Fit Body, Fit Soul

I spent the weekend with Mark Allen and Brant Secunda -- summary is HERE

My full notes are HERE

A good buddy asked...

Just read your notes. Very interesting to say the least. I guess the bacon cheesburgers are off the menu. I may be wrong, but when you wrote that the heavy volume might have been a cause for the lack of absorption fo the training, are you thinking that the Epic Camp sort of volume might not necessarily be the way to go?

I replied...

I think that the Epic Camps are very useful and chatted with Mark about it. He said that cycling overload was a key part of his preps.

Where he thinks that people go wrong is not knowing what they are trying to achieve and "why" -- blindly hammering; a lack of humility in group training; constant work over 145 bpm (for you, my # is 148)... these things hold many people back.

So the change that I will make is better tracking of my fitness -- am I improving with each cycle. If not then I need to consider...
...just a bad test
...too much volume
...not enough rest
...time for hard training

Most people jump all over the place without any thought. As you know, I think a lot. However, I know that I can do a better job and be more disciplined in my base training. I also need to be much better with stretching and strength training. In order to reach my ultimate potential, I need to do everything right.

I think that I can still eat the burgers! It's the fries that might have to be limited. Even then... if I run from Keauhou then I'm having the full monty. The booze is completely axed for now.