As many of you know we are arranging common training session online twice a week. As can be seen in the BRAK FAQ, there are multiple reasons for this.
A recent (anonymous) letter to the Middle Age Power blog made us decide that it is time to answer a key question not covered by the FAQ. Let us take the letter first:
Dear Theresia, Lars and Janne,
first of all, thank you for your inspirational blog and relentless pursuit in making myself and others exercise on a regular basis. Without your repeated motivational input I would be resting on the sofa instead of pilating, erging or BRAKing every Tuesday and Thursday!
One thing I have noticed by regularly attending your sessions and giving my all (thanks to your "kind encouragament" - tihi fniss) are changes to my body I have not experienced since my teens. Positive ones!
What could possible explain this?
With thanks,
Feeling great in Stallikon
Well, while not all correspondence is not as positive, we would like to express our humble appreciation for the kind words.
It also raises a valid question which we now feel is the right time to answer:
What is the grand master plan behind having these sessions?
Let us share some thoughts behind the concept.
Our assumption is that all participants want to increase their level of general fitness, strength and be able to row in a better way on the water once we are really allowed back. Now, you might have a more specific goal such as running xx km in a certain time, doing a 2 km erg on 07:59.9, finding x pokemons within a certain time etc.. If so, our sessions will help, but you should likely complement with more targeted training sessions than we provide here.
The basis for all training is consistency. Typically to develop endurance you need to do a number of longer training sessions. These are more fun when done together, but some people also prefer to do these in solitude.
In order to develop strength and "explosiveness", you not only need consistency, but you also need to have your body fire at all cylinders on a regular basis. This is typically done during interval trainings, or as one term puts it, high intensity interval training (HIIT).
These are the type of sessions which will exhaust you (assuming you really and truly push yourself, of course). As you get exhausted, it is easy to give up. We believe that doing this type of training is very suitable to do together in a group, as small form of motivational messages and group pressure will help you to push yourself to your limit.
One or two such sessions per week is "enough". Doing more risks exhausting your body to the extent you will not be able to perform well in your training sessions or even expose you to illness or injuries.
Your other sessions should typically be more of the endurance type not going above 70% of your max heart rate.
Also important is that you properly "stretch" your muscles on a regular basis, which is why we include stretching in all sessions and every second week provide the opportunity for core-strenghtening pilates which allows you to get in connection with your lumbar spine and other parts of your body in a not as intense session (but still providing excellent low impact strain to your muscles).
Performing the provided session to the best of your ability in combination with less intense sessions "on your own" will make your body happy. A happy body will make YOU happy!
So, in short, by providing regular session we hope to set you on the right path to consistent exercise and overall increased healt and happiness, which is our chosen mission.
Hope to see you sweating soon again!
Stay strong.
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