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Saturday, May 14, 2005
Next Weeks Training Plan
Here is my training plan. There are two goals to this plan.
1) Build leg and back muscle strength.
2) Build aerobic capacity.
We start out small and build up. Here are the basics:
Each workout during the week is :30 minutes. We'll do three workouts
during the week. That's 1:30 minutes each week. These workouts can be
accomplished on our own. Each weekend we'll do a longer workout together
and push the distance and weight up. The first week will go like this:
Monday :30 min walk
Tuesday :30 min walk in boots with mostly empty pack
Wednesday off
Thursday :30 min fast walk
Friday off
Saturday 3 mile walk
Sunday off
Subsequent weeks will push the pace and/or the weight on the 30 minute
workouts. We'll try and get up to 10 miles with full pack on the final
weekend. The progression will go like this:
May 14 3 miles
May 21 5 miles
May 28 5 miles w/ light pack
Jun 04 6 miles w/ light pack
Jun 11 5 miles w/ med pack
Jun 18 7 miles w/ med pack
Jun 25 5 miles w/ heavy pack
Jul 02 8 miles w/ heavy pack
Jul 09 10 miles w/ heavy pack
Obviously we can be flexible. The more we do, the easier the trip will
be. Altitude will be a factor so we need to train aerobically. Biking
and swimming will help as will stair climbing.
1) Build leg and back muscle strength.
2) Build aerobic capacity.
We start out small and build up. Here are the basics:
Each workout during the week is :30 minutes. We'll do three workouts
during the week. That's 1:30 minutes each week. These workouts can be
accomplished on our own. Each weekend we'll do a longer workout together
and push the distance and weight up. The first week will go like this:
Monday :30 min walk
Tuesday :30 min walk in boots with mostly empty pack
Wednesday off
Thursday :30 min fast walk
Friday off
Saturday 3 mile walk
Sunday off
Subsequent weeks will push the pace and/or the weight on the 30 minute
workouts. We'll try and get up to 10 miles with full pack on the final
weekend. The progression will go like this:
May 14 3 miles
May 21 5 miles
May 28 5 miles w/ light pack
Jun 04 6 miles w/ light pack
Jun 11 5 miles w/ med pack
Jun 18 7 miles w/ med pack
Jun 25 5 miles w/ heavy pack
Jul 02 8 miles w/ heavy pack
Jul 09 10 miles w/ heavy pack
Obviously we can be flexible. The more we do, the easier the trip will
be. Altitude will be a factor so we need to train aerobically. Biking
and swimming will help as will stair climbing.
