understanding workout language...
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Hi Coach -
Just started my preseason plan. Need some help decoding the workout terminology. I am sure that I missed a key or article somewhere explaining it - can you tell me where to find it?
I am in preseason Week 2. Here are a couple examples of what I need help with:
Tuesday workout: MS: 8 x (2') @ 95-100%/Zone 4/Hard........I think a member answered this in Keith's post, but did not say what the 2' was. I did 2min Z4 8 times. The member said to do one 8 min?
Wednesday workout: "MS: EP/Zone 1/Easy to MP/Zone 2/Steady effort, include 5 x 20" Strides at end.
Coach Notes: Excellent form uphill with high knees and hands, lean into the hill and use a nice short stride to glide up the hill. Downhill focus is on nice quick turnover -- no slapping the ground! ".........Uphill? Is part of this (or the whole thing or just the strides) supposed to be done on a grade? Treadmill?
Thursday workout: MS: 2 x 9' (3') @ 70-85%/Zone 2-3/Steady to Mod-Hard. MS1: Alternate 3' intervals as 90 / 100 / 110rpms. MS3: Alternate 3' intervals as 90 / 80 / 70rpms........Does this mean Main Set is a 9min Z2-3 repeated twice with 3min recovery between sets? What is MS1? Where is MS2 - it goes straight to MS3?
Thanks,
Ashton
Comments
Still need to know what MS1 and MS3 are for tomorrow's workout (Thursday) Preseason Wk2, see above. Thanks.
Tomorrow is just 2 x 9'...the MS3 is really MS2, in other words.
The Wednesday strides should be uphill, just the strides. We have guidance on how to use a treadmill on the Main OutSeason Page here: http://bit.ly/1t6uJra
And as for the bike, I believe it should read 1 x 8' (2') ...you did some bonus work there, so that's all good.
Thanks for finding all this stuff...we are on it!