Category Archives: Training

5K run test: new 39 vDOT

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Dad

I was reminded today of why most age group athlete’s don’t test their fitness level very often…if ever…it’s HARD…and SUFFERING Here’s what pain looks like in a Heart Rate download chart…near the end you’ll notice the little notch above my … Continue reading →

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Try Charleston Half Ironman Sat. April 30, 2011

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dad

Well, Saturday is the first Half Ironman of the year for many of my Tri Buddies in Charleston…the Try Charleston Half Ironman…1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run…half because of course, it’s half the distance of a … Continue reading →

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How much Intensity and Volume in a training program

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dad

So how can we figure out how much Intensity and Volume are appropriate in our training programs? …to a large degree, you have to try stuff out and see how your body responds…and if you’re not getting the results that you want, … Continue reading →

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How much Intensity in training?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Dad

Well…it all depends 🙂 …ok…let’s get into it…how ‘ambitious’ you need to get with Intensity depends on two things: your goals who you ask …alright I noticed the picture too…okay let’s pause for a moment and click on it for … Continue reading →

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How I determine training intensity during a workout

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dad

Ok…we talked about training zones and intensity…so the general idea is that the amount of effort gets a ‘label’…I’m including the chart again here so that you can click on it to get a bigger version…I’ve also included links throughout … Continue reading →

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Training Zones and Intensity Chart

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Dad

Well, as a start to my discussion of how I’ve formulated my 12 week Half Ironman training program, there was a lot of discussion about training Intensity, and the total amount of Intensity in a week, and the amount of time at … Continue reading →

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The week in review

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Dad

Well, a bit of a ragged week…bike test on Monday…very good result…Tuesday planned day off exercise after the bike test, Wednesday off everything…my wife in for surgery for the day, so sitting at the hospital all day…aborted run test on … Continue reading →

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Here we (/I) go!

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Daughter

Well according to Iron Dad I have been noticeably absent from Blogger-land lately, and by association, from IronTraining.  The former I certainly admit to. I cannot plead guilty to the latter however, as I have been slowly reacquainting myself with the IronLifestyle over … Continue reading →

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Training recovery after being sick

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dad

So time to recap where I’m at in my training…to a large degree because I’m coming back from being sick…sounds weird…I’m _never_ sick…I guess I’m mortal after all…and wanted to recap it…and we’ll be leaving for vacation for a week … Continue reading →

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New study says 90% of studies are flawed

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Dad

Something that you’ve seen woven into my posts over the last few months are the conflicting conclusions from various studies, supposedly studying the same thing…and the often strong difference of opinion between experts on the same topic …it’s a challenge trying … Continue reading →

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So the game is on!

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dad

What an occasion, that’s for sure…Iron Daughter’s first blog post of the New Year!…very articulate young woman if I may say 🙂 …didn’t want to move it off the top quite yet with a long post, so I thought let’s … Continue reading →

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‘Goddess’ of fate being a little cute

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dad

I do like to complete planned training like a metronome…complete and checkoff the workouts as they come up…and have a pretty good track record over years of doing just that. …my ‘work’ workload has been rather large this past few … Continue reading →

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Jack LaLanne…you are an Ironman!

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Dad

Sitting down at my desk this morning at 6:30am, in advance of a VERY busy work day, as my computer booted up it presented me with the news that Jack LaLanne had died at the age of 96. Here was the … Continue reading →

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Ironman push-up challenge!

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Dad

I’m reminded that an Ironman accomplishment can come in many different forms …one example from an earlier post: https://irondaughterirondad.com/laura-scott-you-are-an-ironman/ The most recent was my post about a good friend of mine that had 65 push-ups as a goal on his … Continue reading →

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Yasso 800’s…get faster…simply

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dad

I was talking with my son last night…training for his first marathon…cool! …and one of my Iron Buddies a couple of days ago added a comment to our blog, that after over 25 years of training, she has a Heart Rate … Continue reading →

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