Bench and Bike
Short gym workout today in the afternoon. Took a stab at the bench press but still couldn’t go over 10 reps. I think I haven’t given it enough rest to allow for gains since the last go, so I’ll wait a little. It feels like I’m not far off.
Then 35 minutes on the stationary bike. After a 10 minute warmup at 165 watts I took it up to 223 watts and held that at an average of around 100 rpm for 20 minutes, then cooled down for 5 minutes. That was the longest I’ve held it at that level, so it indicates some improvement in the legs. Sustained heart rate at 223 watts was 151-156 bpm, which I assume is somewhere around 85% of max heart rate (I don’t yet know exactly what my max HR is). It was a tiring but not completely exhausting pace - still tougher on the legs than on the heart. Probably a near threshold pace — kind of an equivalent of a tempo run. I assume that for the triathlon I will be trying to hold my pace at a little below threshold pace, so I need to continue kicking my threshold pace up higher — certainly at a level of over 260 watts.
I need to get back in the pool. Maybe tomorrow.
I’ve eaten O.K. today, hopefully the scale will show some improvement tomorrow morning.
