Category Archives: Intervals

5/5 Top 10 ways to achieve your personal best

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

To take your training and competition to the next level you need to do more than just put in time, you need to have a plan.  Your training program requires constant adjustment throughout the year to avoid plateaux and burnout. … Continue reading →

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Increased Calorie Burn After Exercise

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I’ve always read and beleived that exercise is good for you.  Exercise was always promoted to my by my parents and school and I’ve always taken part in extra curricular activities after school and outside my work life. Exercise is … Continue reading →

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Wk4 – 7.45M speedwork

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

After my abismal attempt at 7 miles of speedwork last Wednesday (- I only managed 2.5 miles before stopping the treadmill), I thought I would try a different approach.  Here was the plan before last nights run: Run outside, and not on … Continue reading →

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End of 2011 Marathon stats

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

I forgot to include this graph and pace detail in the post I did about the marathon I did on the 30th December: I ran the first 18.5 miles on my own: 8:16 pace. Then was grateful to run with … Continue reading →

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Lorn’s Crazy Intense Circuits

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

A little bit inspired by the circuit class last night… I thought I’d try and mix my circuits up a bit – and make them even more challenging! I was doing a warm up of 7 exercises repeated 3 times, then 3 circuits … Continue reading →

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Wk44 – Early morning Circuits

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

This morning was Circuits with Gill at Bella.  45 minutes of high intensity interval training. We did the following: WARM UP 3 repeats of: 7 exercises, 30 secs work: 5 secs rest Sprints (10m) Power Squats Log Jumps 123 Butt … Continue reading →

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Wk41 – Lorn’s Intense Crazy Circuits II

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Last night I made up a new Crazy Circuits workout for Gill and I to do this morning. As usual, once we were doing it, I felt that it would be good if it was tweaked a bit, so I’ve … Continue reading →

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Lorn’s Intense Crazy Circuits – II

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

I’ve created a new Intense Crazy Circuits routine for me and Gill to do tomorrow morning…mix it up a bit. – still the same format: Warm up: 7 exercises repeated 3 times. Main set: 3 sets of 4 exercises, repeated … Continue reading →

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Wk39 – Circuits wi Gill

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Wednesday morning and I met Gill at Bella for circuits.  Last week I thought it was pretty easy so I thought I’d introduce sprints in every circuit we did. It did the trick…made us work hard and had the following … Continue reading →

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Wk38 – Intense Interval Circuits with Gill

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Wednesday morning and it was circuits with Gill.  We haven’t done my Intense Interval Circuits since before I went away on holiday, so I’d kind of forgotten the format of it. We started off with 4 x 30 second sprints, … Continue reading →

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