Monday, December 15, 2008

Monday: 42 mile bike; strength

Day 1. Overweight and out-of-shape. Bike 42 miles. 2:01. 214w. 135bpm. 81rpm. My focus right now is to get back into a training routine and lose all the weight I have put on over the last 4-6 weeks since IMFL.

I swam 1:05 the first Ironman I ever did. And despite swimming more since then, I have not come close to that time again. Back then, I was much more muscular and was lifting regularly as part of my training. I am not going to lift now as I don't have the time and prefer be leaner than muscular at this stage. However, I am going to incorporate some basic upper body exercises to get some strength back, which hopefully will make me more powerful on the swim.

Strength: 4x15 pushups. 3x3 pullups. abs

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