Every athlete needs to assess how they are feeling today. Assess how your body has responded to Monday-Wednesdays sessions and either do the following:
1 – Take a full rest day.
If this is the option you choose, then you are not allowed to feel guilty for not going into the gym. Resting is crucial to advancement in your training so if you choose to rest then have no regrets!
2 – Mobilize. Use your regular training time to mobilize. Find your problem areas and spend some time focusing on those areas.
3 – Active Recovery.
This could be swimming, doing a trail run, a low intensity row session or spending time on low impact movements. Whatever activity you choose to do should be a restorative activity and not deplete you for the remaining week of training.
LEGENDS QUALIFIER NOTE
It looks like many of you will be tackling the Qualifiers for the Legends Competition. For those of you doing the Qualifiers, you have until 9/7/2022 to submit your scores and videos. This means you’ll be able to test the workouts and then, depending on how they felt, repeat any that you think you can improve upon.
To get all the workouts done in the next week, here is what we propose:
Friday – Workout 2
Saturday – Workout 3
Monday – Workout 6 & 4
Tuesday – Workout 1
Wednesday – Workout 5
Please skip the primary conditioning session for that day and prioritize the Qualifier workout. That means adjust the volume of training for the day so that the main focus is on the Qualifier workout. You’ll have completed all the workouts by 8/24 if following this schedule. This means you’ll have close to 2 weeks left to sprinkle the Qualifier workouts into your training if you want / need to repeat. Send any questions you have to nichole@invictusathlete.com
Optional Zone 2 Session
Four sets, at a Zone 2 pace, of:
2 Minutes Row
2 Minutes BikeErg or Assault Bike
2 Minutes SkiErg or Run
2 Minutes Rest