felt good'. So off I went on "the road to Warda." It was like a dream, it was like driving on the 4th of July. There was carnage all over the road. I have never seen so many accidents, flares, and emergency vehicles on a drive in my life- or stupid people driving over 40 mph. I made it to Giddings, and figured the Ranch gate would
Sprint Interval Training Increases Aerobic Performance
The benefits of interval exercise training on aerobic performance and health have been known for many years. Recently, Gibala and colleagues have shown that sprint interval training (SIT; 4-6, maximal efforts of ~30 sec. duration separated by ~4 min. of recovery repeated several times a week for 4-6 wk) promotes similar cellular and endurance performance adaptations as more traditional endurance exercise training (ET) but with a fraction of the time commitment.In fact, it seems that as little as 15 minutes of SIT per week
The Road to No Where
I got out of the shower. And all of a sudden I didn't feel very well so I stuck a thermometer in my mouth: 100.5. And I am totally ready to go. That's the part that is a total bummer. Another year and my birthday bash, is out the window. It's so sad, I think, I need a bucket.
The Road to Warda
Slow and steady, like the Tortoise. Seems to be a much used statement from no other than, Moi! I sent Ken to Fastenal with the Truck. So I have until after 4 to "get ready" to go. My food is almost ready. My bikes are ready. My lights are ready. I'm not ready. We have had snow days since Tuesday. I am forgetting what it's like to be a part of the work force. My oldest monkey doesn't want to go back. She likes hanging with Mom at the homestead.