Weekend Workouts - April 26

[sadlebred]

What did everyone do this weekend?

[sadlebred]

Friday: off
Sat.: 60 minute trainer ride (raining outside)
Sunday: 31+ mile gravel ride

[minzy]

Fri - swam 80 laps
Sat - 30 mins yoga
Sun - ran 5.5 mi, 1 mi family walk

[melmel48]

Friday- off
Saturday- walked .75 miles with my Mom. Her incision from her hip replacement started bothering her so she couldn't go any further.
Sunday- 1.5 mile walk by myself.

[lilypad1126]

Fri: rest
Sat: 7 miles of intervals
Sun: 3.5 mile run plus strength

[katyintx]

Fri: 30 min Peloton ride +20 minutes yoga
Sat: 1.7 miles (then called H to come pick me up) + 2:30 on the Peloton to get in an endurance workout.
Sun: rest

I was supposed to do 5 on Friday and 17 on Saturday, but my hamstring hurts with every step I take so I had to sub in the bike. It was also my birthday on Friday and I ate way too many sweets this weekend so now my stomach and hamstring hurt! 😭

[melmel48]

katyintx, I hope you feel better! 2:30 on the Peloton is one heck of a workout!

[melmel48]

Apr 25, 2021 17:45:01 GMT -5 lilypad1126 said:

Fri: rest
Sat: 7 miles of intervals
Sun: 3.5 mile run plus strength

May I ask what you do for strength? I have been doing resistance band training, but am getting tired of it. 

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Friday-weightlifting workout

Saturday-leisurely 10 mile bike ride. My first time on a bike in months. Fun!

Sunday-15 mile inline skate at 13 mph. I started at 8 and it was already hot. Ready or not, here it comes!

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lilypad1126 7 miles of intervals? Did you die? I do 5.5 miles of intervals on my skates once a week. I love it, but it kicks my ass. I cant imagine 7 miles of running intervals!

melmel48 how's the foot?

katyintx happy birthday!
minzy 80 LAPS?!?! That sounds like A LOT!

Man, we have some bad ass women on this board!

[sadlebred]

katyintx How the !*!*! did you do 2:30 on a Peleton? I can barely to 75 minutes on my trainer before being bored out of my mind--even with a good movie on!

So many bad ass women here!!

[doctoranda]

Fri: 3 mile power walk
Sat: nothing/off
Sun: 5.25 mile hike

[melmel48]

@peep, Thanks for asking! My walks this weekend went okay; slight soreness. Nothing major! I am definitely almost recovered; I am just nervous and don't want to push it. I cannot mentally handle getting injured again!

Last Tuesday my foot was in so much pain, I thought I was back to square one. Lots of TLC this week!

[katyintx]

Apr 25, 2021 21:52:03 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

katyintx How the !*!*! did you do 2:30 on a Peleton? I can barely to 75 minutes on my trainer before being bored out of my mind--even with a good movie on!

So many bad ass women here!!

Oh I was SO bored. I listened to a couple of podcasts, watched a show on my iPad, and basically counted down the minutes. 

[lilypad1126]

Apr 25, 2021 19:40:21 GMT -5 melmel48 said:

Apr 25, 2021 17:45:01 GMT -5 lilypad1126 said:

Fri: rest
Sat: 7 miles of intervals
Sun: 3.5 mile run plus strength

May I ask what you do for strength? I have been doing resistance band training, but am getting tired of it. 

So I only did upper body this weekend. I basically do these exercises, though I don't do pushups if I can avoid them (or if I do them, I do them with my knees bent). www.besthealthmag.ca/list/arm-exercises/ 

When I do lower body, I do Bulgarian Split-Squats, Single leg Deadlift, and Step-ups with knee raises. I have a running coach who gave me these. He adds them in about once a week.

Even though i know lower body is good for me as a runner, I HATE doing it. Hate. So that didn't get done yesterday. But, all those lower body exercises can be done at home with no weights, so at least it's easy to add in any time during the week.

[lilypad1126]

@peep, So my intervals work like this: 2 miles warm up, a bunch of intervals, 1 mile cool down. Saturdays weren't bad actually. Mostly I hate speed work, b/c I always feel like I am going to die afterwards and that my prescribed paces are just TOO FAST, but this workout wasn't bad. It was run 5 minutes, recover for 90 seconds, and each 5 minutes was supposed to be about 10 sec faster than the previous one. The weather was perfect and I'd gotten a good night's sleep beforehand, so shockingly, I hit all my paces and only wanted to die during the last 5 minutes, haha.

