Top end speed and power has always been my wheel house to work out of. Those 20 odd years of playing hockey and spending time in the gym have contributed to the development and enhancement of fast twitch muscle fibers, i.e. a sprinter, power lifter, or anything utilizing the anaerobic muscular system. This allows me to be very effective at dropping the hammer for short periods of time and blowing the HR up into the 200bpm range, just can’t do that very long. So what we have is a powerful, muscular, short-distance athlete trying to transform into a lean, aerobic, long-distance endurance athlete that is capable of holding moderate activity all day. This is doable, but it takes a long time. Like I’ve posted before, we’re doing lots of things to change the type of muscles we recruit and build by extending durations of moderate activity and doing things like focusing on high cadences and functional strength exercises. All definitely helping move in the right direction, but we’re not transformed just yet. So while we wait for such a transformation to occur, let us embrace the heavy beast. The 185 lbs of diesel engine that plows through the water like a tug boat, barrels down hills and provides a perfect draft for anyone trying to grab a break and practically comes to a screeching halt on any elevation grade of more than 1.0%, has learned to make it hurt. It has to hurt to cart around this much extra muscle weight all over the place. The system is powered by two Panzer pistons, two massive propeller arms and a barrel-chested core; hardly aerodynamic. I guess instead of the Ferrari, you could compare this to a Hummer that has slowly transitioned to an un-sleek suped up diesel pick-up truck. If there were a Clydesdale category, I believe I would try to gain some weight and podium that group. Since that doesn’t work, we’ll have to take out the skinny little men in the wake of the tug.
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