21-03-2020, 07:40 PM
Hi TheEd
Great - thanks, sounds good. I did 40 mins on the cross-trainer today at an easy-moderate setting - Av HR 145 and 550 calories on the sports watch, so I guess a similar intensity to an easy run.
My plan at the moment is to alternate some days between the cross-trainer and cycle machine on lower resistance to get my body used to the new movements, for 30-40 mins or so keeping the heart rate as it would be for an easy run (140-145). I'll also continue doing some press ups, dips, ab exercises.
After perhaps a week of that, I'm thinking I will try to roughly follow the program in terms of the "principle" of each day, but keeping intensities lower as discussed before and alternating between cycle and X-train. For example, the long run could be 90 mins light resistance on the cycle keeping HR 130-140. 5x2000 could become 5x8 mins on the cross trainer at a medium resistance with HR 155-160 and 90 seconds rest between.... etc. Does that sound OK?
Will keep you posted how I'm getting on over the next week or so.
cheers
Great - thanks, sounds good. I did 40 mins on the cross-trainer today at an easy-moderate setting - Av HR 145 and 550 calories on the sports watch, so I guess a similar intensity to an easy run.
My plan at the moment is to alternate some days between the cross-trainer and cycle machine on lower resistance to get my body used to the new movements, for 30-40 mins or so keeping the heart rate as it would be for an easy run (140-145). I'll also continue doing some press ups, dips, ab exercises.
After perhaps a week of that, I'm thinking I will try to roughly follow the program in terms of the "principle" of each day, but keeping intensities lower as discussed before and alternating between cycle and X-train. For example, the long run could be 90 mins light resistance on the cycle keeping HR 130-140. 5x2000 could become 5x8 mins on the cross trainer at a medium resistance with HR 155-160 and 90 seconds rest between.... etc. Does that sound OK?
Will keep you posted how I'm getting on over the next week or so.
cheers