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ah nice at the last paragraph. exactly @ trials. first few races are going to "suck" regardless. it's almost unavoidable. one can prepare to the utmost, but then when they get into the real thing, it's a big reality punch. that's why I don't like the mindset of: "training 6 months for a marathon" without doing several races in between, ie 5k/10k/halfs. People put so many eggs into one basket, things can go very wrong without the extra "race experience". racing keeps you sharp in lots of different ways. The "feeling of racing" itself, ie, everything leading up to the horn going off, including the few days prior, and then the feeling of the race itself, are very important. Those experiences all factor into the effort. so ya, get those trials in. if they go great, awesome. if they go berserk, to be expected.
when/what are your races again?
we need a race planner threadwhere we just list upcoming race dates...
Yes exactly. That's kind of why I'm not calling them races just yet
Feb 4 and April 8. Feb 4 is 250m swim, 10k ride, 3k run and April 8 is 750m swim, 26.7k ride, 5k run.
Great idea. Can list upcoming dates and then add results even.
Quoteya that's something that should definitely help alot. the key though is, to make sure you are ALWAYS properly fueled up for important training sessions/races/competitions etc. I mean that was my theory before hand, and what I found in practice. The biggest mistake people make when trying to lean out, is not having enough fuel to train "properly hard". Training itself should not suffer. So that's the delicate balance - finding a way to eat "lighter" and/or leveraging timing/meal frequency etc, to shed more fat, but also making sure that it isn't tapping into recovery or performance.
I wish it was "easier" for me to get lean. I mean I can put in tons of work and still have significant layers of bodyfat throughout. That body fat is definitely useless, would love if it just disappeared
peace!
This is actually where I'm stuck. Still doing IF for the most part but I just don't think it's going to work. Doing it while lifting only is easy AF. I can train on BCAAs and caffeine and then make up everything else at the end of the day.
exactly .. non-stop effort changes the game dramatically.QuoteAdding in running, swimming, cycling, etc is way harder. Don't know if that and IF is possible but I'd imagine probably not. That's a huge stumbling block for me and I can feel it when I'm training.
yea damn. You are meticulous and good at figuring things out so, I imagine you'll come up with something that works for you.
For me, as long as I eat good the day before, then fuel up "slightly" before a workout, i'm fine.
For me lately, just some oatmeal w/ honey gives me enough to get a workout going. So, when I wakeup, knock out a small breakfast and i'm good for the track etc. Same thing for races as well, but I like my no-sauce pizza slicesQuoteAs far as bodyfat goes I seem to drop it pretty well when I eat relatively clean and don't drink too much. Getting that consistency is hard though but I really want to get to around 10 as like you said pretty much everything improves.
yup! nice. not drinking too much is an easy thing to knock off, or should be at least!
i'm probably back to like 11% or something, it's ridiculous lol. The leanest I got was on 2x/day ~90+ miles per week. Mileage really does matter in my experience. With that mileage, I just couldn't-NOT (lol) drop fat. It's easy to hit that mileage too. It's not as hard as people think. 2x/day running makes it easy. And, if you're in a base phase with no competitions coming up, it's very simple to do IMHO. The problem is when you have races and stuff coming up, that kind of training can make you alot slower, CNS is just poop. You can still knockout some good 5k+ races/times but, mile & below really suffer IMHO.
peace!
Haha figuring out this eating thing has occupied a lot of mental space lately. I'm not sure I'm getting anywhere but still trying.
Yeah I'm only drinking 2-3 times a week and only a couple of drinks a time (2 beers/2 glasses of wine) so it's not too bad. Plan to cut it further in the coming weeks.
You know what, I forget that I'm actually still building. Even though I have two events planned in the next 2 months they're really just trials so even though I do care about performance it means very little. I then get to do a real offseason and build properly where I can ramp up the volume.
where we just list upcoming race dates...
17/01/08
REST
Calves haven't recovered from the track on Tuesday. Incredibly sore. I don't think anything is strained but just serious doms that I'm not used to there. I remember I did this before by doing sprints on the treadmill at the gym in minimalist shoes and couldn't walk for a week. Mental note to use my normal running shoes till I'm a bit more accustomed.
18/01/18
PM Strength Session 90%
It's hot AF here again. Didn't make it to the gym in the AM so I'm thankful for the home gym
Limited Warm Up
Squats-
bar x 10, 60 x 5, 80 x 1, 95 x 5, 3, 3- forgot number of reps I was supposed to do on first set so just did 5
Bench-
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 60 x 1, 75 x 3, 3, 3- felt strongish
Pull Ups-
bw x 5, 5, 5
Done.
19/01/18
Went to the Aus open tennis in 43 degree heat. Luckily we had marque passes but still it was incredibly hot. Walked a ton too which idk if good or bad in that heat. The tennis we watched was near on the most boring sport I've ever seen. No intensity or emotion but I imagine they were just trying to make it through in the heat which was reported as 69 degrees on court. That's 156 fahrenheit for our American friends.
I'm still trying to get back into a routine...
Bench-
barx12
60x12
80x6
100x4
112.5x1
122.5x1 easy
102.5x5x2
Squat-
60x5
100x5
125x5
145x1
don't rush it, ease back in like you're doing! PR fest to continue in February.
Well i might get an apprenticeship. If so then after my 6 month probation period is over its time for a home gym.
