I have injured my shoulder some how. I do believe it is from Insanity, with all the push ups. With my wrist that doesn't have full movement makes my push ups a bit more difficult. I do believe that puts a lot of extra stress on my good shoulder. So, I have given up on Insanity, letting my shoulder heal up. So I ended Insanity 2.5 weeks early.
I will now concentrate more on the cycling. This past Saturday I rode for 2 hours on the rollers. Keeping the intensity way down. How I made it the 2 hours wasn't too bad. I did endurance pace during the TV program and then on the commercials I up the intensity a little until the program came back on and then it would be back to endurance pace. This worked out very well for me keeping my mind occupied on switching it up a bit is key. Otherwise I get bored to fast and then mentally break down and get off early. Hoping to increase these types of training rides as the winter progresses.
I am looking forward to January 1st and getting my training going. I am well rested physically and mentally. Happy Holidays everyone!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Fantastic Weekend
What a great weekend. Saturday I met up with a group from Cedarburg. Jim G. (team mate) put a route together and sent out invites. He had 31 people show up. I definitely can tell that my fitness is lower than those that are still racing. I don't let this bother me, I don't need/want to be the strongest in December. The weather was great for being the beginning of December. I rode back to Cedarburg with everyone and then rode back home, giving me a total of 65 miles.
Sunday was very warm again for December 2nd, and I was able to get out with Ryan (team mate). We had a west, north west wind so we headed towards Theresa. You can't get away from the hills out that way. I was able to get another 45 miles in and was home in time for the Packer game.
What a great weekend of riding. I also had a good week of Insanity training too.
Not sure what will happen this weekend. I have a wedding to go to Saturday in Madison. Tammy and I will be staying the night, so, I am hoping to ride early Saturday before we have to get on the road. Sunday I am hoping I can ride in the afternoon when we get back. Not sure though, and nothing is set in stone. Just winging it!
Sunday was very warm again for December 2nd, and I was able to get out with Ryan (team mate). We had a west, north west wind so we headed towards Theresa. You can't get away from the hills out that way. I was able to get another 45 miles in and was home in time for the Packer game.
What a great weekend of riding. I also had a good week of Insanity training too.
Not sure what will happen this weekend. I have a wedding to go to Saturday in Madison. Tammy and I will be staying the night, so, I am hoping to ride early Saturday before we have to get on the road. Sunday I am hoping I can ride in the afternoon when we get back. Not sure though, and nothing is set in stone. Just winging it!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thanksgiving Weekend
I will start by saying that I have not been consistent with working out. I need to get back on track and that starts today.
Thursday I went on a group ride that was put on by another team mate. I rode from my house and met them on the road. He did a great job, 3 mini races with points for each and prizes for up to 3 spots. I haven't done any intensity for quite some time, so I was hurting in the mini races. I won the last one, this one is one that I am very familiar with. It is the same as a finishing sprint for OBC. I was able to get a great lead out and waited a long time before going because of my lack of intensity. I was able to get a ride back from a friend. Nice way to start the day before feeding my face with family.
Friday I went mountain biking with another team mate at New Fane, it was a bit windy and cold. The trail was in great shape and I was able to get in 4 laps.
Saturday, I went again with the same team mate and met up with some more friends. Again a bit cool, but the sun was out making the trail slimy. Only rode 3 laps, crashed and got muddy. Still had fun, just not as much as the previous day.
Sunday was spent decorating the house.
I have been having trouble getting up in the morning and doing Insanity before work. I like my sleep! So, I am going to do it after work. No excuses!
Temperatures look to be decent this weekend, so I will get out on the road bike again as long as the rain holds off.
Thursday I went on a group ride that was put on by another team mate. I rode from my house and met them on the road. He did a great job, 3 mini races with points for each and prizes for up to 3 spots. I haven't done any intensity for quite some time, so I was hurting in the mini races. I won the last one, this one is one that I am very familiar with. It is the same as a finishing sprint for OBC. I was able to get a great lead out and waited a long time before going because of my lack of intensity. I was able to get a ride back from a friend. Nice way to start the day before feeding my face with family.
