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<\/a><\/p>\nI\u2019ve taken the workouts Julie Young gives me on TrainingPeaks, and \u00a0I\u2019m now in the 75% \u201cgetting it done well\u201d range. Not all days are awesome, but at least now I can feel those subtle things that tell me my fitness is coming back. The hip and core exercises she includes in each week\u2019s plan are becoming more doable. I can hold the static positions longer. I also don\u2019t get quite as sore after my workouts. I like that!<\/p>\n
After more than two years of training with Julie as my coach, you\u2019d think the routine would become boring, but this year she has put some new strength work on the menu. So, now there\u2019s the challenge and interest of learning new exercises. This is where I can really see the benefits of having a coach who spends a lot of time studying different training methods. It\u2019s not just the same old stuff, which would cause even the most dedicated athlete to get bored.<\/p>\n
In addition to the regular hip, core and cycling workouts, Sundays are endurance days. This is my time for whatever suits my fancy, and these days that\u2019s hiking with my dogs (hey, they were out of shape, too.) I\u2019ve also been super fortunate that these adventures in the mountains outside Reno have been spent with several of Julie\u2019s athletes who happen to be good friends. The camaraderie while training is a huge bonus. Some not-so-subtle clues that we love our training programs and we\u2019re all excited to be working on our fitness\u2026 Creek crossings on icy logs include supporting commentary, \u201cEngage your core!\u201d During the uphill sections, we comment on how our glutes feel. Amazing stuff. This mojo\u2026 it\u2019s working!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last month, I was just getting started after a long layoff from training due to work demands. This month, the focus is on carrying that newfound inertia forward. The mojo\u2019s coming back. I can already feel some fitness improvements and I WANT to ride and cross train again. Now, I can tell myself to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletes-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}