#joe friel

[ianpamensky]

We are getting older...

We are getting older…

“Don’t regret growing older, it’s a privilege denied to many” – unknown Summary of Parsha Naso in a nutshell – www.chabad.org  Completing the headcount of the Children of Israel taken in the Sinai Desert, a total of 8,580 Levite men between the ages of 30 and 50 are counted in a tally of those who will be doing the actual work of transporting the Tabernacle.  G‑d communicates to Moses the law of…

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[mybikerunstri]

Wow! this makes so much more sense.

I put the Avg HR from the last 2 miles of last nights run in as my Threshold HR, per Joel Friel’s 30 minute Lactate Threshold Test.

Run 30 minutes hard, but not harder than you can run for 30 minutes, and take the avg HR for the last 20 minutes. 

I’m going to say last nights mile’s 2 & 3 at 178 & 179 were close enough even thou it was only 17:15.

I was making myself crazy trying to do recovery runs under 134. It never happened so i basically just threw the whole thing out the window and went by feel.

These ranges seem actually realistic for me tho. Staying under 151 isn’t easy, but it’s definitely doable. And L3 & L4 is usually where my HR is for runs.

I think this is actually going to be useful !

Now if i could just get those flip turns down.

[acrotrail]

The REAL MAF method

Maffetone never said that interval training is interdit. He says thst you gotto deserve it You must build a base, and a solid one ,before you commence doing over MAF heart rate intervals. Strength, aerobic resistance, joint and muscle reliability, fat burning ability and so. Then we you are really ready you can start a 2 to 4 week period of quality basic staff like 12 x 400, the 20 min tempo or a 3000 2000 and 1000 leader. However to complete a 3 X 3000 Kenyan hill routine followed by 5 X 400 on 3 km pace on the track needs a totally different ki d of athlete and a brutal overall strength. Get ready by implementing many other type of training routines outside of running.

[oldishtrichick]

"Fuel"

As I had mentioned, I bought a book highly recommended by the good peoples of the internet. Having read it a few times over, I highly recommend it myself. It’s simply written, by an oldish individual who has common sense, and it basically breaks down a very complex topic into easy to digest chunks. That’s rare, so thank you Joe Friel! It even has pictures, bonus! In every piece of literature ever written discussing sports and food, the word “fuel” replaces “food” often.

That’s a problem for me.

The tiny island nation I grew up on is Tony Bourdain’s favorite destination. He’s opening a massive food market some time in 2017 based on the culinary delights he discovered there. Enjoying an awesome meal is the #1 sporting event, swimming doesn’t even register as a close 2nd. You can take the girl out of the country but…

The very concept that I’ll have to eat only to provide the appropriate fueling needs for my “engine” teetered on being the deal breaker. I like my fried chicken and I have no problem admitting that. So I read through those chapters and looked up a bunch of other foods/sports related literature. You can imagine my relief when I realized I can keep my fried chicken!

There’s a lot of conflicting info out there when it comes to nutrition. Here’s another guy you should look up on this topic, his name is Michael Pollan. He’s also written a lot of books full of common sense. He breaks it down into 7 words…“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” To that I’d like to add…eat mostly what Mother Nature made, not what Man made. Coz as we all know, Mother knows best!

So it’s a compromise of sorts. I’m not going pro-athlete so I don’t have to eat hardcore like one. I do have to follow the timing of when and what to eat right before a workout. If I don’t, bad things happen. I’ll tell you this, in the very beginning, as my body was adjusting to the new regiment and “fuel”, it took less than 1 drink to floor me. That was an adjustment and the 1st sucky thing to happen. Nowadays, things are back to normal. You just have to stick with it. Yes I’m going to keep repeating that.

[oldishtrichick]

And in the beginning

Some time in Oct. 2013, somewhere after the 2nd drink celebrating a triathlete buddy’s latest race, a gauntlet was thrown down. “You can do one, easily!” they said! “I can do one, easily!” I thought! So I googled away. I bought a book, Joe Friel’s “Your First Triathlon” (great book). And then a dvd, Terry Laughlin’s “Total Immersion” (great dvd). By the way, if you’re expecting this to be full of training plans and regiments, stop reading. You’ll be sorely disappointed!

[saltmarshrunning]

Fast After 50 by Joe Friel

Fast After 50 by Joe Friel

Fast After 50 is an valuable resource for masters and senior athletes that want to remain competitive and stay healthy well past age 50. Author Joe Friel, a legendary endurance sports coach entering his seventh decade, provides an honest and unblinking look at the effects of aging on runners and other endurance athletes. Most importantly, his training advice is backed by exhaustive research and…

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[themaninmyshoes]

I’m in my 50’s and trying to be as active as ever, maybe even more so since I have more control over how I spend my time. This article gives me a lot of hope for the next twenty years or so.

[midwest-cyclist]

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When I first joined my cycling team, GP Velotek, my coach told me to read Joe Friel's The Cyclist's Training Bible. I moved through it quite quickly and became familiar with the phases of training, and evaluating my strengths and weaknesses. I'm going back through it now as I prepare for next season and creating my training plan. It gives specific advice as far as what training should look like, but the thing that I'm having the most trouble with is determining volume. It's hard to tell the variances between a short weak and a long week. But because I was coached last year by Jim Whittaker, obviously a follower of Joe Friel's periodization model, I'll start with my weekly hours from last year as a baseline. I'm actually excited to start structured training again. It was really enjoyable and valuable for me last year to know what I had to do each day and see the progress I'd make from that.

Best regards and happy riding.