Cutdown

On Tuesday morning I ran a cutdown workout with some of my training buddies. These workouts are based on the simple principle of starting easy and slowly increasing the intensity of the run. We try to step down the pace each mile of our workout over 10-12 miles. For Tuesday's cutdown we started at 5:55 pace and over 10 miles cut down to 5:05 pace.

Cutdown runs model a very beneficial type of graded exercising that you can do on your own. Starting any activity easily will get your muscles warmed up. As you continue with the workout you can up the intensity to work your muscles more and more. This helps to not only build muscular endurance throughout your prolonged workout, but also adds strength as your muscles continue to work harder as they near their fatigue point.

6/29/2010 | Daily Step Total = 22065