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JB on February 8, 2023 at 7:09 am · in reply to: Sleep-Train Tradeoff #75485

Just my two cents. In agreement with others and science, sleep is paramount, particularly in the long view. Is every training day 2-2.5 hours as stated above. If so, some could be made more time efficient.

My youngest is now 18, so that world is far behind us. Some things that help for me is all my training can happen in my house or from my front door. I’m fortunate that a great trail system is near my house. Its only 30 min for me to drive to the ski hill but that has been more compromised lately for budgeting time elsewhere.

A great deal of my exercises happen in the living room where we keep dumbbells, adjustable kettlebell and pull up bar. This saves me time when its my dinner time and when my kids where young, we were still all sharing time together. We have a squat rack in house that my son and his friends also use. Good luck.

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JB on December 6, 2021 at 8:40 pm · in reply to: Zone 3 uphill intervals #60343

Follow up questions because I will be starting these soon. What is the suggest progression that is referred to here.

“-10 hour (600 minute) week implies that this first workout should be capped at a maximum of 30 minutes in Z3. We suggest breaking this into intervals such as 3 x 10 minutes with a 2 minute active recovery rest interval between each repetition.”

Would you vary total variation? Increasing up to 40 minutes over a a series of workouts? I plan on using treadmill as things are getting snowy, but not enough. Once there is enough snow would transition to skis be reasonable for this workout? It’s’ the season. Thanks and happy holidays.

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JB on November 1, 2020 at 3:21 pm · in reply to: Muscular endurance #46450

I am putting together my own plan. I did your freeride plan last year. I started it about this time of year. I have been using UA format for more than a year while I recovering from ankle an hip surgeries. The ski touring max strength is from the “pre-season ski tour traing”article you all just posted a couple of weeks ago.

I am midway in the transition period and looking towards how I will roll things out in the base period, so the article gave me some additional food for thought. Thanks for the response and it is as I imagine. I know it has been said to keep the exercises in the ME period the same, for the continuity. What about substituting an exercise in the general strength period for another. I like the addition of the Romanian DL in the max strength example.

Thanks again-

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JB on December 8, 2019 at 11:12 am · in reply to: Freeride plan and ADS #33931

Yes I understand it may not be the best choice, but I find it good enough and I am enjoying it. I will start a new program I the spring. Ian considering the the Big vert, as it seems to be a quite adaptable.

Retested Aet. Due to situation where I used the treadmill. I ended up starting With too higher HR than one tended. (One can’t use the treadmill there for more than an hour, so I do warm up, the. Have to start over). 144 first half. 154 second half. That’s a 6.5% spread. My original Aet (early November) was 131 (5% spread). I don’t really want retest within 4 weeks (on treadmill). Is it reasonable to assume Aet is now 135, maybe 138?

Finally, any fudge factors for downhill skiing, assuming consistent intensity?
Cheers.