tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post1546892938342028153..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: ITI training, week sixJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-92222251078545764462015-11-30T18:40:45.100-07:002015-11-30T18:40:45.100-07:00Thank you! I appreciate your input ... I hadn'...Thank you! I appreciate your input ... I hadn't read about neural learning when I started this, but it makes a lot of sense. I also agree that the most valuable training I can do in the Bay Area is to take my loaded Snoots for some long pushes/rides in the mountains. It's my intention to do so soon, but I admit I have difficulty with commitment when it comes to the less fun aspects of training — this is why I've failed to establish a strength routine before. But it is important.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-35278698838969825352015-11-30T18:20:25.432-07:002015-11-30T18:20:25.432-07:00I used to teach a course on muscle physiology at t...I used to teach a course on muscle physiology at the college level. One thing that people tend not to realize is that "strength" gains are actually the nervous system learning to do a specific task more effectively. For about the 1st 6 weeks of strength training, the majority of the increases in "strength" are actually neural learning. After that, the muscles have hypertrophied enough that their higher force output is also contributing.<br /><br />That leads me to my point. I am wondering if you should consider some specific Snoots strength training along with the gym stuff. You could take Snoots to some outlandish hills and push it up them repeatedly. Similarly, you could push Snoots through deep sand. You could carry Snoots up steps. Those are just some ideas of how you could translate the muscle strength gains that you'll make from your gym work into actual gains in pushing/carrying your loaded bike. Just my 2 cents! <br /><br />BTW, you gave me great advice before I purchased my first fat bike about 7 years ago. I ride near Boulder Canyon all the time. Feel free to contact me if you're ever out this way again.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-34537842238135872332015-11-26T08:07:25.005-07:002015-11-26T08:07:25.005-07:00lucky to live there... diverse terrian lots to do....lucky to live there... diverse terrian lots to do...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-82351095605968146692015-11-25T16:51:59.851-07:002015-11-25T16:51:59.851-07:00Bear Peak was my first run up a mountain and a reg...Bear Peak was my first run up a mountain and a regular site of pilgrimage when I go home. Pretty heartwarming to see it on your site (a favorite read of mine). Also don't feel bad about hugging the boulders; still do that in Fern Canyon after years of running it. Also very impressed by the lack of rest days; I've been struggling with injury for over a year now. Lotta rest days, I'll say that.Kate Schimelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-66632370079931810402015-11-25T09:04:55.648-07:002015-11-25T09:04:55.648-07:00Great pictures and adventures, glad you had some f...Great pictures and adventures, glad you had some fun in the Front Range. Because of the sunshine, some of us like to think we live in Arizona, not buy snow tires (I do), and wear shorts and T-shirts as late in the year as possible. Actually in the sun this works fine, and the Flatirons and other foothills trails are so vertical that you work up a lot of heat on the ascents. Then you start getting hit with the wind coming over the top, you get chilly, and you try to warm up coming down. What a great park.mtnrunner2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974435572236740294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-9566208322636299402015-11-24T10:04:59.247-07:002015-11-24T10:04:59.247-07:00Also ... I still haven't achieved a full-body-...Also ... I still haven't achieved a full-body-weight pull-up. Will I ever? Still seems doubtful. ;)Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-36807694070810243042015-11-24T10:04:24.786-07:002015-11-24T10:04:24.786-07:00Thanks! I'll have to write a blog post about m...Thanks! I'll have to write a blog post about my thoughts on this sometime, but I still believe endurance can be accumulated and increased over time with volume. It's the "thru-hiker" theory — the way some hikers just get stronger as they go. I've seen this myself with the Tour Divide. And again, when I was backpacking in the Wind Rivers on the CDT in August. Those northbound hikers who'd been at it for three months could move with enviable grace and speed, maintaining 30 miles a day average. I'd been resting for a month and yeah, I'd been quite sick, but I had decent fitness in the spring, and I was blown after 10 miles. <br /><br />Of course, eventually many people hit a point of wearing down/breaking down, but I've long wondered what factors contribute to this arc, and whether it would be possible to keep it on an upward slope even amid high energy expenditures. My theory is that much of this is mental, related to personal goals and also the amount of time and mental energy one has to contribute to other aspects of life. (Thru-hikers dedicate all their energy essentially to hiking and staying alive. I realize that for most people even 20 hours a week is too much time to invest.)<br /><br />More than ever this year, I've also considered the risk of testing limits, given how sick I was for most of the summer. Still ... can I blame my illness on my activity level at the time? Or was it simply an environmental factor of allergies and a virus and a collision of bad luck? Of that I'm not sure. More on this soon! :)Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-76870923687380385922015-11-23T21:27:25.092-07:002015-11-23T21:27:25.092-07:00Still no rest days. You are amazing, even if you s...Still no rest days. You are amazing, even if you say it's low to moderate cardio ( I suspect that your low to moderate is a lot of people's moderate to high). I looked back at your last training post and what you put about 20 hours. Nope, not unreasonable. I think the difference between us is that I have to save longer or all day jaunts for weekends which brings up the total. It seems like this is working for you (long sustained efforts with no days off). As far as weights, congrats on the pushups. They are hard but once you get them it's easy to go higher. It's those pesky pull ups that plague me.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166776565191771729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-57653488727222349702015-11-23T17:35:59.814-07:002015-11-23T17:35:59.814-07:00Great pictures. Thanks for sharing, Joe. I told Be...Great pictures. Thanks for sharing, Joe. I told Beat that it probably wouldn't take long to figure out where the fat-bikers ride around here. Looks like there are a lot of opportunities. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-31092066173431956852015-11-23T12:49:38.037-07:002015-11-23T12:49:38.037-07:00Hey Jill - Been reading your blog for years love t...Hey Jill - Been reading your blog for years love the pics and the writing. I live right by the Sourdough trail, we ride fat bikes (more than a mile :) ) all over the area. Check some pics out here: http://robonza.tumblr.com/ <br /><br />-Joe<br /><br />xjoexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590347509328334113noreply@blogger.com