Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Tuesday is for Tempo Training

Tuesday AM Conditioning
Tempo Training
Sets of 4-count squats 50#:
800m active rest
3 of 9 tempo squats (60 sec rest between sets)
400m active rest
3 of 9 tempo squats
400m active rest
3 of 9 tempo Squats
800m active rest

About 50 minutes or so overall. Ending HR was about 35 or so for 140, which is about right (I can't find where I put my notes, so I could be off by a little bit). Here, the goal is to make my fast twitch muscles act a bit more like slow twitch muscles by increasing their ability to process oxygen.

This is another one from Joel Jamieson over at 8 Weeks Out