Getting ready for future H.I.I.T sessions
Wed 29th May 2013, Brisbane
It’s a travel day again today so I only had time for a short gym session this morning. And ‘short’ means ‘intense’ in my book. Not too intense as I had a few hours of country driving later so I couldn’t exhaust myself. Also, my plan was to go for a critically important ‘long steady run’ this afternoon so I needed to ensure the morning session was hard enough to be effective but not too hard to destroy the afternoon.
I set myself a goal of 30min high spinning on the stationary bike with regular High Intensity intervals to make the session effective. The plan as 4minutes spinning @ <80rpm Level 5, then an interval of Level 15 as hard as I could, 1 minute rest then repeat for 30 minutes. The L15 intervals would be 30sec, 40sec, 50 sec, 60 sec, 40 sec.
What a great workout. The intervals made my heart rate sour and it was difficult to maintain the target time at a constant effort but I did. The rest periods were occasionally a little longer than the planned 60 seconds but not too much. It was a good session and surprisingly, I do not feel as sick from lactic acid as I thought.
Overall, I reckon I can do even more, next time. Perhaps aim for 40 minutes in total?
So, until next time……. 'keep living, laughing, lovin' and runnin'
‘Wandering James’, the Slow Runner
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