Thursday, March 21, 2013

Challenge 2: Seven Day On, Off: Stamina Build

Seven Day On, Off
As always, I started on Wednesday (see Challenge 1, if you don't know why). The Seven Day On, Off is fairly self-explanatory, but to be clear it means:

 * Wed - Workout
 * Thurs - Rest
 * Fri - Workout
 * Sat - Rest
 * Sun - Workout
 * Mon - Rest
 * Tues - Workout

The Stamina Builds will be comprised of both swimming and cycling each workout day with the duration of each increasing incrementally. These workouts will not focus on pace or distance rather they will focus on prolonged effort.

This first On, Off Stamina Build will begin with 5 minutes of swimming and 1 hour of cycling.

 * Wed - 5 min. swim / 1 hour cycle
 * Fri - 6.5 min. swim / 1 hour 15 min. cycle
 * Sun - 8 min. swim / 1 hour 35 min. cycle
 * Tues - 10 min. swim / 2 hour cycle

Note: I will be doing the Crawl Stroke for these swims because it's a nice cycling of the upper body to compliment the cycling of the lower body.

Wish me luck.

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