The way it works is that I send my coach a spreadsheet listing my availability for the week. For example I may have 1 hour before work and 2 hours after work on any given weekday. On Wednesday's I usually work late in an after hours computer lab, Saturdays I am pretty much available all day. My coach takes this info and produces a training plan for the week. There are 4 basic types of workouts. Three of the types are pretty obvious: swim, bike and run workouts. The fourth is weights. On any particular day I could be assigned no workouts (rest days) or up to 3 workouts in a day.
Well this past week I did not do a great job at estimating my time. I was teaching a new class and this usually leads to extra prep work each day. I was able to get my workouts in but it was tough. this coming week I do not have as full a work load at work and I will be more deliberate about allocating time. Saturday was nice though. I had a 2.5 hour brick workout. A brick is one workout after another. This Saturday's brick was a 2 hour bike ride and a half hour run. The run workout was speed intervals. I must say, I love the brick workouts.
I also started logging my food intake. It is amazing what you learn when you log your food. I believe that I have decent basic eating habits. I eat a variety of foods meats, grains, fruits and vegetables, but I also enjoy a good cheese burger too! The first thing that stood out was a deficiency of protiens. The total calories and carb and fat amounts are ok (they will need adjustment) but I am way low on protiens. I have been looking for foods that are high in protien and low in fats and carbohydrates. The two best ones are foods that I quite like; egg whites and tuna. I am open for any suggestions any of you all may have.
All and all a good start
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