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Quote from: Raptor on December 08, 2025, 11:19:01 am

Updates?

just so lazy to update my workouts. i have them on my phone though. i need to do a lot of copy/pasting and editing

been sick the last few days so strength no doubt dropped

loving training until failure for a single set. the workouts feel amazing. i stimulated the muscle without beating myself up, so i leave the gym still energized and feeling accomplished

now what i like to do though is fail 3x in a row. So I may DB bench a big dropset of 40kgx3, then 30kgx4, 20kgx4  (failing an additional rep after those) for example. That's 11 reps total yet definitely also stimulated strength gains with the very low reps, and size gains via going to failure 3x in a row on an 11 rep set (14 reps if you count failed reps).

i'm loving this way of training and i wonder how it could have worked out 10-15 years ago in my training career.

the other amazing thing is these style workouts lead to gains even if i only lift 1x per week or every 2 weeks. It used to be the case that I would lose some strength very fast if I missed a couple of workouts

this is exactly how i've been doing my lifting lately as well! fun, fast, efficient, and at the very least you can maintain  with a pretty load time input!

Updates?

just so lazy to update my workouts. i have them on my phone though. i need to do a lot of copy/pasting and editing

been sick the last few days so strength no doubt dropped

loving training until failure for a single set. the workouts feel amazing. i stimulated the muscle without beating myself up, so i leave the gym still energized and feeling accomplished

now what i like to do though is fail 3x in a row. So I may DB bench a big dropset of 40kgx3, then 30kgx4, 20kgx4  (failing an additional rep after those) for example. That's 11 reps total yet definitely also stimulated strength gains with the very low reps, and size gains via going to failure 3x in a row on an 11 rep set (14 reps if you count failed reps).

i'm loving this way of training and i wonder how it could have worked out 10-15 years ago in my training career.

the other amazing thing is these style workouts lead to gains even if i only lift 1x per week or every 2 weeks. It used to be the case that I would lose some strength very fast if I missed a couple of workouts

- kenyan-style progression run x 10 km
these are ideally done on a very flat route, which i don't have access to without driving. the high school loops are an okay substitute, since they aren't that steep and obviously net out to zero elevation gain. but i have to run them with at least the final km home as a cool-down, since i live at the top of a hill. bad time management today meant i was not able to do that, hence the final km was both slower and harder than it should have been.

splits: 6:02, 5:57, 5:13, 4:52, 4:45, 4:27, 4:23, 4:20, 4:36. pretty much bang on that 88% of 5k pace target for the strongest section of the run. not bad for my first time trying one of these. and being a bit sore from yesterday.

on the downside, was getting some right knee clicking throughout. not consistently but off and on. gotta be careful, which is annoying!

01-01-26

Run --
- w/u x 15'
- 4 x (4' @ 4:17, 2' @ 5:00)
- c/d
Total - 9.7k, 51:53

Lift --
Chins, Dips, OL Calf, RDL, Rev Nord, some lateral raises

Notes

Best foot has felt in a while. Workout was on treadmill. Need to improve my cold weather running gear selection.

Avg HR for the 4' segments was 154, 162, 162, 163, overall max was 167. Pretty pleased with that since it was a decent pace, I did harder rest intervals than I typically do, and HR normally climbs indoors. Maybe just a poorly calibrated treadmill, or maybe I've held onto fitness better than I though and the big period of not doing much is letting it manifest properly.

if you run sub-19 5k, there's basically no way you shouldn't run under 1:30 for HM. good luck this year!

oh yeah, I mean I was only 30 seconds off of that half marathon times (compared to 43s off the 5k). But I don't have any attachment to another half time between 90 and 80, and 80s not a realistic goal for this year I think. I guess sub 85 would be pretty cool as that is basically 4:00 pace the whole way, and per vdot maps to around 18:30 5k, so those can be the target goal for next winter!

and thanks, same to you!

31-12-25

Cardio -- jog to gym, 100 flights on stairmaster in zone 1/2 (~27 mins, 60 steps/min, 130s hr), jog home via a longer route

41:18 total, 136 avg hr

Notes

could have done this fully outside, but in spirit of keeping foot strong I kept it low impact. kind of pleasing to know i can just climb steps semi-indefinitely without notable fatigue

in spirit of LBSS's similar summary, here's my year-wide stats:

Total days active: 274
Total runs: 214, 176 hours, 1759 km
Total indoor workouts: 93, 83 hours (this will include treadmill walking, treadmill runs that i just logged as cardio, stairmaster, and some lifting that i tracked)

Spent like 2-3 months this year pretty injured but very happy with consistency both outside of and during those periods. Kind of disappointed that my improvement in running doesn't feel like it has scaled that much compared to the work i've put it, but hoping that will come when i can string together a few months of uninjured training -- given how little i've been doing last few weeks and how good i've been feeling when running lately, i am optimistic

lifting very much on the backburner, but i can still hit 10 reps of chins with +30kg, a few dips at that weight, calf raises are strong, and RDLs/rev nords both in range.

diet got a bit off track at back end of year -- was a bit bummed out by combination of weather, life stuff, and injuries, so not too surprised by that. aiming to move back from ~75kg to low 70s and just stay there. should come pretty naturally as i get back into better eating habits (i.e. less stress snacking -- my baseline diet is always good and veg heavy)

goals for next year: sub 19 5k, sub 90 half. both should be very doable. maybe get one arm chin back if i feel like lifting more? avoiding injuries and being smarter about sprinkling in non-running stuff -- ilike and can sustaint 6/7 days a week of working out, but not all of that needs to be running!