Skip to main content

Ten Week Training Block

Monday is the start of a new 10 week training block.

Well Ok it's the start of my second round of The Six Pack Revolution this time I am doing the sculpt program.

I did Signature in May and did really well. Lost 21lbs and rediscovered my love of running lots (rather than just running!) which has meant that I have had a great, extended, training block for my race next weekend.

Problem was that at the end of the 10 weeks I slowly but surely reverted to a lot of my old habits and as such have regained 4-5lbs. Luckily my running has kept it to just 4-5lbs - I know if I hadn't been doing so many miles then it would have been more.

So next week I start again, and I am trying a different mindset.

Instead of seeing it as a 10 week program I am thinking of it as a 10 week training block.

The say Winter miles make for Summer smiles but also the winter is a time for more indoor training! When most runners hide away a bit but do more of the stuff we should do all year as we then have an excuse to stay inside!!

So this 10 week block is about strength. The Sculpt plan requires 3 kettlebell workouts a week plus 3 abs workouts (which also use kettlebells) so lots of strength focus. 

I, currently, run to/from work twice a week and then again at the weekend. This gives me approx. 25 miles a week.

I intend to keep this up but ATM I have to be a bit vague.

SPR starts next week and next Sunday I have my race (Chester Metric Marathon)
The week after I am on holiday (not going anywhere just not at work!)
Then I have been called up for 2 weeks of Jury Service - which means that for these 2 weeks (maybe more) I won't be at work and will have a disrupted exercise plan.

So this Ten Weeks is Strength Training.

Then I will have a slightly relaxed 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year.

[I am hoping that the New Year will also bring me a new part time job at the swimming pool!]

Then I will start another 10 week training block which will take me to then end of March approx. This block will be focused on getting race ready including doing some speedwork (I very very rarely do this!) and focusing my long runs on the distance of the races that I am doing. (This is TBC as there is a slight chance that I will get my club place for the London Marathon next year).

I am hoping that by breaking the year into 10 weeks I won't slip at the end of the SPR 10 weeks and that I will be able to progress with my fitness journey. I don't want to do another wave (money for a start!) as my fitness focus is on running and although SPR helps it's more focused on general fitness and strength not running specific. 

So hopefully I will lose some more weight and work out what the key things are that are enabling me to lose the weight so that I can carry on. To this I hope to get some strength routines engrained that I can carry on and progress with so that combining these two elements I can start to work towards my running goals.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Next Three Weeks

So I have a few busy weeks ahead that may, or may not, affect what happens here. So this weekend I am running the Chester metric marathon - should do about 3:30 and get a PB by around 30 mins if things go to plan. Next week I am on holiday and have the in-laws visiting which will be nice. Then after then I have 2 weeks of jury service in Derby. I really want to get a case as I am really interested in knowing what actually happens and what it's like in court. But knowing my luck I will have 2 weeks of waiting for nothing. I have Ami's zoom calls to review and take notes on, books to read, coloring/drawing to try my hand at and Loki to watch! After that the exciting news is my part time request has gone through so from 4th December I will be part time. Very exciting. Then hopefully I can start a potential path to being a swimming teacher. Fun days ahead
Post a Comment
Read more

and then the was three!

Well before now I've had arguments between Pixie and Trixie and today Logic joined in! Pixie siad run yes but not too long cos you ran yesterday and have hardly run in 2 weeks! Trixie said but but but need to do a long run, long runs are good! Logic said runs are good and tomorrow you give blood so won't run and Tuesday you have post blood rest day and a massage! Trixie and Logic then argued it out. Trixie won! Logic then spent the whole run saying, slow down, breath, it's too hot, see now you're paying! Trixie struggled on with the "hey I'm running!" smile on her face until she hit yet another hill when smile vanished and was replaced with serious "I will not give in" face! So that's it then! 6.7m of sllllloooooowww hard work! Will post stats later but they aren't that pretty! But as Leon said - we run because we enjoy it! Today was more of a "I WANT to do a long run" run than a need to do a long run run! Next week I will repea...
13 comments
Read more

Stoppy Sulking Pixie

Ok so if you remember (assuming you were listening!) yesterday I mentioned that today would be swimming! Fraggle had given me some advice on how to improve my front crawl so off I went full of enthusiasm ready to master front crawl! 40 mins later I sulked out of the pool annoyed and frustrating and failing to master the front crawl! See like a lot of casual swimmers I "thrash about making a lot of splashes!" when doing crawl and this means my HR sores and I die at the end of 1 length needing 3-4mins recovering at the side of the pool before I attempt to swim another length in any stroke! Fraggle pointed out that if I place my head in the water properly (like look at the bottom of the pool rather than half under) then slow down, breathe out when in the water the breath in as your head leaves the water (I know what I mean even if you don't!) then it will be easier! Sounded good and practice breathing in the house went well!! I get in the pool - this is it. I can do this! Oh...
13 comments
Read more