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Do you have any health goals for the year? (lemmygrad.ml)
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Currently doing Dry January as I usually do after New Year's. Maybe I'll do it for longer now, maybe not.

I also want to train for a marathon this year. Not sure which, but it would be nice to see if I could do it. The first test will be a ten miles in april and I'll see where it goes.

Maybe I'll do a physical exam somewhere soon to see what's going on in my body. I'm not having any problems but I'm curious if things will come up.

What about you?

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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

GL on the marathon comrade... how are you training for it?

My goals are to maintain my regular schedule of 4 days a week, and try to do a lot more sprint interval training (SIT).

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am currently doing research on training programs. You should be able to train for a marathon in around 20 weeks and since most marathons are somewhere in september-october I should have time to see what I will do.

What is sprint interval training like? I used to be able to sprint very fast but I kind of lost it in recent years. I would love to work on it again.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nice, u got plenty of time then.

Sprint interval training is where instead of running for 30+ mins at like 60% , you go at max for like 15-20s, then do walk cool-down, for 2-4m. There's some evidence that it burns more fat in less time spent overall. I look like someone running from the cops when I do it tho lol.

Even if you're training for a marathon, it's supposed to be good for you (in conjunction with long distance running of course).

Some plans and more resources on it:

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago

It's a good thing to train for running away from cops.

Anyway, thanks for the tips I'll check em out