Apr 11
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Light and shade, acidity and sweetness in your training
Everywhere I go there’s another cooking show on TV……….I seem to have been sucked into the vortex of both “My Kitchen Rules” and “Master Chef”…..so what have I learned?
Key Ingredient- there should be a “hero” of a dish- a nice cut of meat or fish that is cooked perfectly- there is no need to augment it with 30 other things
Balance Acidity and Sweetness- The most popular dishes with judges always seem to have a “interplay” of sweetness and acidity- even in a very sweet desert you might have a the acidity of lemon for instance
Dont put too much on the plate-Its way nicer/easier to eat if the portions are conservative and leave the diner wanting more
Always have a sauce on a main dish- dont just put all your energy into the meat and veg- it needs an excellent sauce to tie it together…..
Ok Jimmy you really have lost it this week what has MKR got to do with triathlon training?????
There are too many triathletes who go serve up cluttered meals (training sessions) with no real hero (no focus) and no sauce (no link between the sessions) and no contrast ……………..to borrow from another reality TV show…this time dancing………you need light and shade darlink
Step back and ask yourself
- Do I have a real mixture of really harder shorter sessions and truly “long” sessions that will put me into places I havent been before?
-Do my sessions have a single clear focus and purpose?
-Is there a clear pause around big events/key sessions so they can be absorbed
-How much “filler” and crap do I have on the plate?
-Am I accountable in each session? just like the TV contestants having to watch the clock- unless you do you are just kidding yourself
-How do I link my sessions…..after all this is triathlon not 3 different sports
-Have you repeated the same program year after year and got the same results, have you plateaued and still not changed anything?
I see too many programs that are just bland and have no light and shade- day after day avoiding anything that hard or fast or repeating mindlessly the same thing with few rest days, sessions that never link, trying to do too many things in a week instead of just a couple of key sessions etc etc
maybe we should all think about preparing our training plans like a meal before a judge- make sure they have some real heroes, contrast in acidity and sweetness and a sauce to tie it together. when you serve up training like this its bound to get swallowed up!
