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Comment on Thoughts on Training by peter

peter — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:41:07 +0000

Train less gain more ?

Comment on Back in the box by Jye

Jye — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:57:10 +0000

Oops just got this! Yeah I didn’t make it, details in my post.

Comment on Back in the box by lelak

lelak — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:02:31 +0000

Are you giving any consideration to trying out for the Affiliate Team?

Comment on Aftermath: NSW/ACT Sectionals by Jye

Jye — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:05:10 +0000

Really enjoyed reading this post, Lela. Great pic too. Your considered approach is refreshing — and so happy for you, you’ve learned so much and come so far!

Comment on Contrasting for optimal recovery by tina

tina — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:33:28 +0000

Hi there,
What is your training background?
For someone who isnt used to the treatment, my experience is 45/90 works well.
I haven’t been taught to finish on cold, so thanks for your view.
Tina.

Comment on Contrasting for optimal recovery by ...

... — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:19:54 +0000

45/90? thats soft and wrong – should be at least 60sec 0n the cold, and even with the hot
you are also supposed to finish with cold

Comment on Mind Games by Fran

Fran — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:11:32 +0000

With running, even this many years into it, I remain my own worst enemy.
I have developed a deck of motivational techniques for myself that I’m constantly reshuffling. When one won’t work I try another, combinations, hell, anything.
What are they?
Charting my miles, times, weather, shoes obsessively and realizing that today’s run will make one more glorious datapoint on my graph.
Stupid phrases like “I am a machine that eats miles” repeated over and over (see, told you it was stupid). Running with a partner (much, much less likely to lose face by stopping when someone else’s workout depends on you finishing).
When I moved to Johannesburg at just under a mile high in elevation, runs were absolutely killing me for about the first month til I acclimated. What I found that helped me there was actually something I rarely allowed myself to do before. I would stop running. Walk, for a minute. One minute of walking and then I was ready to go again for the rest of the run. A physical reset? Well, sure, for a minute. A mental reset? Definitely.
I know these might not apply to WOD or they might. This is how I get myself through– theres not one thing, theres a million. But the great thing about it is, the thing you are always whining about is just a little bit bigger than the thing you were whining about 2 weeks ago, and a lot bigger than the thing you were whining about 2 months ago. Progress is a wonderful motivator.

Good luck– love reading about your workouts– you motivate me, believe it or not!

Comment on Mind Games by Jye

Jye — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:04:16 +0000

Echoing the sentiment from Graeme and Kam – it’s all about taking steps to reach these points of intensity.

There’s no chance I would have been doing the volume, frequency, weight or intensity like this in my early months of CrossFit.

It’s taken me over 12 months to get to this point, and it was all about exactly what Kam said – learning to drip feed intensity.

Everyone has a different capacity so it’s hard to re-apply different programs, but you’ll learn your body well, and then realise exactly what it responds well too.

For me, nutrition plays a major major part. And also breaking the wods down in my head. I use to dread, and sometimes not even turn up to 5 rounders! Heh. But now, it’s no big deal at all.

Plenty of mind games out there. I think I was talking to Tina about my thruster head fuck.

Comment on Mind Games by kam

kam — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:49:33 +0000

I think its not a case of digesting more concrete..

A couple of things to consider:

How big a spoonful of concrete you’re trying to eat?Your experience with the type of concrete?
and how long you want to be eating concreting for?

I guess the thing Im trying to convey here is that you need to look at your own needs when considering how you drip feed intensity and allow your body to adjust too it…
My personal experience leading to the regionals last year made me learn that i was too ‘young’ as an athlete to put my body through what i was trying to achieve, nor was I mentally prepared to go where I had to. Things like managed intensity in your programming are paramount to being a succesful and sustainable athlete.
Programme smart, eat smart, and recover…
then cycle it through again
and again
and again

but drip feed. dont try and shock your body into wanting it.

Comment on Mind Games by Graeme

Graeme — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:07:57 +0000

Like the story said; one step at a time. If you break it into smaller chunks it seems easier. I was thinking rest too at one stage but was getting 35 secs or so, leaving 25 secs rest. I kept thinkis “there’s only x number to go” and as long as times were Ok just concentrated on getting the next one out.