Recovering one day at a time...

Vaughan, ON, Canada 
Today
Sunny High 12CLow 1C
  • Temp: 10C
  • Hum: 58%
  • W: 19mph NNW
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 14C
Low 1C
SUNDAY
Sunny
High 15C
Low 3C
MONDAY
Sunny
High 14C
Low 7C
TUESDAY
Patchy light drizzle
High 15C
Low 8C

May 23

Bike
  • 53m
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15’ warm up. Then 3x6’ at 87-92 RPMS at 8/10 effort. Recovery is 5’ easy spinning between sets. Easy 5' cool down.

May 24

Bike
  • 45m
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45’ easy spin, keep the effort conversational and the cadence between 85-92 RPMS. Within the 45’ spin, make sure you do 10x1’ at 100 rpms with 1’ recovery – all in a very light gear.

May 25

Off day – cross train – walk, hike, swim.

May 26

Bike
  • 21m
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10’ warm up and with 3x1’ at 100 rpms.
Main set is 12x30” at moderate-hard effort. Your recovery after the odd repeats (1, 3, 5, 7 etc) is Set 2: 15 Bench push-ups, 10 squat jumps, 25 ab-crunches. After the even reps (2, 4, 6 etc) you will do Set 4: Jump rope 1’, 10 ab crunches, 10 step-ups (5 each leg).
5’ easy spin to cool down.

May 27

Bike
  • 1h 30m
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Long aerobic day – ride from 60’-90’.

May 28

Bike
  • 44m
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15’ warm up and with 5x1’ at 100 rpms. Main set is 4x6’ at moderate effort. Your recovery after rep 1 and rep 3 is Jump Rope 1 minute, 30 pushups, 20 step ups (each leg). After reps 2 and 4 you will do: 16 Lunges (8 each leg), leg lifts 2x 25 reps), 2x12 unstable pushups. Once you are done, spin easy for 5’.

May 29

Bike
  • 1h 00m
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60’ easy spin, keep the effort conversational and the cadence between 87-92 RPMS. Tighten up the cadence even more this week. Nothing under 87 cadence!

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