Harriers Circuit Training..........

We have closed the participant list for now having got 6 signed up for the first session (Me, Chas, Stephen R., Billy, David H. and Eddie. 6 is enough for the limited room available in the gym and to trial the circuit. We will do another induction for more people in a couple of weeks.
The reintroduction of a Harriers' favourite! Starting on Wednesday 8th January at 7pm at the Sports Club. Especially useful for the "older" athlete who is gradually losing strength with age. Intended to make us more robust, stronger runners who will have the strength endurance to keep the pace going when the going gets tough (e.g. hilly sections of road races and on soft or hilly cross country terrain).

The first session is intended to be an induction,  demonstrating the various exercises and to test your maximum at each exercise. The second session will be on Friday evening at 18:30 at the Sports Club and will be the first session proper for those who have done the induction. The sessions should be complete in under an hour. Thereafter, as my availability will be sporadic as usual, it will be up to you to fit in 2 sessions per week for the next 3 months, either at these times or whenever suits. Best to do it in small groups if you can for motivation. A few points to note:

• The circuit training is not a substitute for a running session. Please go out for a 3 mile, easy run during the day/lunchtime if you can on the day of the circuit session.
• You will have aches and pains.
• It will take some weeks before you notice a difference.
• For the duration of these sessions you may be running tired but the benefits will come later in the year.
• Do not do a circuit session before a hard running session (e.g. before a Monday or Thursday club session) as your muscles will be less able to absorb the shock of running due to fatigue from the circuits and you will probably end up injured.
• The intention of the circuit training is not to become good at circuit training (we are not entering Superstars!); the intention is to make you a better runner. So please do not get hung up about how many reps you can do as it is more important to do the reps with the proper technique to strengthen the muscles than to do dozens of reps with poor style.

I will bring some printed copies of the circuit training sheet on Wednesday but please print out your own if you can from this link and bring a pen or pencil with you. Numbers will be limited by the space available. Leave your name here or get in touch with me f you can make the first sessions so that I can get an idea of numbers in advance.

Bring your normal running gear and shoes as we will be running outside as a warm-up/cool down and striding between every exercise to make the session as specific as possible to runners.

Alan