Another solid week. Important to rest up Monday after the race. But hopefully Tuesday evening will be fine this week, whilst it’s a tough session the rest of the week is fairly light in terms of the intensity of the runs. Any problems let me know. Happy New Year Mark.
A good week, hopefully it will start to get warmer 🤞
Great work Mark, hit those targets perfectly. Yes the weather this week was challenging, but we’ve been lucky up until that point. Keep up the great work.
| Cross Trainer | 10 Mins |
| Rowing Machine | 5 Mins |
| Dead Bugs | 2 x 8 (10kg) |
| Hip Thrusts | 2 x 10 (7.5kg) |
| Plank | 3 x 60 |
| Flutter Kicks | 2 x 60 |
| Seated Row | 3 x 12 (50kg) |
| Lat Pull down | 2 x 15 (40kg) |
| Shoulder Press | 2×12 (20kg) |
| Chest Press | 2×12 (40kg) |
| Bicep Curls | 2×10 (15kg) |
| Tricep Dips | 2×15 (7kg) |
| Leg Press | 3 X 8 (100kg) |
This session should last 40 minutes. Find a location where you can pick different points on the hill. Lamp posts are great. So for example you would run to the first lamppost and back to the bottom of the hill. Then to the second lamppost and back. Keep making the reps longer until you hit 20 mins, and then start making the reps shorter again.
So you might reach lamppost 12 in 20 mins, then next rep will be to lamppost 11, then 10, then 9 and so on, eventually returning to 1.
Use the downhill as your recovery. You should be working at an RPE of 8 up the hill, and a 3 downhill.
A tough session so important to pace yourself well. If you really want to make it challenge, push the pace downhill as well.
Keep the RPE down, have a chit chat & Don’t forget those strides 😜
| Exercise Bike | 10 Mins |
| Stair Master | 12 Mins |
| Farmers Walk | 2 x 140s (12kg) |
| Clam Shells | 1 x 10 |
| Side Lunges | 2 x 12 (8kg) |
| Leg Press | 3 X 8 (100kg) |
| Forward Lunge and Rotation | 2 x 5 (4kg) |
| KettleBell Swings | 2 x 14 (20kg) |
| Squats | 2 x 10 (16kg) |
| Walking Lunges | 2 x 10* |
| Wall Sits | 2 x 30s |
| Calf Raises | 2 x 10 |
| Tib Raises | 2 x 10 |
| Psoas Hold | 2 x 40s |
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
