I got a free personal training session by joining my gym so I decided to use it one morning when I had a strength workout in my plan.
I got to the gym pretty early and jumped on a stationary bike for as long as I could before our appointment rather than a brief 15 minute run to warm up. I think I rode about 35 minutes before Kendra got to the gym for our appointment.
Kendra was also a triathlete and really understood what muscles I need to strengthen to be more successful in multisport. In between each exercise, she had me doing plyometrics to increase my heart rate for a few minutes and then back to lifting. She said this simulated transitions and hard pushes in the race. It was really useful for me to have a trainer show me what to do and how to properly use the machines. I never use any of the weight machines and now I know exactly what I can use to get strength in for lats, tris, bis, quads, and hamstrings. Everything was pretty simple and I feel confident with the settings and such. I think I may go back to her at some point, but for now, I want to see what I can remember for my next strength workout. I can do a bunch of arm things with the TRX machines now at least.
The following day, I could really, really feel my lats all day so I think she got the job done! I also worked my core pretty hard with sit-ups from the hanging bar and crunches on this thing where you rest your arms/elbows. If I can find a photo online of a few of the machines I will add to this post! I don't know any of their names!
Here's also something I will be referencing on Saturday!!
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