My Typical Training These Days – BionicOldGuy

I’ve been discussing performance-related actions recently, like seeing my occasions on native routes vs. the “Strava Leaderboard” for my 70-74 age group. But most of my coaching, most likely about 90%, is at a snug tempo, whereas solely the remaining 10% is increased depth. This is a typical coaching week for me recently:

“UH” means higher physique, arduous day, “LH” means decrease physique, arduous day, and E means simple restoration day. “S-” is a brief session whereas “L-” is an extended session. Because of my SI joint damage that I’m nonetheless rehabbing, all simple days and all “lower body days” are bike rides. In the long run, I’d wish to throw some mountaineering into the combination. Upper physique is a warmup on my arm-cycling setup, adopted by a number of stations (chest press, row, shoulder press, pulldown) of each isometric train and single-set power coaching, and ending with a cooldown stroll with hand weights. Lower-body arduous days have longer intervals, shorter intervals, and a few on-bike power coaching, with the rest being a brisk however simple regular tempo. Lately, the brief rides have been round 60 minutes, whereas the longer rides fluctuate from 90 minutes to as a lot as 4 hours.

I’ve signed up for the “I Care Classic” Century in Morgan Hill on May 13, a charity journey for the Lions membership. The final century I did took 6 hours 47 minutes, so I have to ramp up my longest journey of the week steadily to arrange. Also, the route has some hills in it so I have to do some extra hill climbing observe with my recumbent over the subsequent few weeks.