Disclaimer: By doing my workouts and blogging it online here, I’m not seeking attention, nor am I an exhibitionist. I’m the type that follow-through my training much better if I put it in writing. I workout because I can, and I love doing so. Do not try to emulate my training program, I bear no responsibility if you do so. I’m no role-model, not your papa, mama, your soulmate, or someone you can look-up to, nor am I’m a national athlete … I am just a NOBODY. So just leave me be.
Well it’s good that I joined my old training mates around this time, as they’re doing somewhat of an off-season workout. With that I can focus on my fitness and condition, without much worry of injuring myself trying to keep up.
Anyway joining them during off-season, I’m still way way slower than my mates, but that’s alright. You need to start somewhere right. I just focus on my own weak areas, trying to get faster, bigger and stronger at each training session.
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Today’s workout on Tuesday is usually speed, but it seems it was changed to strength endurance. I joined the 3x200m just for fitness sake. My training partners are actually doing it as they’re preparing for an upcoming competition. They’re tapering now.
I tried to keep up, but the gap between me and them showed how far ahead better and faster they are than me. Well the ‘trashing’ I had was something I looked forward to as a motivation, to spur me on.
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1) Some Foam Roller
2) Conditioning
22types x 20reps of abs/core
Total reps 600
Double reps for some types
3) Dynamic Warmup
4) 3x200m
Using trainers
Race pace
I did around 25-27s
5) Strength Endurance
With trainers
5x150m upslope
Faster than striding
Around 10-15 degree incline
6) Barefoot Running / Active Recovery
7) Foam Roller / Stretching / Massage
The 3x200m gave me a slight lactic acid residue, and the legs slightly ‘jelly-like’ but I could still proceed to the next part of today’s training, which was the slopes.
I’ve always been good and love doing slopes. This time round, I kept up with my training mates slightly better than in the earlier 3x200m. So that’s a good sign, I’m at least in some kind of form, that I’m somewhat capable in terms of strength endurance wise.
By the end of the slopes session, I was really panting hard, and the lactic residue was terrible. I got a headache, and I know that I shouldn’t lie down, but I did.
I took 20 minutes to recover as I lay on the ground, but to maximse my recovery, I did my stretching while on my back, haha. This is probably my hardest training so far this year. It’s like a session stating my return, “Welcome back to athletics” …