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Category: Off Season

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  Intermediate to Advanced: The Different Types of Training

  In my interactions with my coach M2, I have learned that there are 6 types of training. These are: 1. Neuro-muscular – training of the nervous system to do something either differently, better, or to some form which maximizes efficiency and minimizes effort. Example: super short high speed treadmill intervals for 15-30 seconds per interval,…

  March 5, 2009

  Cycling, Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement, Intermediate to Advanced, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Off Season, Running, Swimming

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  Off Season into Base Training: Like Pulling My Legs Out of Sludge

  Well I’m finally on the edge of being completely out of off season and about mid-way through my base training. The reason I say I’m not completely out of off season is because of some injury which has forced a reversal back to pre-base to allow for healing. My off season this year was the…

  April 20, 2008

  Off Season

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  Bikram Yoga in the Off Season

  These last few weeks I’ve been trying out Bikram Yoga. Previously I had never been a big fan of yoga. This is because I’m not very flexible and yoga deals heavily in what I would call “flexible strength”. Flexible strength means that you apply power when your muscles are in a stretched position. Many people…

  December 22, 2005

  Off Season

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  Off Season Aches and Pains

  I’m heavy into the off season now, and not doing much training at all. It’s a great time for recovery, for recharging my body and brain from all the stress I’ve put on it over the past year. But one thing has been confounding me. Why is it when I am doing practically nothing, that…

  December 15, 2005

  Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement, Off Season