Duathlon Training
Just an update on group cyling/running for fun and for event preparation!!!
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Just an update on group cyling/running for fun and for event preparation!!!
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So I survived Valentine’s Day without a single piece of candy. YAY! I can’t say I wasn’t tempted though. (I even had a chocolate protein shake at the gym to try and curb some of the chocolate craving.) I looked at how many calories were in a small piece of chocolate candy and was amazed that it was 45 calories for a quarter size piece of candy. Ugh! My calories are too precious to me right now to waste them on candy. Wouldn’t it be great if calories came off as easily as they came on? You know…I just ate a cookie and BOOM a hundred calories would be gone. I wish! Instead what takes you mere minutes to eat, can take hours to burn. A nibble here and nibble there adds up quickly. I was reading Aron’s post on Calories vs. Cardio, http://www.goldsgym.com/healthy/newsletter/2009-10/calories-vs-cardio.php?ref_id=2374&ref_t=Z&originid=54711880, and about died. It’s amazing to look at things in that perspective. So instead of grabbing that candy, I think I’ll head back to the treadmill…
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Maximize your time in the gym with this fun, high intensity workout!
Total Time: 42 minutes
Warm-up 5 minutes
Sets and Reps: 3 sets of 60 second work intervals with 20-30 seconds for switching exercises. If you’re really pinched for time cut your sets to 2.
Although you’re timing your sets, speed is not the objective. Execute control over the speed and movement.
3 sets of the following:
Treadmill-7:00-10:00 min in duration. (Speed=2.5-4.0 Mph, Incline=10%-15%)
Jump Rope-1:00 in duration.
*Up-downs-10 reps
**Crunch w/Medicine Ball- 25 reps
This workout has three different stages. The first stage is an upper body workout, followed by a lower body, and finishing up with core work. Once one stage is started, focus on limiting the amount of rest between each exercise (i.e. once you start jump roping push the pace all the way through the dumbell rows, then rest). Finish the upper body stage three times before moving onto lower body. Rest between sets should be 2:00-4:00. For an added challenge, time yourself on each stage and try to beat previous time!
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