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Other/Mixed Nils van der Poel

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
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My boy Dr Seiler cropping up again. I already know how this is going to look. Approx 80+% easy work and the rest medium to high intensity work.

Putting in the work in to build the base.

Be really interested to see what mediums they use for this as I read this over the next few days.

Thank you OP.
 
Nils Van der Poel
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All training sessions are performed at the expense of other, more efficient, training sessions, or at the expense of recovery after these sessions. My point isn’t that stretching is useless. If you need to stretch then go ahead and bend over. But do not fool yourself; do not drop hours from the essential sessions in order to perform something that sounds cool or is easy. Yeah, the gym is warm and nice, mirrors everywhere so that you can see your pretty face and attractive muscles. But you're more likely 50 watts of the required bike threshold to make it below 12.00,00, than you are 50kg in squats from it. I completely cut what I thought were the sub-optimal sessions in order to increase the optimal ones. But, as I’m looking back upon it all, 5 minutes of core and stretching weekly would have been a smart way of staying clear of injury. Those “prehab” sessions I believe should be approached with an attitude of “how little of this is enough?” in order not to get injured nor steal time and effort from the essential sessions.
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Emphasis is mine... I'm hooked already!
 
Pretty much says it all…

Excerpted from his 62 page document:

My target developed during the summer of 2021 to reach 33h of cycling weekly. I would aim to do three 7h bike rides and two 6h rides.

During the Aerobic season I planned for some endurance challenges. It could be a 100km run, a 5 day running stage race of 280 km or a 600 km bike ride. The main purpose of this was to inspire myself to train more, gather more hours, but also to get some cool experiences out of my career. Afterall I didn’t get to decide whether or not I would win the olympics. But I did decide if I wanted to complete a 100 miles ultra run or not. I simply tried to get the most out of my career.

My kinda guy…
 
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Weight training you might ask….?

In the period between May 2019 and Jan 2022:

9 days total of ‘deadlifts and squats’

(Lots of single leg body weight squats)
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This guys at the top of his field. He knows at what point chasing additional strength will take away from other areas of his training.

And maintenance is much easier than achieving the capability in the first place. So at this point strength sessions are short and additional time can be spent where he and his coach feel it would be most beneficial.
 
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And nutrition….? :)

I was drinking whip cream during sessions, another recurring routine was to eat potato chips after dinner until I went to bed.
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Fueling training and recovery is the first priority. Anyone that's ever trained for an iron-man can attest that it is VERY difficult to get 6k + calories a day clean.

And endurance sports do require you to eat. Oh the horror of being able to put awY ample amounts of your favourite junk food a week.
 
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Fueling training and recovery is the first priority. Anyone that's ever trained for an iron-man can attest that it is VERY difficult to get 6k + calories a day clean.

And endurance sports do require you to eat. Oh the horror of being able to put awY ample amounts of your favourite junk food a week.
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When I first started teaching college, it was during a summer session. I taught 10 am to 10 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 10 am to 7 pm on Thursdays. Before my first class each morning, I would get up and run 10 k. I would eat an entire cake - Entenmann's brand, if you must know - every night after I got home. I've always had a sweet tooth, and I needed the calories to maintain my weight, and cake is pretty calorie-dense. :) Those were the days, my friend, we'd thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day ...

-S-
 
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When I first started teaching college, it was during a summer session. I taught 10 am to 10 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 10 am to 7 pm on Thursdays. Before my first class each morning, I would get up and run 10 k. I would eat an entire cake - Entenmann's brand, if you must know - every night after I got home. I've always had a sweet tooth, and I needed the calories to maintain my weight, and cake is pretty calorie-dense. :) Those were the days, my friend, we'd thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day ...

-S-
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I'm unsure whether you are weighing in with your experiences or whether I'm missing a song

Some of the most fun I've had diet wise was upping the amount of crap I could eat when I had an endurance goal.
 
I wonder what his his physical capacity was from his military training. Like if he did a battery of tests the day after his service ended, what was his foundational capacity before beginning this diary?
 
All he hints at in his manuscript is this:

I was decent in the gym squatting 125kg, I could run 10km in 40 minutes and I did plenty of core training.

I already knew how to skate and I had a good base of strength training, not only from my army training but also from my teenage years. Due to my past I was able to withstand a decent amount of training to begin with. I must emphasize that copying my program is not possible for most athletes straight away.
 
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