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sg516 · 03-05-2008, 09:07 AM

this is my first tri and i have been doing 2-3 days of core strength training/ lifting per week since i started training.

i alternate my workouts so monday wednesday and saturday i do biking and core strengthening/lifting and tuesday, thursday, sunday i do swimming and running. and i build within each week so that the beginning of the week is easier, the middle of the week tends to be interval based workouts and the end of the week are the long endurance workouts. and then each week i do more than the week before. every fourth week i do an easy week and then start a new three week build cycle.

thursdays on that third week are always the really hard challenge days. and fridays are my only rest day.

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sg516 Without ME its just AWESO Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: MD Posts: 440 My Profile	this is my first tri and i have been doing 2-3 days of core strength training/ lifting per week since i started training. i alternate my workouts so monday wednesday and saturday i do biking and core strengthening/lifting and tuesday, thursday, sunday i do swimming and running. and i build within each week so that the beginning of the week is easier, the middle of the week tends to be interval based workouts and the end of the week are the long endurance workouts. and then each week i do more than the week before. every fourth week i do an easy week and then start a new three week build cycle. thursdays on that third week are always the really hard challenge days. and fridays are my only rest day. __________________ I intend to live forever, so far so good. Swim! Bike! Run! 1.5k!, 40k!, 10k! Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.