Team JPP completed The Team Triathlon in 02:22:50 After Jason put in a fantastic 1500m Swim of 29:25, Peter with his amazing 40km ride of 01:06:11 and my 10 km run of 42:55. Overall we placed 35th out of 420 teams. Next year we are aiming for top 10!!! 

Paul

For the next six weeks be covering functional training and 6 different movement patterns.

So what is functional training???

Functional strength training involves performing work against resistance in such a manner that the improvements in strength directly enhance the performance of movements so that an individual’s activities of daily living are easier to perform. Simply stated, the primary goal of functional training is to transfer the improvements in strength achieved in one movement to enhancing the performance of another movement by affecting the entire neuromuscular system.

Confused!!!

I plan to keep this simple for the blog. Any questions you may have please post a comment on the blog.

As I’ve been running (85% of running is on 1 leg!!!) and cycling the first Movement pattern I’m going to talk about is The 1 leg standing

After a 1 leg standing Assessment I put together a programme that not only strengthens the leg but also stretches any tight muscle groups that limit the range of movement around the joints In the 1 leg movement pattern.

Before we can do a leg movement exercise we have to stretch out all the tight muscles i.e. adductors.

Then we move on to the exercise. For today I will just explain the lunge.

The Lunge

Start with your feet shoulder width apart and feet facing forward.

Lunge forward with first leg. Land on heal then forefoot. Lower body by flexing knee and hip of front leg until knee of rear leg is almost in contact with floor. Return to original standing position by forcibly extending the hip and knee of the forward leg. Repeat by alternating lunge with opposite leg.

Have Fun with the Lunge…

Paul 

A lot has been happening over the last few months. I have moved my business from LA Fitness in the City to a private studio in London. I have also been personal training with clients in the Surbiton, Esher and Kingston areas PLUS training very hard for the London Triathlon.

I am in a relay team and I have the 10km run to do. Most of you realize that 10 km is not going to be a struggle for me as I have done marathons and half marathons before. But having to run a 10km fast has taken a lot of training (and a lot of injuries too). I’ve used treadmills early in the year a getting my time down to 45 minutes. I then picked up a hip injury (of all things!)… Flu… Stomach problems.

3 months later I started again. My 10 km time was back to 55 mins and my runs had to be limited to 2 a week so I didn’t over do the hip. For the past 4 weeks I have introduced cycling back into my training and all of a sudden I’m running sub 50 mins! On the day I should get close to 45 mins. There is nothing like a bit of cross training to help things along.

So with 6 days to go the training is coming to an end. I will run twice and cycle twice more and have a full day rest before the start on Saturday 4 August.

For the next six weeks this blog is going to concentrate on Functional strength training…

Till the next time…

Carry on training

Paul