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Monday, 21 November 2005
 

Aerobic endurance with a bit of speed work...

Warm-up:

Light jog 5:00. If you plan on adding any Parkour techs to your run, incorporate some QM , assorted broad jumps , and some rolls into your warm-up 

 Workout:

20:00 Run. Interdisperse various lengths of speed training, increasing your stride frequency and thus your pace. Vary them randomly throughout the length of the run, and substitute overcoming various obstacles for as many as possible.

You might run for 2:00 at a strong jog, then pick up the pace for 1:00, then back to strong jog for 1:00, then :45 through rails and over a wall, then 3:00 at strong jog, then 1:00 fast QM.....

The idea is to create a random and fun speed workout, incorporating the Fartlek concept (Swedish for "speed play", a popular running workout) and various Parkour techniques to test your aerobic and anaerobic endurance as well as agility and coordination.

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1. 11-22-2005 16:55

This was fun. The longest jog/run that I had (besides the warm-up) was around 3:00. Otherwise I mixed perhaps 2 or 3 sprints (between :30 and 1:30 each) and then tons of Parkour at the quickest speed I could muster while not blowing chunks. 
 
Most of the rests I took were during QM on railings, walls and just flat ground. Gotta love the animal style! 
 
Towards the end I started to taper off, so from around 16:00 on I was doing a technique here, a technique there, a little QM and basically walking as a cool-down.  
 
I like workouts like this, because you can choose to go all-out or a little lighter depending on your pain threshhold ;)
gearsighted

2. 11-22-2005 16:59

Oh yeah, and I'm finishing up the night with various handstand and planche/lever training just for kicks....
gearsighted

3. 11-22-2005 17:58

I just finished, since i ran so late i had to hit the treadmil which means i had to take out the pk related goodies but i made it hard all the same. I interspersed the jogging with sprinting and elevation changes which was difficult enough but for my last minute i put it at top speed and the highest elevation, by the time i stepped off the machine the ground felt like it was still moving. It's good to be working out again, i like the feel of sweat.
Frosti

4. 11-22-2005 18:23

Good to have you back! Quit getting sick! :x
gearsighted

5. 11-22-2005 18:42

I was unable to run tonight, but since I ate a Buffalo burger I had plenty of Fartleks.
M2

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