Dialing it back a bit

Monday 4/28/14

Oatmeal w/raisins, one fried egg, cranberry/raspberry juice
Nature Valley Oat's n Honey bar

Resistance training
  Bench 3x135,185,205,225lbs
  Pull-ups 4x6xBW
  Abs still too sore to workout
HIIT on Stationary bike
   17x15sec (45sec rests)

Strawberry yogurt, apple, biscuit, cashews

Sunday 4/27/14

Training on grass at Spring Creek park to help body recover.

Warm-up:
  Jogged one lap
  4x10m of various hops
  4x10m of skips and high knees

Workout;
  4x40m of buildup sprints to 70%

Some soreness in hip, but legs felt great(they like the grass).
Track is cool, but the grass is great for the body.

The kids worked out with me.
Especially Mya, she did all the movements and the buildup sprints.

Discussed training with a new friend, Ken Taylor, on the phone last night.
He's an expert on the west coast, great background and knowledge.
I learned a lot from him.
I read his books, SPEED - How to Run Faster Immediately: The Crucial Steps Every Athlete NEEDS to Know  and You Just Can't Teach That!: Or Can You?

I have read a lot of books and materials on speed training, and now I wish I had read these first.

In the first book, he takes all the technical concepts and vocabulary and boils it down into simple elements necessary to achieve results. This book is perfect for a novice like myself looking for effective methods to improve speed to compete in track and field.

The second book breaks down the sports psychology elements of competing with speed and the benefits of learning how to improve it.

Both were good, quick reads. It takes a lot of intelligence to break all that knowledge down into an easily digestible format like he has done in these books. There are clear instructions and links to video examples of all the techniques involved.