Post by rangewalker on Jan 3, 2019 15:27:06 GMT -8
For whatever reason, my local Y saw a big uptick in 2018 5:00 and 6:00 am classes that stayed high all year. Including older HS and College students. My 5:00 am cycle class was on the chopping block in 2017 for lack of bodies. In July 18, still at near capacity.
I am dreading the January opener next week. As the demographics has changed, so has the direction of the training. As a hiker and a gravel cyclist, I felt the most benefit from either fairly nominal intervals high resistance and release or HITT as the session advanced, then break for a week. Five to seven week sessions. I got a kick at watching my HRM race up, maintain at 80-90 of my MHR, then drop back down to 60-70 of my MHR through breath and moderate resistance and moderate RPM to flush. Now we are shifting to max for nearly the entire workout with only modulating resistance some.
I like classes. Maybe as a single person and I work alone most of my day I crave the socialization? I like my aerobic to mimic the experience and conditioning I think I need for hiking, snowshoe, Nordic skiing and dirt road gravel riding on a bike. My resistance training is more to working on all the muscles not involved in that list, core and balance.
What are you seeing in your areas? I think the changes I am seeing in the classes is an influence from Cross Fit, bike racing like gravel grinding and a younger crowd in extreme sports.
I am dreading the January opener next week. As the demographics has changed, so has the direction of the training. As a hiker and a gravel cyclist, I felt the most benefit from either fairly nominal intervals high resistance and release or HITT as the session advanced, then break for a week. Five to seven week sessions. I got a kick at watching my HRM race up, maintain at 80-90 of my MHR, then drop back down to 60-70 of my MHR through breath and moderate resistance and moderate RPM to flush. Now we are shifting to max for nearly the entire workout with only modulating resistance some.
I like classes. Maybe as a single person and I work alone most of my day I crave the socialization? I like my aerobic to mimic the experience and conditioning I think I need for hiking, snowshoe, Nordic skiing and dirt road gravel riding on a bike. My resistance training is more to working on all the muscles not involved in that list, core and balance.
What are you seeing in your areas? I think the changes I am seeing in the classes is an influence from Cross Fit, bike racing like gravel grinding and a younger crowd in extreme sports.
