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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 17, 2018, 10:44:39 pm »i have to start from scratch now. any ideas? my first goal might be to actually run a km in the real world and then try to improve on the distance/time over time? any suggestions?
ah, since you put it that way, yea I definitely have some advice:
just relax and go run around. don't look at your watch much. instead, use it to record your activities. dissect the data afterwards. run harder some days. run lighter most days. sometimes do a short run. sometimes do a longer run. run strides at the end of most runs, just a few pick me ups for ~50m to finish with the nervous system firing. don't worry much about intervals now, ie if you want to do intervals, do it by feel: run hard for a bit (pick a spot from point A to B), then jog rest until you want to run again, repeat. do more runs outside than on the treadmill.
it's simple.. if you take an over analysis approach to it, you're going to be depressed, because running isn't easy, because the clock most always wins. let a gentle consistent approach improve your fitness for as long as possible. if you take this approach, you'll make more progress than trying to take a "2.5 lb added to the bar each week" approach, it's much more difficult with running. so be consistent and let it come. eventually you'll know when to do sharper workouts, ie very specific workouts & such targeting specific qualities, but right now it should be a very simple approach.
seriously, that's my advice.


