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5pm – I could be found in a Mac’s eating fist fulls of candy. Energy levels were lowest of the low. 4:34pm – Completed a 20K time trial on the bike at a dismal speed. I was spent. To rub salt in the wound, I went out way too hard an suffered for it. [...] In University, I was not a huge fan of taking tests. The stress of trying to guess what the teacher deemed “important” never really appealed to me. Less stressful is testing yourself in training. Figuring out what stage your at can help put motivation into every workout. Testing also gives you a benchmark for that year; a moment [...] After crashing early (8:30pm!) from yesterdays track, swim and run day, I felt surprisingly well. A good night sleep has always been my secret to a great recovery. On this day I got to relax in the morning. I still got up at 6:30am to use Clint Leins (Peak Performance) computer while he was [...] Test Results. Lots of datta. Most interesting is my peak power output on the bike (887 watts, eat your heart out Lance!). Isokinetic and Isometric Strength Test Name: Cliff Worden-Rogers Assessment Date: February 20, 2009 Age: 25 Temperature (˚C): Height (m): Humidity (%): Weight (kg): 60.5 Left Leg Maximal Isokinetic Concentric Strength (N): N/A [...] After all the shananigans it was time to be electro fitted and put in my water jump suit on. This “suit” was made out of a nylon material with tubes running through it (for the water of course). The two students wanted to measure how my body gave off impulses due to the shivering. [...] The test I did today… Well, I’ll let you be the judge. Before I begin, here was my itinerary for the 24 hours before the test. There are just a few instructions as well: 1) No exercise within 24-48h 2) No caffeine or alcohol within 24h 3) we ask that you eat ~550 [...] Ok, so lots going on in this side of the world. After a midweek calf muscle problem (remenants of snowshoeing) we had Amandas folks in from the East Coast. Finding time for exercise, Figs and sleeping was a tough to come by! So I mentioned last week about my testing. Last week I had 3 separate [...]  |
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