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frnkr on July 5, 2021 at 1:33 pm · in reply to: Swim recovery after ME! #55465

This is interesting topic. My understanding for this is exactly same but I’ve heard other opinions (from smart educated coaches) that one cannot speed the recovery by doing recovery workouts.

I think if that is true then it follows that [recovery] workout needs to be one that maintain fitness best while breaking body or intervening recovery process as little as possible.

Whichever is the case I think running beats ones legs thus it might be inferior as a recovery workout. But what would I know, just thinking out loud 😀

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frnkr on July 5, 2021 at 11:03 am · in reply to: Mike versus Luke plan #55454

@sws no prob, I’ll mix n match from both of these. Luke’s program is ok but it’s just a bit too much of running for me and as my goal is to do mountain races I think I’m better off by adding ME workouts and doing longer uphill sessions on stair machine etc. I have enough general strength so I’m working to get more resilient legs. However, as stated in other discussion ME workouts are killing my legs and this is an issue which I’m trying to solve in coming weeks 🙂 The problem seems to be that even though my legs are stronger the recovery from ME workouts prevents me from training my aerobic base. Difficult equation one might say :/

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frnkr on July 5, 2021 at 10:54 am · in reply to: Swim recovery after ME! #55453

I’m really struggling with these as my legs take too much time to recover. Even faster walk done on Wed or Thu and I can still feel Tue work in my glutes on Fri which is not ideal if I try to add hill sprints.

Since started ME workouts (it’s 5th week now) my legs recover even from longer uphills in 30 sec or so but the soreness after ME workouts takes 3-4 days if I’ll try to add even some amount of recovery training (faster walking as running is too hard). This is crazy as I’m not able to add enough aerobic work into my weeks 🙁

Scott: you mentioned biking. Is that something you would do on Tue afternoon or Wed? I wonder should I add swimming in Tue afternoon and biking on Wed or vice versa? What have been the length for your easy bike rides? Thanks 🙂

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frnkr on May 18, 2021 at 11:34 am · in reply to: Long time base training with few if any changes #54113

Hi, this Runalyze looks nice! Which watch you’re using and did you have to do anything to get HRV readings to the app? I just uploaded my workouts there and I’m missing the AeT estimation function 🙁

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frnkr on May 16, 2021 at 3:52 am · in reply to: Mike versus Luke plan #54048

Hi, I was also pondering between these two plans and bought Intro plan yesterday. However, as my targets have more vert I’m thinking I would have been better of with Big Vert. Is it possible to change the plan already bought? Thanks for the help!

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frnkr on March 19, 2021 at 2:56 pm · in reply to: Only base training/general fitness #52208

I’ve never understood how ppl can do something else except focus on their bodies when practicing. I use most of my session time to monitor my movement patterns, technique and form and try to improve on every step. It’s constant scanning of different body parts working separately and in kinetic chains.

Especially when session end is closing and one becomes tired it’s really important to listen closely ones body IMHO and best way to improve:)

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frnkr on January 31, 2021 at 7:44 am · in reply to: Classic XC HR management #50145

This ?? we need thumb up option here 🙂

I learned so much from just a single lesson that I decided to have a lesson every 1-2 weeks. Kinda shame that this too has diminishing returns 😀

Sam, I’ve noticed myself that the strategy you described works quite well without knowing why so thanks for explaining the reasons behind it 🙂

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frnkr on January 24, 2021 at 8:08 am · in reply to: Aet Lab test best protocol #49679

In my testing protocol we first do 15% incline treadmill to the AeT then decrease the incline to 0.5% and do test by running. We don’t test AnT with incline as it might interfere the results of the flat part of the test.

Between the two I walk slowly 10-15 min to get lactate down. I usually get 8-10 bpm higher AeT by running.

Basically the protocol is modified triathlon test where biking is substituted with incline treadmill 🙂

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frnkr on January 18, 2021 at 11:28 pm · in reply to: XC Ski Tss #49493

If you get 150 TSS in two hours (75 tss/hr) for Z1 then something is not right.

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frnkr on January 18, 2021 at 10:46 am · in reply to: Incline vs. Flat Training #49452

@scott I’m exactly in that situation: I cannot increase much more running or incline walk on a stepper machine due to the leg recovery so I’ve been playing with the idea of adding more xc skiing into my training in the form of afternoon sessions (I usually do my cardio in the morning). Xc skiing is easier for my legs and especially on double poling it’s more work for my upper body and CV.

What do you think abt that and any idea how much that translates into running overall?

My thinking goes that logging more base training anyways increases my fitness and thus it is beneficial. Also, by doing ME program starting next month or so I can then increase running near summer and benefit from my increased base ?

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frnkr on December 15, 2020 at 10:31 pm · in reply to: Extra weight effect on running TSS #48295

Thanks for both!

I do own Stryd but I use it as a pace meter. Especially when running in tight forest GPS-based pace is off. Stryd does have the power feature and it takes wind into account too so I’m curious to see if it works on flat gently rolling runs. Never used the power feature for real. And yes, on uphills its (power feature) is pretty useless as the number is way off. That I noticed in the very beginning.

Scott, the injury is a good point! Luckily it’s not that much of running on a pavement as the my route goes via forest. We have a big park going thru Helsinki 🙂

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frnkr on December 13, 2020 at 11:52 am · in reply to: Fatmax vs AeT #48211

Scott, I’m curious, how do you use lactate meter (your protocol, frequency, etc)? Curious because I’m buying one too 🙂 Thanks!
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frnkr on November 23, 2020 at 10:33 pm · in reply to: Budget treadmill/incline trainer for elevation gain #47234

Thanks Scott! How about using 15% treadmill (my gym has only stepper machines and standard treadmills) for one workout and Stairmaster for second (two gym workout per week) vs two times Stairmaster per week?

Just wondering if I should add some variation for the sake of biomechanics or just go for the maximum incline. The boredom factor is non-existent here as I can always enjoy Uphill Athlete materials while in the gym 😉

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frnkr on November 15, 2020 at 9:24 am · in reply to: Chest strap HRM recommendation #46858

Polar H10 is good strap (I have several Garmins and H10s) and battery change is super easy. I still prefer Garmin though and now using the new Run-Pro.

What I’m curious is that how can one broke the (Garmin) case? The rubber ring is easy to remove and the case is opened with standard Philips screwdriver.

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frnkr on November 15, 2020 at 9:19 am · in reply to: Budget treadmill/incline trainer for elevation gain #46856

Scott: I’ve been looking NT incline trainers and at least in Europe the more expensive the machine the bigger the motor (and screen of course ?). I assume this is due to the fact that in Europe we have decent electricity (240v) vs US (110v) which is a big difference!

No idea though if the overall quality is better too as my partner is not (yet) approved the idea of having a trainer in our living room…

I’m also wondering now that how big difference there is between incline trainer and stair machine when thinking about aerobic base training? If I just need to log mileage and vertical does it matter which one I use? Any thoughts on that?