Blog 2: Training with Zones

The Plan

To make any training effective, there needs to be a plan.

So what do you want?

• Speed
• Endurance
• Power
• Improved Recovery
• All of the above please

Well, in the words of Vince Lombardi "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

The plan forms the framework for the work and (boringly) measurement forms the framework for the plan.

Knowing where you are, helps you get where you want to go

For anyone who can remember those large pieces of paper with pictures of locations on them referred to as 'Maps', this will make sense. They were fantastic at helping you get to your destination, if you knew where you were. 

Just like the modern day 'Sat. Nav.', without a fix on it's current position, guiding you your destination will be impossible.

So, establishing your starting point will help you define realistic goals.

By establishing your 'Zones' as displayed in the imaginatively titled 'Blog 1', a simple test will help you to find where you are starting from and where you need to improve in order to get to where you would rather be.

By then working to improve the efficiency and usage of each of these Zones, you will reap the rewards that you are aiming for.

Additionally, the Zones themselves will alter, providing you with greater feedback to the results of your efforts.

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