I use the winter as my off-season and don't stick to any training plan. I try to do at least a little something 6 days/week and do each discipline at least once a week. Having the loose scheduling is a nice change from the regimen of the season but still doing a little of each helps keep up my fitness. I vote maintenance now, build later. Its good to give your body a few months of down-time too.
Usually I start training for my first race 16-20 weeks beforehand, so a mid-May race training begins with the start of the new year. Gives me a little extra time to shake off the rust and get back in the swing of a real program again.
Truthfully I'm kind of leaning that way anyway because I don't want to risk injury or burnout by the time the season rolls around.
I do have a 5K on NYE, and another on St. Paddy's day, so my running season is longer anyway. I will have no choice but to work on my swimming - not speed or endurance, just stroke improvement - but I don't need to be intense about that. I'd like to do some weight-training this winter too, and I can't see fitting it in (or wanting to do it) if I'm concentrating on tri-sports.
Yet I still worry about doing double the distance when I was walking and panting up the hills in September - I only have until the beginning of August.
Screw Shoe when it gets bad and Snoeshoes when it gets really bad. Gym for cross training and speedwork.
I have to get outside in the winter- it's the only way I can avoid cabin fever. And I really like the challenge of snowshoeing- it lets me be happy for snow fall, even in March or April! Weird, eh?
I (alpine) ski for my outdoor winter sport. :-) I love spring snow falls, my birthday is mid-March and I'm ecstatic if I can ski on my birthday. I am a totally casual skier though, I do it for fun only, and barely consider it exercise - because how can barreling down a hill at breakneck speeds be exercise? I also spend a lot of time outdoors with my dog, so to avoid the cabin fever, and that usually is a pretty good workout. After too many ankle injuries (breaks and sprains) I just can't risk running on the ice - our city totally sucks for keeping the walkways clear or the snow plowed even on the roads.
I live in the Pacific NW where it isn't so much cold as it is rainy and dark. I run with a headlamp and reflective vests as soon as we "fall back" to standard time, but otherwise that routine doesn't suffer much in winter
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Used Stationary Bikes
anonymous
August 1 2010, 10:04:13 UTC
I was wondering what type of stationary bikes are you using? Upright or recumbent? I saw this guide about used stationary bikes here Used Stationary Bikes but it doesn't specify which one is better. It says that it all comes down to personal preference but I believe upright stationary bikes moves more muscle than the more relaxed recumbent stationary bikes. What do you think?
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Usually I start training for my first race 16-20 weeks beforehand, so a mid-May race training begins with the start of the new year. Gives me a little extra time to shake off the rust and get back in the swing of a real program again.
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Truthfully I'm kind of leaning that way anyway because I don't want to risk injury or burnout by the time the season rolls around.
I do have a 5K on NYE, and another on St. Paddy's day, so my running season is longer anyway. I will have no choice but to work on my swimming - not speed or endurance, just stroke improvement - but I don't need to be intense about that. I'd like to do some weight-training this winter too, and I can't see fitting it in (or wanting to do it) if I'm concentrating on tri-sports.
Yet I still worry about doing double the distance when I was walking and panting up the hills in September - I only have until the beginning of August.
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I have to get outside in the winter- it's the only way I can avoid cabin fever. And I really like the challenge of snowshoeing- it lets me be happy for snow fall, even in March or April! Weird, eh?
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I (alpine) ski for my outdoor winter sport. :-) I love spring snow falls, my birthday is mid-March and I'm ecstatic if I can ski on my birthday. I am a totally casual skier though, I do it for fun only, and barely consider it exercise - because how can barreling down a hill at breakneck speeds be exercise? I also spend a lot of time outdoors with my dog, so to avoid the cabin fever, and that usually is a pretty good workout. After too many ankle injuries (breaks and sprains) I just can't risk running on the ice - our city totally sucks for keeping the walkways clear or the snow plowed even on the roads.
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I always use the upright - it just seems more like my road bike.
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