10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace
RPE: 3
20 Mins @ Half Marathon
RPE: 6
10 Mins CD Easy Pace
RPE: 3
Just a little leg turnover of the legs and a chance to get some miles in at half marathon pace.
Nothing too strenuous to begin with. The 400s sounds a lot but so long as you don’t go quicker than 5k pace it should just feel comfortable hard. Hope the gym is still an option for the S&C and if we need to tweak that slightly let me know. Good to have you back on plan Ben.
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Just a little leg turnover of the legs and a chance to get some miles in at half marathon pace.
I’ve created a good all round gym session here. There might be some exercises the physio has given you that we need to work in. Let me know the key ones from that and I can chop and change a little. It might take us a while to get it perfect but those that have made the best gains with their strength work just do the same thing week in week out with only a few tweaks here and there.
If time is limited what I do is pair exercises together and go from one to the other without the recovery. I’ve tried to pair some up for you. For example you could do 3 x 15 Bicep Curls and then use the same barbell for your deadlifts, so straight away you’re saving about 3-4 mins by not needing 60s recovery in between each of those exercises.
A threshold session in disguise. So whilst your pace will be Zone 6: 5k, because the reps are so short, you should find your heart rate stays in Zone 5, and below your LT2 (if you have that data). You can choose to run this session specifically to HR if you prefer. If you start to struggle, increase recovery slightly.
If you have accurate heart rate data that is far and away the best guide for this run. Stay in Zone 2 if you can.
I’ve created a good all round gym session here. There might be some exercises the physio has given you that we need to work in. Let me know the key ones from that and I can chop and change a little. It might take us a while to get it perfect but those that have made the best gains with their strength work just do the same thing week in week out with only a few tweaks here and there.
If time is limited what I do is pair exercises together and go from one to the other without the recovery. I’ve tried to pair some up for you. For example you could do 3 x 15 Bicep Curls and then use the same barbell for your deadlifts, so straight away you’re saving about 3-4 mins by not needing 60s recovery in between each of those exercises.