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davelockyer101 on January 6, 2022 at 12:02 am · in reply to: Reasons for a sudden hike in HR? #61629

At rest also. Just feel What I can best describe as being slightly asthmatic. Strange because it’s years since I’ve had any asthma. The weird thing is that the hike in HR is much more noticeable when out running trails. I do quite a bit of work on the Elliptical and my stats on this have maybe gone up slightly but are comparable. Just trying to figure this out…

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davelockyer101 on January 5, 2022 at 12:44 pm · in reply to: Tweaking the Training Programme for Multi Day Fastpacking #61606

Thanks, Scott. That’s reassuring and pretty much what I began to do last year as I built up to one of these efforts. I used 8 weeks of the home based ME progression but did this fortnightly as it was just too much load weekly. I also built in hike/jogs with a 10kg Weighted Pack. My pack weight for the fastpack starts out as 7kg and goes down to 5kg after 2-3 days as I work my way through the food…

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davelockyer101 on September 17, 2021 at 3:35 pm · in reply to: Me Workouts and Rhabdomyolysis #57134

I’m waiting for a blood test which has been delayed due to supply chain issues here in the UK.. Not sure whether it’ll still pick up rhadbo after 2-3 weeks tho. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t an infection as it has cleared up by the next morning. I do usually stay well clear of NSAIDS. The main takeaway is not to schedule any me work do close to the main event. What’s the recommended time frame between the last me session and thd goal event for long distance mountain running?

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davelockyer101 on November 11, 2020 at 12:04 pm · in reply to: Running with Weight Vest – Muscular Endurance? #46712

My zones are very similar to yours and I also put on an 8kg (10% bw) pack when the wife suggests a run together and have done this numerous times. I would typically only do up to 10 miles but actually find this a good way to combine some aerobic work with an additional strength benefits. It’s v subjective but I feel my core and hip strength in particular benefits.

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davelockyer101 on September 16, 2020 at 6:21 am · in reply to: Maintaining strength after the ME at home plan #45088

Yes, split squats. They took some getting used to and definitely require quite a lot of control. Must be challenging doing them weighted. I fing the box steps the easies to execute so start with the split squates then squat jumps then box steps (full set on one leg then full set on the other). This was a real focus over the lockdown so I didn’t sctually have much running going on in the schedule at the time, maybe just 20-30 miles per week and some time on the turbo trainer.

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davelockyer101 on September 14, 2020 at 12:47 pm · in reply to: Maintaining strength after the ME at home plan #45045

I didn’t add weight to the jump squats and split jumps. That must have been HARD…

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davelockyer101 on September 14, 2020 at 12:43 pm · in reply to: Maintaining strength after the ME at home plan #45044

That’s broadly similar to where I ended up. Here’s a summary of what I did for the last few weeks. The step ups were done with 10% bw and the lunges, swings, squats with a kettlebell of 20% bw.
Warm Up – (5 mins)
20 air squats
10 Turkish get ups
10 burpees

Core – (2 sets x 5 reps each)
Bird Dog
3 point 2 point
Super push up
Side plank

9 x 10 reps on each leg of split jump squat
Rest 2 mins
9 x 10 squat jumps
Rest 2 mins
9 x 10 on each leg of box step ups
Rest 2 mins
9 x 10 each leg of front lunges
6 x 10 goblet squats
6 x 10 kb swings
10 mins cool down aerobic

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davelockyer101 on September 14, 2020 at 11:56 am · in reply to: Maintaining strength after the ME at home plan #45039

I followed the 10 week plan which is posted on the UA website. Once I’d progressed to 9 x 10 reps I stuck with that for the last 3 weeks and maxed put at about 10% of bodyweight as I couldn’t add any more weight into my (small) backpack. I probably took a little longer in between the reps before moving to the next one hence ending up with a 90 minute workout. A couple of weeks after completing the pkan I completed a mini fastpack adventure of 85 mes over 3 days with a fair amount of ascent. The ME work definitely added resilience…

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davelockyer101 on September 14, 2020 at 4:44 am · in reply to: Maintaining strength after the ME at home plan #45032

Thanks. The other post is helpful, I found that once every 7 days would have been too much and tended to go for a 10 day cycle. My plan is to maintain some of the ME throughout the training blocks with weighted climbs and the h ill sprint work and some occasional gym based sessions but to then jump back into the 10 week progression plan on a 10 day cycle leading up to my taper for the event, which is a 200 mile hilly ultra. Does that sound reasonable? I’m enjoying the podcast btw. A really good addition to the resources you guys are making avaialable. Thanks 🙂

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davelockyer101 on February 17, 2020 at 2:56 am · in reply to: Struggling to get into Z3 on elliptical #38316

Thanks. The bulk of my training has been in Z1 & Z2 and I have a background in MAF so don’t think I’m overtrained. Think I need to try and do the AeT on a treadmill and compare as well as doing an Ant test. Will take a look at the protocol for that. On the Elliptical I can nasal breathe at 153bpm for an hour with minimal HR drift although the effort feels pretty high. May be that I’s so used to Z1 & 2 effort?

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davelockyer101 on November 28, 2019 at 5:39 am · in reply to: First hill sprint workout – am I doing it right? #33132

Thanks. I’ve read the response in the thread cited and I’m guessing it’s the same issue of experiencing a lack of fatigue due to being ST dominants. I’m planning to stick with them. Just wondering if I need to shorten the distance to 10 secs and as I progress do I add more reps rather than a longer duration?

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davelockyer101 on November 26, 2019 at 3:11 pm · in reply to: First hill sprint workout – am I doing it right? #32830

I was slightly unsure about the length as it states in the book to not increase the sprints to over 10 secs. 20 secs feels extremely short to me…

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davelockyer101 on November 21, 2019 at 2:23 pm · in reply to: Early to Late Base #32419

Thanks. That’s helpful. I’m training for a trail ultra so plan to build in some hill sprints…

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davelockyer101 on November 10, 2019 at 7:23 am · in reply to: ME Work on steps #31599

Thanks. Being able to the ME work outdoors in this means I can mix it up a bit. I’ve used the same section for hill sprints but it’s quite short and I struggle to get into z3/4. Does that matter or is the benefit more neuro muscular?

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davelockyer101 on November 10, 2019 at 7:22 am · in reply to: ME Work on steps #31598

Thanks. Being able to the ME work putdoors in this means I can mix it up aa bit. I’ve used the same section for hhill sprints but it’s quite short and I struggle to get into z3/4. Does that mmatter or is the benefit more neuro muscular?