Friday I went mountain biking with another team mate at New Fane, it was a bit windy and cold. The trail was in great shape and I was able to get in 4 laps.
Saturday, I went again with the same team mate and met up with some more friends. Again a bit cool, but the sun was out making the trail slimy. Only rode 3 laps, crashed and got muddy. Still had fun, just not as much as the previous day.
Sunday was spent decorating the house.
I have been having trouble getting up in the morning and doing Insanity before work. I like my sleep! So, I am going to do it after work. No excuses!
Temperatures look to be decent this weekend, so I will get out on the road bike again as long as the rain holds off.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Miscellaneous Training
I have been doing Insanity for just over 2 weeks. Last week I felt like I dislocated a rib, so I took a day off. Yesterday I had a fit test and I have improved in all the exercises. I am proud to make the improvements, but my legs are really sore this morning, so I decided to take another day off. I will let my muscles recover a little more before I shred them again. Trying to prevent injury!
My upper body is also really sore, but I don't think it from Insanity. I believe that it is from playing a boxing game on the XBOX Kinect. You wouldn't believe how much I was sweating playing this game. I am doing great finding different ways of keeping active besides riding my bicycle everyday.
Speaking of bicycling, I went out this past weekend with team mate Travis. I haven't seen the guy/family in such a long time. I had a lot of fun riding with him and catching up with him. We rode from Germantown and went down by Altera on the lake front and then back. The weather was warm and a bit windy, we rode for 3 hours. We were back before the wind really pick up. Sunday, I didn't feel like fighting the wind so I decided to box instead.
Today I skipped Insanity and will take today off and get back to it tomorrow. I might ride the trainer tonight for a little while just to get some blood flow through my legs. I guess that is it, not much really going on.
My upper body is also really sore, but I don't think it from Insanity. I believe that it is from playing a boxing game on the XBOX Kinect. You wouldn't believe how much I was sweating playing this game. I am doing great finding different ways of keeping active besides riding my bicycle everyday.
Speaking of bicycling, I went out this past weekend with team mate Travis. I haven't seen the guy/family in such a long time. I had a lot of fun riding with him and catching up with him. We rode from Germantown and went down by Altera on the lake front and then back. The weather was warm and a bit windy, we rode for 3 hours. We were back before the wind really pick up. Sunday, I didn't feel like fighting the wind so I decided to box instead.
Today I skipped Insanity and will take today off and get back to it tomorrow. I might ride the trainer tonight for a little while just to get some blood flow through my legs. I guess that is it, not much really going on.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Insanity
Yesterday I started a workout called Insanity. It is a full body cardio DVD's to follow. I am doing this to get some cross training in. Yesterday was only a fit test, which I feel I failed miserably and am looking to do much better in the next one in two weeks. This morning was my first actual workout, and it looks like it wouldn't be that hard, because I feel that I am pretty fit, but WOW, it is tough. I am looking foreword to improving and seeing how much I can actually accomplish in two months. I am doing Insanity before work in the morning and will still ride my bicycle some in the basement after work.
Cycling workouts are not very specific, meaning I don't have a written plan for November & December. My written plan actually is going to start January 1st. I do have this written already, but I think I will be doing some changes before I start it. I still plan on doing a bit longer rides on the weekends.
I need to loose weight! This is why I am still going to keep riding, just to keep moving, keeping the furnace running. I really can't believe I have put on 15lbs already, putting me at 170lbs. I would like to stay around 160lbs throughout the winter and get my weight down to 150lbs for racing. 150lbs would be an all time low for me, I was able to maintain 155lbs this past season, so I do believe that it is doable.
Cycling workouts are not very specific, meaning I don't have a written plan for November & December. My written plan actually is going to start January 1st. I do have this written already, but I think I will be doing some changes before I start it. I still plan on doing a bit longer rides on the weekends.
