30 mins
This is one of my favourite itread workouts. It's fast and quick, and leaves me feeling so energised at the end of it. I must download the other iTREAD sprint set. Grace works on a walk, sprint, jog, recover system that really pushes. I did this set with no cheats as there is plenty of (much-needed) recovery time. The last sprint I pushed myself to 13.2kms - higher than her recommendations.
The idea is to do this workout once every week or two weeks, and see your speed increase in the regular itrains.
Distance - 5.8km
Difficulty Level 3
http://www.itread.com
Saturday, 30 June 2007
iCYCLE 3
(workout from Friday)
40 minutes
An oldie, but a goodie. I found this to be a challenge and pushed me very hard on the sprints. Two sections of this ask you to "get ahead of the beat" for periods over 2 minutes which was quite tough to sustain. The hill climbs were fairly easy. The music is varied, with two particularly strong dance tunes. I feel like I pedalled faster than other cycles.
Distance - 19km
Difficulty Level - 3
40 minutes
An oldie, but a goodie. I found this to be a challenge and pushed me very hard on the sprints. Two sections of this ask you to "get ahead of the beat" for periods over 2 minutes which was quite tough to sustain. The hill climbs were fairly easy. The music is varied, with two particularly strong dance tunes. I feel like I pedalled faster than other cycles.
Distance - 19km
Difficulty Level - 3
Thursday, 28 June 2007
iTREAD 15
45 minutes
Grace tells us this is an "endurance" workout and boy is she right. "It's only 45 minutes" I thought, "I've done some 60 minute treads before, this one will be fine" - I was a little optimistic.
First, Grace needs to check her timings on this one! Maybe seconds last longer in LA, but I'm sure her "only 60 seconds to go" is more like 90...
Even so, it's a good workout. I fatigued three times although I do feel that this is due to there being no real recovery time scheduled unlike "non-endurance" itreads. There's also a really tough run up an 8% hill which kind of knackers you for the rest of the run.
Distance Run - 7.5km
Difficulty Level - 4
Grace tells us this is an "endurance" workout and boy is she right. "It's only 45 minutes" I thought, "I've done some 60 minute treads before, this one will be fine" - I was a little optimistic.
First, Grace needs to check her timings on this one! Maybe seconds last longer in LA, but I'm sure her "only 60 seconds to go" is more like 90...
Even so, it's a good workout. I fatigued three times although I do feel that this is due to there being no real recovery time scheduled unlike "non-endurance" itreads. There's also a really tough run up an 8% hill which kind of knackers you for the rest of the run.
Distance Run - 7.5km
Difficulty Level - 4
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
iTREAD 17
40 minutes
The last time I did this run I fatigued twice, today I managed to complete the run with no cheats so there is certainly some improvement.
I ran 5.83km
Difficultly Level 3
www.itrain.com
The last time I did this run I fatigued twice, today I managed to complete the run with no cheats so there is certainly some improvement.
I ran 5.83km
Difficultly Level 3
www.itrain.com
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Cardio Coach 6 (Candace)
60mins
I did this workout on the stationary bike and was able to complete the workout with no cheats! The music was upbeat and motivating and I found the challenges made the time fly by. The workout was intense, but I felt energised at the end.
Definitely one to add to the mix, but with only 6 workouts available I will be sticking with itrain for the majority of my workouts.
Difficulty Level 4
I did this workout on the stationary bike and was able to complete the workout with no cheats! The music was upbeat and motivating and I found the challenges made the time fly by. The workout was intense, but I felt energised at the end.
Definitely one to add to the mix, but with only 6 workouts available I will be sticking with itrain for the majority of my workouts.
Difficulty Level 4
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