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Is anybody lifting during PP cycles? Also, what is the verdict on a good "hard distance"? I usually crush a hard 5K on those days, sandwiched by a long warm up and cool down. Am I cheating? Should my hard D days be longer?

Oxidative process has no concern for our desires. The fire burns, The fire dies. Biatrial remodelling and A-fib are personalized, monogrammed features of a larger entropy which will see us all out. Run the Ironman or idle thru your jog with Maffetone, something will cease to function. Enjoy! That i...

Good point. I have enjoyed reading this thread and had never stopped to consider the long term impact from hitting it hard every time. That said, I do feel that my mental fortitude increases with age and at 36 I can endure the slog more easily than I did at 21. I just really enjoy pushing it....mayb...

I don't know. The years since rowing in college that I "listened to my body" were some of the heaviest years of my life. I am now chasing my college PR (2002) and am at my college weight. I fear that having read this thread, when I am next in the red zone on a test piece I am going to have a voice i...

Appreciate the response to my last post. I enjoy reading this thread- I like the approach you guys take and the corresponding humor. Anyone else training for Feb erg races? I am on day 3 of PP cycle 2. Don't plan on going for continuous PP between now and Feb, but am going to finish this one out and...

First post on this thread....first ever post on any forum. Just finished one cycle of the PP, starting a second one today. Training for Feb 2015 and a goal of beating my college PR of 6:29 (2002). Fell short the last two years in the Feb race period (6:39 and a 6:42). Hoping PP and a higher volume o...