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.
The thing I love about Texas
1.28.2011 Friday, it was 76 degrees. And it made it wonderful to do my therapy ride in. It was very good therapy. The Hilliard Site is down, so I didn't need to worry about any kind of sulfur, all I had to do was ride. I wanted to push my limits. I wanted to see where I could go. I hadn't been there in a long time so I didn't know what would happen. Fart
“Functional Training”: Implications for strength training; stable vs. unstable
“Functional fitness” has been defined as having the physical capacity to perform activities of daily living in a safe and independent manner without undue fatigue. Unstable surface training has been found to be suboptimal for increasing strength. Results showed that training on the unstable surface resulted in a 44% reduction in muscle activity and a 70% decrease in force output compared to the same activities performed on the stable surface. After 10 weeks, the stable surface group, of elite athletes, displayed greater performance improvements in all measures studied compared to the unstable surface group,