How to build strength?
Winter has settled in Polish towns and villages for good. Winter is doing quite well in mountain villages, highlanders 'licą dutki' from tourists, and on the mountain ridges, the snow is growing with each passing day. Sometimes it even makes me happy ...
Do mountain training in the field need to be hung up on a peg? Running rather yes, unless you can run across a layer of snow like some Legolas, or run waist deep in the snow. Do trainings in the mountains have to be running?? Last weekend, I came to a conclusion, that no!
First of all, let's think about it, what training units we do? You know, that it is different, it depends on what and what we train. And, of course, I use my example and try to do this, That:
- I do a long run once a week (more than 90 minutes)
- I do uphill runs once a week
- I go to the athletics stadium once a week
- I just go out for a casual training session once a week
- I go to the swimming pool once a week
- I'd like to go to the gym twice a week
What is it all about? Well, probably about it, to relax or to loosen up, or aid recovery (swimming pool), or get tired (Stadium, long run).
I give up running in the stadium in winter, winter is good for gaining strength. Running in snow is quite akin to running in mud, puts a lot of strain on the leg muscles and thus helps with strength and technique. Slippery conditions also help to strengthen the muscles responsible for stabilization during the run, such a little private ESP. It helps, of course. And if you are not enough - go to the mountains. But don't run in mountain running training!
Here I come to a story from one of the weekends in December. I was walking from the Żabnica valley towards Rysianka and then through Hala Miziowa to Hala Górowa. Kilometers as if not many, but in snow up to the waist it becomes a real challenge. On the way, however, I met two runners, who tried to run out to Rysianka. I have met the men even twice, because a moment later they ran away - they bounced from the snow to the waist. Back then, I was still walking on my own feet, however, I borrowed the rockets fairly quickly. To be honest, I've forgotten how heavy mountain boots with snowshoes can be. Walking in the snow up to your knees or in snowshoes is really good (on my eye) for running strength, Despite this, that you are not running while training.
And my thesis here is not to give up running training, or rather a supplement to training and… No, you can jump on the rockets just for fun. And how to plan a sufficiently long route, it can get tired as in a long time, mountain range. And rockets are a bit safer than running in snowy mountains, you get used to carrying a backpack, and if your other half does not like running, but he will not despise the mountains, it is an ideal opportunity to spend a weekend together or a day in the mountains. The fact itself, that you go hiking in the mountains with heavier equipment, than it usually does, that when you go back to running training you will appreciate your equipment.
If anyone were wondering, it's skiing trips (turn-based) will also do a hard job, though I don't have one here, unfortunately experiences.