May 7, 2013
As promised, I will now explain my grand plan to add strength training to my already full regiment of training. It really isn't all that grand though. I'm not going to a gym, although I do have a membership at Planet Fitness, and I don't have any weights at home. So, I am resorting to the basics: push ups, pull ups, body weight squats, ab exercises and various other core strengthening exercises.This is my simple plan:
Monday - Legs and abs
Tuesday - Back
Wednesday - Chest and abs
Thursday - Nothin'
Friday - Back and abs
Saturday - Chest
Sunday - Nothin'
It sort of looks ambitious, but really, I'm only doing about 15 - 20 minutes of work each day, at most. I do some push ups on my chest days and some pull ups on my back days and a variety of body weight squats on my leg days (regular squats, side squats, jump squats, twist squats, and single leg squats). The leg workout is basically these 5 exercises with two sets of 12 each. It was fairly easy, but my legs are sore already today! Tomorrow will be worse. So, I guess it is doing something which is all I want.
I want to be able to build some functional strength that will enhance my swimming, biking and running. Endurance exercise takes a toll on your body and it can have the effect of wasting your muscles. Have you ever seen what a professional marathoner or cyclist look like? Marathon runners are small and they have very little muscle tone. Cyclists will have massive legs, but their upper body is tiny. Triathletes have the best build since they need both their upper and lower body. The only way to keep a body like that is to mix in strength training.
Not to mention it makes you look good, and Honey appreciates that!
Here are my numbers for today:
Time: 20:00
Distance: 2.23 miles
Pace: 8:59/m
Max Pace: 7:06/m
Calories: 283
Avg HR: 130
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