Law of attraction

How about this......Last week I was beginning to feel happy with how my training is going and I began to think about how training would be even better if I had some people to train with so that, pushing myself to the next level of fitness is easy.

This mornings swimming session there were 3 swimmers who were a little faster than me and 3 or 4 who were slower (compared to the 1 or 2 swimmers in previous weeks). There was certainly no place to hide! The lane was like a conveyor belt and once I was on it, 100% effort was required until it was time for the recovery period.

Interval training today was intense and so much fun.

It is amazing how the law of attraction works, think about what you want, believe that it will happen and then be greatful when it does.

Here is the important thing, the law of attraction pays no attention to positive or negative thoughts, just your own thoughts what ever they may be, therefore, we attract everything into our own world through our thoughts, wheather we consider it as being good or bad!

Think about this, think about your thoughts. What are your thoughts saying, are they good or bad, productive or destructive.

Learning to control your thoughts is as easy as you want it to be and changing thought processes is possible.

If you can change destructive to productive, how much more can you achieve than you already are doing.

Think about it.

Time to beat!

On Wednesday, riders practicing at DMP had the chance to practice with KTM factory rider Tommy Searl.

The track was in great condition and as the ground was soft, there were lots of long ruts around the turns and quite good size breaking bumps. So next time your riding at DMP and the track is in this kind of condition, use your stop watch and see if you can get any where near 1:34 lap times :-)

This was Tommy's fastest time which was recorded.

Mixing it up.

Fantastic, I started swimming 3 weeks ago, after doing very little exercise since the middle of October (5 months). Today I swam with a girl who I consider fast, from the last time when I was swimming and today we were the same speed.

So, I'm back up to speed in a very short time (as long as the girl was swimming as quick as she was doing when I was swimming last time!!).

Interval sessions is what I started off with and these sessions have only being lasting 40 mins, including the warm up and cool down. I've noticed very quick results with this type of training, however, I have been aware of needing to do more of an aerobic workout to improve stamina. After doing a swimming session which lasted 1 hour 15 mins, including warm up and cool down, I am happy that I have found a routine that will satisfy stamina training.

Now it is possible to mix up these sessions and balance out my training routine. After this I plan on starting to ride my bike and hone in my training program for that, of which, I have a good idea of how it will go.

I am sooo looking forward to getting back on a bike :-)

Have fun.

Weired?

I have mentioned previously, how to set a goal in a way that is achievable and ecological.

Here's the best thing....when you have set it, let it go, completely. By letting go of it, paradoxically it will come back. Weired, yes. Effective, definitely :-)

Have fun.

Last week I saw the doctor regarding my progress with the scaphiod. All is healling well and the next stage of recovery is now in place.

Training has recommenced, which means I can start swimming again. I love swimming its a great part of my training routine. So that it's easier for me to get even better results in the pool I purchased a heart rate monitor which I can use in the water (a monitor which requires no watch). After downloading my first session, it is easy to realise the benefit of having such data.

My HR was running as high as 180 bpm (my max being 186) and dropping only as low as 160 bpm for the duration of a 40 mins training session!

So, there are two things to take into consideration: 1, My current fitness level is may be only average, and 2, Inactive recovery is required during the training sessions to help lower the HR training zone.

Only having this HR data is it possible to know how to alter my training to get the best improvements. The next thing to do is to organise a maximal fitness test to find out exactly where I'm at now and then develop a programme that will allow me to be in great shape by the 1st June this year.

Enjoy training :-)