[JamesD]

JamesD on September 24, 2017 at 12:23 pm · in reply to: Extending the Base Period – periodization #6188

Thanks again.

I’ll pencil in two x four-week chunks at the same vol level as for the first four-week chunk given in TftNA, and a third at the same vol level as the second chunk given in the book. That seems to be the “safe side”, if there is such a thing.

I’ll ramp it up from there as, when and if the spirit moves me.

[JamesD]

JamesD on September 24, 2017 at 3:13 am · in reply to: Extending the Base Period – periodization #6183

Thanks Scott

Will do.

How should that work in terms of volume escalation? The pattern seems to be 4 week chunks where the vol steadily escalates during the first three, then drops back for consolidation in the fourth. Each chunk starts somewhere higher on vol than the previous one started. In adding another four week chunk to the middle period, do I just follow the same pattern again? That would mean that volume increases by more during that 12 week middle period than it would for a standard TftNA 8 week period. That’s OK by me, as long as I’ve got the right idea.

Don’t worry about my overdoing the ME. I don’t like it. I much prefer the aerobic stuff!

[JamesD]

JamesD on September 17, 2017 at 12:49 pm · in reply to: Vertical ascent per hour #6097

Sorry to butt in – I did MB via Gouter in 2013. The summit day was yer classic long snowy plod and I found it pretty straightforward. Getting up to the Gouter hut from the Nid d’Aigle the previous day I found much harder – severely exposed my lack of strength reserve in legs and core, with corresponding lack of ME. I can’t tell where you’re starting from by comparison with me, but you may well find you need some ME in there somewhere.