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Happy Monday! This week’s email will be short since we’ll see you shortly at the Zoom call (8am PDT). Don’t worry if you can’t make it-we’ll post the recording in Slack and in the member area. We hope training is going well so far. I know that getting the training zones set up can be a little tedious, but once you do it, training will be relatively simple. I’m sure it will come up in the call, but if you’re finding that you have to slow down a bit to stay at the correct heart rate, you’re not alone. We lovingly refer to this stage as the patience phase. Both Sam and I have gone through it and know how painful it is. You’ll feel like you’re not doing anything, and that there’s no way that you’re actually building any kind of fitness. Stick with it, though. I’ve yet to work with anyone who hasn’t seen big improvements in their paces at the aerobic threshold heart rate. You’ll likely find that your body feels better, you have more energy, and are better rested for your harder workouts. While now you may be slowing down, the idea isn’t that you’ll train slow all the time. Over time (usually at least 6-8 weeks) you’ll build efficiency by producing more mitochondria (the part of the cell that creates ATP), increase capillary density, increase fat metabolism, and strengthen the tendons surrounding joints to make them more durable. The effort will remain the same metabolically, but your pace will quicken. Hopefully you saw that I posted a couple of YouTube videos in the ski training blog, going through the Foundational Strength workout. There are a few of you still getting set up with everything-welcome! Make sure you set up a TrainingPeaks account and fill out this form so we can apply the correct plan to you. You’ll be starting on week two so everyone is together, but you can do the aerobic threshold test as your first aerobic workout for the week. Here’s the Zoom info (which will be the same for all of them). We’ll discuss TrainingPeaks, zones, the AeT test, and anything else you have. Post questions in Slack to make sure we get to them! That’s all for now. “See” you soon. Cascade Endurance is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Ski Prep Training Zoom Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85949618032?pwd=QS9LKzMvQWNNLzZmYkNIeDQyVXcrdz09 Meeting ID: 859 4961 8032 Passcode: lovetheup One tap mobile +12532158782,,85949618032#,,,,*601734453# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,85949618032#,,,,*601734453# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 444 9171 US +1 719 359 4580 US +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 386 347 5053 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 309 205 3325 US Meeting ID: 859 4961 8032 Passcode: 601734453 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kc8Ue5bWpX -Alison and Sam
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