Tag: training

  • Summertime

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    Sam
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    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/9268549296/” title=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119 by samwebster, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9268549296_3a913e26b6.jpg” width=”500″ height=”333″ alt=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119″></a> Summer’s here, and for us in medical education it’s a surprisingly busy time. The academic year is too long, and the gap in between is too short to run all the re-sit exam papers, prepare properly for the next year and take a holiday.…

  • Finishing my (winter?) base training

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    Sam
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    This week I’m coming to the end of my base block of training. For nearly 3 months I’ve been building my training load by increasing volume and workout intensity bit by bit, with an easier week every 4 weeks to allow myself to recover. Most of that work has been aerobic, but more recently some…