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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« Last post by Kingfish on March 26, 2025, 11:02:10 am »
Quote from: LBSS on March 26, 2025, 07:52:05 am
what do you think changed to make you unable to do the morning 495s? or if not unable, then at least made you think it's not wise to keep doing them?

i've been doing them (495x1 am/pm) for 100+ straight days already and know that if i keep the same routine at the same BW, then it can just go on indefinitely  until i get very old.

i deviated from my routine slowly by adding more intensity to the other exercises. my recovery redlined and now i'm toast. i'm going to give myself 1-2 easy weeks until i freshen up again and then repeat the same routine with better management of intensity on the other exercises.

on a good note, at least my core is not the weak point. i did not fatigue or strain my lowerback because i stayed away from heavy compound pulling (rows) and just kept it light on the pulls.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on March 26, 2025, 08:18:54 am »
26-03-25

Run - 9.30k, 56:44
A few strides and 2 x 10 pogo hops near the end

Notes

Surprisingly fresh given 30 mins of fairly hard work in yesterday's workout.

Quote from: LBSS on March 26, 2025, 07:48:21 am
funny, we ended up doing very similar workouts today, just with the sets and duration flipped.

lol yes, between that and the warmup video, a day of much serendipity
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« Last post by LBSS on March 26, 2025, 07:52:05 am »
what do you think changed to make you unable to do the morning 495s? or if not unable, then at least made you think it's not wise to keep doing them?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by LBSS on March 26, 2025, 07:48:21 am »
funny, we ended up doing very similar workouts today, just with the sets and duration flipped.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on March 26, 2025, 07:45:39 am »
lol, it looks like he got someone to help him with lighting and, like, not wearing a t-shirt with the collar completely worn out. well, good for him. uncanny timing for the subject matter, will watch today.

- track threshold
-- warm up
-- 6 x 5 min @ threshold (4:08, 4:09, 4:07, 4:06, 4:05, 4:05), 1 min walking rest
-- cool down
threshold for me, per the jack daniels VDOT calculator, is 4:12. so by that measure, these were a little too fast, especially the later sets. OTOH, heart rate was upper 150s to lower 160s on all but the final set, and breathing was never labored. had a hard time keeping consistent pace in the first few sets. felt like a real workout, i was tired at the end. upper legs a little sore and, oddly, my left hamstring and right quad are a little more sore than their counterparts.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on March 25, 2025, 09:49:22 am »
25-03-25

Run
w/u
5 x (6' on, 1' off) [1.17, 1.25, 1.21, 1.29, 1.29 k per rep]
c/d

about 10k total running

Notes

Solid workout. HR was like 158, 163, 165, 168, 170 for each rep, so nicely in tempo/just below tempo range.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by Joe on March 25, 2025, 09:47:44 am »
Quote from: LBSS on March 25, 2025, 08:02:49 am
- run 1:01:08, 10.55 km
yep, definitely just slower in the morning. all systems not yet go. my fastest km on this run was 5:27, barely below my average pace for the long run on sunday, which i started in the late morning. i do a little bit of joint circles and leg swings before starting, perhaps i should try actually warming up for a few minutes and see if that makes a difference.

You'll be delighted that Magness has just put a video out on that is (a) about warming up and (b) is in new room (still blank walls, but at least they're not white!)

(my take is that if it's just an easy run, i'd just accept the slower pace rather than allow warming up to displace time that could be spent running)
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on March 25, 2025, 08:02:49 am »
- run 1:01:08, 10.55 km
yep, definitely just slower in the morning. all systems not yet go. my fastest km on this run was 5:27, barely below my average pace for the long run on sunday, which i started in the late morning. i do a little bit of joint circles and leg swings before starting, perhaps i should try actually warming up for a few minutes and see if that makes a difference.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on March 24, 2025, 08:27:55 am »
24-03-25

Reverse Lunge
120 x 3, 3

OAC Negative
+8 x 1 [much better than previous sessions, full control all the way down, if not particularly slow)
+5 x 1

One Arm Hanging Shrug
+10 x 7 [grip the limiter, really, was too lazy to chalk]

Incline Bench
80 x 4
70 x 7 + 60 x 5

Incline Curl
22.5 x 11, 9

Side Bend
55 x 9

DB OHP
27.5 x 6

Wide Pullup
+20 x 9 + BWx8

Ab Mat
24 x 13 + 8x8 + BWx10

Run - 3.2km, 22 mins

Notes

Have got very efficient with the lifting (session takes like 35 mins), so threw the slow easy short run in there just to get some more time on feet.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on March 23, 2025, 05:46:01 pm »
thanks! hopefully first of multiple this year, barring injury.

- run 1:46:19, 19.05 km
nice run. deliberately a little shorter than last week, since i ran hard yesterday. this route is hilly, for DC: about 215m of ascent and obviously same amount of descent. the patapsco valley 50k is quite a bit hillier, with 564m of ascent for each loop, or almost twice as much per km. definitely need to get some practice on trails like that over the coming months. my "A" race for the year, the JFK 50 mile, is only hilly for the first 15 miles, after that it's very flat.

my current thinking is that after the half on april 26, i'll dial back running volume and do a 5-6-week strength block, focusing on squats, until early june, when i'll start a 24-week build to the JFK 50. planning to follow the basic 50-miler plan from relentless forward commotion. it looks manageable: five days a week of running, including one day of hills or speed (i may just stick with my wednesday morning track work for all of those because i like that group and the regularity of it keeps me honest) and progressively stacking longer runs on the weekends.
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