I need to loose weight! This is why I am still going to keep riding, just to keep moving, keeping the furnace running. I really can't believe I have put on 15lbs already, putting me at 170lbs. I would like to stay around 160lbs throughout the winter and get my weight down to 150lbs for racing. 150lbs would be an all time low for me, I was able to maintain 155lbs this past season, so I do believe that it is doable.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Whooped!
It was a great week of training. Tuesday-2-laps of New Fane, Wednesday-2-laps of New Fane, Thursday-3-laps of New Fane, Sunday 106 miles on the road bike (Loberg Century).
New Fane has some spots that are covered in leaves making it a bit more difficult to see the terrain. Not really to much to talk about here.
The Loberg Century was once again awesome and very challenging, mentally and physically. My endurance fitness is definitely WAY down and mentally had to push through. His route was great and very challenging. It was cool, windy and hilly and had @ 12 riders along with a sag vehicle. It has been around a month since I have rode my road bike and my body was letting me know it.
This week is going to be a lot less training trying to feel fresh for Sunday's WORS race in Sheboygan. I will ride Wednesday at New Fane, Saturday in Sheboygan (just to ride the course) and race on Sunday.
New Fane has some spots that are covered in leaves making it a bit more difficult to see the terrain. Not really to much to talk about here.
The Loberg Century was once again awesome and very challenging, mentally and physically. My endurance fitness is definitely WAY down and mentally had to push through. His route was great and very challenging. It was cool, windy and hilly and had @ 12 riders along with a sag vehicle. It has been around a month since I have rode my road bike and my body was letting me know it.
This week is going to be a lot less training trying to feel fresh for Sunday's WORS race in Sheboygan. I will ride Wednesday at New Fane, Saturday in Sheboygan (just to ride the course) and race on Sunday.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Birthday Weekend!
Saturday started w/cleaning the house house a little before I could go mountain biking. I picked Ryan P. up in the morning and met up with Ryan Cooley and the Timm's in Sheboygan by the quarry at 10am. We rode around a bit trying to figure out how the course was going to go. This was very confusing, you would see painted arrows here and there. A bit later we ran into a couple that said they new the course and we followed them for a lap. After that lap we went and did it again and then messed around on the equalizer a bit. The first time I went up the equalizer and chose a bad line and didn't make it to the top. The next time up it, I made and then I did it again a made it, so I feel very confident about riding up the equalizer. I need to ride the course again with out anyone holding me back. It would help if the course was marked better too. Too many crossing for me to remember the course. I would like to go back up again Saturday and ride it some more. I am having a blast riding mountain bike! After riding I had to head home and get ready to go to the Brewers game.
My brother and his wife met us at our house and we all headed down to 4thbase restaurant for some grub before going to the game. Food was great, game was great, they won.
Sunday I didn't get any training in, which disappointed me a little. Oh, well I couldn't control it. My father-in-law took us out to breakfast. We went to Braising Pan in West Bend, awesome food! It was a bit of a wait, but well worth it. By the time we were done with breakfast it was too late to try to get some training in, because the guests were going to start showing up for my birthday/packer party.
Daylight is getting shorter making it harder for training, I don't want to resort to going in my basement yet. So, not really sure what I am going to get in during the week and like I said earlier, Saturday head up to Sheboygan and Sunday I am doing the Loberg Century. So, I will breaking out the road bike on Sunday for sure. Hoping for another good week of training.
My brother and his wife met us at our house and we all headed down to 4thbase restaurant for some grub before going to the game. Food was great, game was great, they won.
Sunday I didn't get any training in, which disappointed me a little. Oh, well I couldn't control it. My father-in-law took us out to breakfast. We went to Braising Pan in West Bend, awesome food! It was a bit of a wait, but well worth it. By the time we were done with breakfast it was too late to try to get some training in, because the guests were going to start showing up for my birthday/packer party.
Daylight is getting shorter making it harder for training, I don't want to resort to going in my basement yet. So, not really sure what I am going to get in during the week and like I said earlier, Saturday head up to Sheboygan and Sunday I am doing the Loberg Century. So, I will breaking out the road bike on Sunday for sure. Hoping for another good week of training.
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