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madanyang on April 24, 2018 at 6:46 am · in reply to: Confusion – Zone 1 + 2: TftNA vs TrainingPeaks #9502

Thanks Scott for the detailed explanation. This is my second year with the TFNA plans and Trainingpeaks and I have learned quite a lot less year, and I am going on the cautionary side this year. I am not making any TSS adjustments to ME workouts or hill climbs (based on elevation and carried weight) but rather the following day how does going up the stairs feel like and then if necessary either move workouts if possible or do a very easy recovery workout. So far this seems to work yet the real answer will be defined when I am on my climbs in the following months.

Nevertheless it is a learning process and I am sure next year I will be adjusting other things as well.

Thanks again

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madanyang on April 23, 2018 at 3:16 am · in reply to: Confusion – Zone 1 + 2: TftNA vs TrainingPeaks #9487

So are you saying that the CTL in Trainingpeaks is not reflecting the fitness at a given point?

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madanyang on April 22, 2018 at 10:51 am · in reply to: Search function on Forums page requires password? #9483

@Frantik,

My guess is because the article is not yet published and only the site admins can access it for editing. I am sure when published there will not be an issue with password

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madanyang on April 13, 2018 at 12:48 pm · in reply to: Zone 3 hill workout in 24 week plan #9331

Thanks for the clarification Scott. Yes Z1 feels easy for me and now I understand the definition of easy in terms of zones

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madanyang on April 5, 2018 at 2:25 am · in reply to: Looking for a lab #9114

Thanks @Scott for all the information provided regarding the lab test. In order to reduce the confusion and possibly save money and time, what questions one should be asking and what to look for the correct answers, so one finds the correct lab for the testing?

Once again thanks

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madanyang on February 13, 2018 at 5:18 am · in reply to: TFTNA amendments #8094

Hi,

Can we see a post on TFNA amendment list soon

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madanyang on February 3, 2018 at 3:42 am · in reply to: Hiking on hillyterrain workout in 24 weeks mountaineering plan #7942

Thanks Scott for the clarification.

What would be the recommend percentage of increase of elevation in respect to the previous weeks? I mean is there a similar approach like the time spent at Zone1/Zone2 increases or decrease during the recovery weeks.

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madanyang on January 9, 2018 at 12:09 pm · in reply to: Confused on the description of planned training in 24 mountaineering week plan #7518

AFAIK, when you reapply the plan you get the updated version. I am not sure what happens with your current training data. I always apply the plan further down the calendar and then manually check and shift days as needed.

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madanyang on November 25, 2017 at 9:51 am · in reply to: Mountaineering Max Strength workout clarification #6819

@awestib, I am doing the 8 weeks Ice and Mixed training and for all the strength training sessions I do see change in all of the CTL,ATL and TSB even though I am not correcting the TSS scores as suggested by Scott in another thread as the real data is pretty close to his suggestions.

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madanyang on October 23, 2017 at 10:12 am · in reply to: Using TrainingPeaks #6469

Hi,

I had previously asked the question to trainingpeaks helpdesk and here is the official answer

“You can still print off your plan though. To print your weekly or monthly calendars you can use the screen print function (command + P on a Mac or control+P on a PC). This will display what is on your calendar and you can print those workouts off or save them as a PDF.

If you would like to print more weeks put your calendar into compact view, which you can enable on the top right corner of your calendar. You can also print off each individual workout, if you open the workout and then click on the menu icon (?, top right) and select Print from the QuickView.”

Hope this helps

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madanyang on October 4, 2017 at 5:52 am · in reply to: Difference btw Josh Wharton’s 4 week and Steve House’s 5 Week Foundation plan #6270

Thanks Steve, for the explanation of the differences. I have decided to follow the old wisdom of “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” In the long run, it would be nice to plan my own training.

So I have basically took the 8 week transition training from the 24 week Mountaineering plan and used it as a basis for my foundation phase training. I want to keep the aerobic training as this is my weakest link and I don’t want to lose what I have gained previously. For the first two weeks for the strength training I have done 2x Scott’s Core routine. I have also added the following exercises as 2 sets with 10 reps:

Reverse wrist curls

Reverse arm curls

Shoulder press

Dumbbell internal and external rotations for shoulder stability

inclined pull ups

Sling Trainer T

Sling Trainer Y

Starting with the 5th week I plan to do 3-4 sets of Scott’s Core Routine along with the above mentioned additional exercises. I will also include a climbing day consisting of 1 hour of ARC training.

How does the plan sound so far in your opinion, am I missing things, or overdoing things ?

One topic I am not sure is should I incorporate the “special strength for pull ups” as outlined on page 228 of the TFNA. I recall in a previous phone consultation we had, you have mentioned this should be introduced in the later phases of training. However given the current situation my best is 1 set of 6 pull up; though the incline pull up are fine with 2 set of 10 reps, and I want to increase my capacity to do more pull ups; what would you suggest?

Thanks in advance,
Togan

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madanyang on June 3, 2017 at 2:29 am · in reply to: CTL/TrainingPeaks and TFNA #5077

Thanks Scott for the detailed explanation. Not having the experience in adjusting the TSS numbers for specific trainings, until now I have only changed rTSS to HrTSS when the training involved mainly uphill component, I remember you have mentioned in a previous thread though can’t exactly say when and in which.

So if one is not adjusting the TSS numbers in trainingpeaks, what is your expectation for CTL number for a successful mountaineering event such as Mont Blanc and Ortler.

Thanks

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madanyang on January 11, 2017 at 3:23 am · in reply to: Uphill Water Carry training #3880

Scott thanks for clearing up the issue and updating the plan. I have readjusted the training to reflect the recovery.

As I am planning to extend the base phase to 20 weeks hence do the uphill water carrying for 12 weeks so will shift the last 3 weeks back to back towards the end of base week. Does that sound correct or would it be better to do the last 4 weeks back to back.

Thanks again

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madanyang on January 11, 2017 at 3:08 am · in reply to: Maintenance! #3879

Thanks Farzin. I have been having seeing a physical therapist every week so I guess I need to consider to add Yoga sessions as well.

I was reading the book “Fast after 50” by Joe Friel and I was wondering if doing 9 day weeks is an alternative way to train. Maybe Scott can address this issue

Thanks again

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madanyang on January 9, 2017 at 3:23 am · in reply to: Maintenance! #3857

Hi,

@Farzin what were your modifications to accommodate your age as I am 52 years old and there are days I want to include another rest/recovery day into the program.

Thanks