Today I did a new workout called the Flyers Game Brick Workout. With temps in teens today, I was remanded to either the treadmill or the trainer. I struggle to not die of boredom on either of them for more than 45 minutes. The Flyers were playing the Devils today at 1PM so I thought watching the game would help to take some of this drudgery away. Even better, why not do a brick workout to coincide with the different parts of the game? So I did. I rode on the bike(on trainer) during the periods which allowed me to watch the game with out the bouncing up and down like when running. To add a little twist, I also did high intensity reps during commercial breaks. Fortunately Hockey doesn’t have too many commercials unlike some of the more boring, over publicized sports like Football and Baseball(dig!). During the intermissions, which typically last around 15 minutes, I hopped over to the treadmill and got in a 1.75 mile run. Good workout for adjusting those legs to the bike run transitions. The worst part of the workout was actually getting back on the bike after the 2nd intermission run, which is not typical in a tri anyway. My quads were just cramping up all over the place. I spun easy for a bit and they eventually worked out.
The was really great and it made the whole thing go very quickly with less boredom than your typical indoor workout. As I sit here writing this, I can feel the after effects in my legs so it must have done something. Give it a try!
