Start with you. It's OK - That's where you'll end up in the end.
Monday, May 11, 2015 at 5:18AM When most of us try to improve, we accidentally start at the finish line and start to work backwards. We see what somebody that's already there is doing and attempt to do that. The problem is, that doesn't work. You are trying to improve a you that doesn't exist yet.
If you're setting out to do a two hour warmup ride, then 3 x 20 minute intervals at above race pace, followed by a 10 mile brick run because you read that's what world champion Luke McKenzie's favorite workout, you're going to wreck yourself in short order. Instead, look at what is one of your own difficult workouts and do that, plus maybe a tiny bit extra.
You can't train a you that doesn't exist yet. Try, and you'll quickly be presented with the difference between the two. But do it right, and you'll continue with sustainable and solid growth that lasts forever.
Reader Comments (2)
Really?!?
You think that most of us do that...as your are a coach I would this goes completely against the grain of why you create and follow a Training Plan!
I would suggest that this mistake is something someone new to a sport could make, but that a much smaller slice of the pie and not anywhere close to "most".
Yes really. It is a battle we all face all day with all things.