training round-up, week ending 03-10-07

my training plan just pretty much went to hell this week.

it started off bad. i had a monday morning swim scheduled, but arrived to find that pool was closed because there was no life guard (WTF?!?! undergrad lifeguards oversleeping during midterms?!?! phooey!!!).

it didn't get much better from there. for some reason, i had so much residual soreness in my legs that pretty much any thought of entering a build phase went right out the window.

not because i didn't want to, but because i pretty much knew there'd nothing constructive achieved by trying to do so.

i'd promised myself this year that i'd really commit to the concept that recovery is as much a part of training as workouts, and in some ways is actually more important. training is about building your body, not about tearing it down. and i'd learned last year just how much lack of recovery can tear a body down.

but still, it's frustrating to not feel your body recovering the way you'd like it to. and this week was supposed to have been a build week following last week's placement as a recovery week.

it took a real bit of effort to adjust the training schedule and give myself some more time to recover and feel better. which is why my tuesday and wednesday pretty much got completely knocked out. i found myself sleeping in and logging 9-10 hours of sleep each day.

i am really wondering just what i did that is giving my body so much work...it could be the kung fu lessons, which is the only new element in the training that i installed. but i view it as a low-intensity exercise, and the saturday class only runs 3 hours at the longest. still, it must be throwing a wrench into the training cycle.

whatever, next week is big. whatever i am going to do at IMAZ is going to have to happen next week. it's that important.

sunday, mar. 4

rest day

monday, mar. 5

morning

• weight training (chest, shoulders, abs), 60 minutes, lyons center, start time 6am
  

evening

• kung fu (active rest), 45 minutes, loker track stadium, start time 6:30pm

tuesday, mar. 6

rest day

wednesday, mar. 7

rest day

thursday, mar. 8

morning

• brick: stationary bike (maintenance) + run (easy), 120 minutes bike + 20 minutes run, aerobic conditioning (zone 3), lyons center, start time 6am
• weight training (abs), 30 minutes, immediately following
  

evening

• kung fu (active rest), 45 minutes, loker track stadium, start time 6:30pm
  

friday, mar. 9

morning

• swim (maintenance), 2400 yards, muscular endurance (zone 3), mcdonald's swim stadium, start time 6am
• weight training (chest, shoulders, upper & lower back), 30 minutes, immediately following
  

saturday, mar. 10

morning

• kung fu (active rest), casuda canyon park, start time 10:30 am