Friday Thoughts 71
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, where I share small, random ideas that haven’t turned into blog posts yet, or some of my favorite things I saw on the internet throughout the week. Enjoy!
Ergathon Training
Here are some of the workouts I’ve been doing in preparation of the Ergathon.
Bike
12 minute warm up
8 sets
2 min @ hard, hard, hard pace
2 min @ rest
Intent: spend some time going really hard with a 1:1 recovery ratio and see what I can hold for two minutes.
Splits: 1:43/1000m average
Rower
warm up: 5 min bike, 5 min row
5 sets
1000m row @ hard pace (target time 3:45)
-rest 3 minutes-
*must pedal easy on bike for at least 2 minutes of the rest period.
Intent: Medium-length intervals rowing in the 1:50s/500m with an active recovery of easy pedaling on the bike.
Splits: 1:54, 1:52, 1:53, 1:54, 1:52/500m
GAIN Triathalon
Warm up: 15 minuets of moving around, walking, jogging.
For Time: 5k run, 5k row, 5k ski
Intent: Come out hot and hang on for dear life.
Splits: run: 26:29, row: 19:59, Ski 20:55 = total elapsed: 1:08:28
Old School:
I was looking for a file the other day and stumbled upon this; Hannah’s workout program from 12 years ago. Some of you will remember those sheets fondly, personally, I couldn’t be more happy to be freed from trying to fit everything on one printed sheet.
Hard Doesn’t Equal Good or Effective
I believe that doing choreographed spin class curls with a 2-pound dumbbell for 90 minutes in an intentionally heated room is hard. I also believe that just because it’s hard, doesn’t mean it’s effective training.
Gell-Mann
I haven’t been spending as much time on Instagram, mostly because it makes me feel like screaming. And a big part of that is learning about the idea of Gell-Mann amnesia - and how we can critically look at things from our own field, but don’t give other information the same amount of scrutiny - depsite knowing that the information from our own expert field is often flawed.
In other words, if I don’t trust the fitness information I can get on there, why should I trust any information I can get on there. And that’s the problem - Instagram is supposed to be about being connected and sharing things, not a source of information and education. However, in the Influencer Era, so much content is being pumped in, we’re starting to thing that this is a reliable place to learn.
Thanks for reading, see you next time!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain