Stairs: 02/03/08

Got right back onto the cardio train thanks to a guest appearance from Paul Batten.

Two reps for warm up and then into 4 sets of 3. The 1st two reps of each set being every stair and the last one being every other. I like this system cause my legs are made for every other and I can just bound up the stairs almost as if it was a hill, but I was still dying during the last set. The stairs are set up well. 30 steps and then 10 yards of flat, 30 more and then 8 yards of flat and then less than 10 stairs, flats, less than 10. This means that getting through the second set of 30 is brutal, but once you get through that it means just two more short bursts then you are done. Not that it made it any easier for me.

Tue: Lower
Wed: Off
Thu: Cardio
Fri: total body
Sat: off
Sun: cardio

Stairs: 01/29/08

3 sets of 3 and ended with a stair suicide.

I felt much better this week. I tried to concentrate the 1st and 3rd sets on speed and used the 2nd to work on leg drive.

Stairs: 01/22/08

Only had 20 minutes today.

Every step; 3 sets of 3 with a minute break between sets.

Should these be this hard? Can someone come do these with me and tell me if it sucks for them too? I am already imagining some kick ass workouts on these sets of stairs come March and April.

Tomorrow: Circuit weights
Thursday: off
Friday: Practice with NU
Sat: weights heavy
Sun: goaltimate

Stairs: Tuesday 5/8/7

Probably the worst thing for an achilles or maybe the best thing for strengthening it? You decide, or I will by not taxing it and taking the time to feel out this work...out.

Harvard stadiums:

3 big, 1 small

4 big, 1 small

2 big, 2 small

2 big, 1 small

My legs were shaking after this and I realized I have a way to go to get in shape.

I worked on cutting a little bit afterwards and found that I have to get lower in and out of my cuts to release the tension on my ankle.

Hill workout: Saturday 3/31/7

Worked on some hills today. It was a quick out and back straight up hill and then straight downhill with a 2 minute break between runs. I had the intention of doing a navy seal after every up and down, but I wimped out on that after the first one so I just did a navy seal after the 1st, 3rd, and 5th and then started my 2 minute rest. My navy seals consisted of:
20 regular pushups (elbows out)
20 crunches (hands on shoulders)
20 diamond pushups (chest to diamond)
20 straight leg bounce crunches (hands under butt)
20 wide arm pushups
20 knee to chest crunches

My times for the hills were pretty bad:
2:45
?
2:31
2:35
2:31
2:21

If you put it all together I ran 3.84 miles, did 180 pushups and 180 situps.