[melmel48]

Apr 26, 2021 7:27:28 GMT -5 lilypad1126 said:

Apr 25, 2021 19:40:21 GMT -5 melmel48 said:

May I ask what you do for strength? I have been doing resistance band training, but am getting tired of it. 

So I only did upper body this weekend. I basically do these exercises, though I don't do pushups if I can avoid them (or if I do them, I do them with my knees bent). www.besthealthmag.ca/list/arm-exercises/ 

When I do lower body, I do Bulgarian Split-Squats, Single leg Deadlift, and Step-ups with knee raises. I have a running coach who gave me these. He adds them in about once a week.

Even though i know lower body is good for me as a runner, I HATE doing it. Hate. So that didn't get done yesterday. But, all those lower body exercises can be done at home with no weights, so at least it's easy to add in any time during the week.

Thanks so much!  I also do pushups with my knees bent. 

[scm1011]

F: 2.5 mile run
S: 6 mile run
S: 1 mile family walk

[breezy8407]

Fri: 20 min Peloton cycle + strength
Sat: 60 min Peloton cycle (I am an app user, but I am really starting to enjoy Power Zone training. Something satisfying about it.)
Sun: 60 min Peloton cycle

[jene]

Apr 26, 2021 9:41:45 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

Fri: 20 min Peloton cycle + strength
Sat: 60 min Peloton cycle (I am an app user, but I am really starting to enjoy Power Zone training. Something satisfying about it.)
Sun: 60 min Peloton cycle

I’m doing discover your power zones and I’m so obsessed. It’s like when I started training for half/full marathons 😂

[breezy8407]

Apr 26, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -5 jene said:

Apr 26, 2021 9:41:45 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

Fri: 20 min Peloton cycle + strength
Sat: 60 min Peloton cycle (I am an app user, but I am really starting to enjoy Power Zone training. Something satisfying about it.)
Sun: 60 min Peloton cycle

I’m doing discover your power zones and I’m so obsessed. It’s like when I started training for half/full marathons 😂

 With my Schwinn I get power with a different app, and I know its overestimating, but its all relative. Its a challenge for me to stay in the low zones...but I know its good for me!

[jene]

Apr 26, 2021 11:19:53 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

Apr 26, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -5 jene said:

I’m doing discover your power zones and I’m so obsessed. It’s like when I started training for half/full marathons 😂

 With my Schwinn I get power with a different app, and I know its overestimating, but its all relative. Its a challenge for me to stay in the low zones...but I know its good for me!

And now Ben is joining the PZ team!

[katyintx]

Apr 26, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -5 jene said:

Apr 26, 2021 9:41:45 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

Fri: 20 min Peloton cycle + strength
Sat: 60 min Peloton cycle (I am an app user, but I am really starting to enjoy Power Zone training. Something satisfying about it.)
Sun: 60 min Peloton cycle

I’m doing discover your power zones and I’m so obsessed. It’s like when I started training for half/full marathons 😂

I tried doing a 60-minute class today and it ended up being a Power Zone one. I was SO lost that after 15 minutes I just switched to a 45-minute class. 😬 Apparently I gotta figure this out, but I had just discovered it today and didn’t have time.

[sadlebred]

Out of curiosity, how do you determine your FTP on a Peleton? Does it use your FTP to determine the zones?

[breezy8407]

Apr 27, 2021 18:36:30 GMT -5 jene said:

Apr 26, 2021 11:19:53 GMT -5 breezy8407 said:

 With my Schwinn I get power with a different app, and I know its overestimating, but its all relative. Its a challenge for me to stay in the low zones...but I know its good for me!

And now Ben is joining the PZ team!

I saw that! 

[breezy8407]

Apr 28, 2021 6:34:16 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

Out of curiosity, how do you determine your FTP on a Peleton? Does it use your FTP to determine the zones?

I am an app user, but yes. They have 20 min FTP test classes where you figure out your FTP and then it applies it to the classes. 

For me, I use an app called Kinetic, and it connects to my bike via bluetooth. Its not a true power meter (some people add power pedals to do things like Zwift), but its relative to the bike. When I did an FTP years ago in the gym on Stages bikes, I think it was around 180. On this bike its 308, lol. But, I can still do the zones! 

[sadlebred]

breezy8407 308--not unless you are an Olympic level professional! (Not a joke!)

[breezy8407]

Apr 28, 2021 8:55:05 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

breezy8407 308--not unless you are an Olympic level professional! (Not a joke!)

haha. I can assure you I am not that fit. I still use my HR as a guide to make sure I am working hard enough. It will be interesting when I go back to the gym to see if I can still average the same watts for an hour. The numbers part of cycling really appeal to me.