Day 179: Strength Endurance (Slopes)

As the year 2010 beckons, it will mark a new period where I’m entering a new phase of my training plan.

I’m still planning my six-month workout program currently for the next year, and to prepare for the new phase, I’ve been varying my training.

I’ve been so far doing general workout of abs, core, cardio, weights and such for conditioning, and now I’m going into specific training.

For today I did slopes with a buddy at Republic Polytechnic slopes.

Why slopes you ask?

Hill training is ideal to develop power and improves your muscle elasticity. Not to forget it is a great way to develop your running control and stabilisation.

You can vary your hill workout specific goals, mixed hills works on your lactate tolerance, while short hills trains your maximum speed and strength.

Do remember to focus on your arm action during the driving phase and feet in the support phase.

Workout of the Day

5 x slopes
Average 1:00 runs
Recovered fast, not out of breath
No lactic build-up

The gradient was slightly steep and I just wish the length of the slopes was longer however.

That stretch of the route was windy and the wind resistance was ideal for such strength training.

The difficulty for today I’ll put it at 5/10, and I’ll probably increase the intensity, and reps once I get more acclimatised physically.