Another spanner in the works, talk about ‘best laid plans’. The cardio work has increased over the last 2 weeks more than I’d anticipated due my tearing brachioradialis in my arm. Gutted. It’s not that common, so I must have some deep biomechanical issues that I wasn’t aware of – embarrassing as I’m a Biomechanics …
Category Archive: Martin Haines
Nov
18
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines: Interesting few weeks
I’ve had an interesting few weeks actually. I’ve reduced the amount of cardio training I’ve been doing and mainly focused on strength work. This includes weight lifting rather than weight training as such, so; squats, deadlift, cleans etc. Mixing it up to reduce the boredom factor! Some time ago I sat one of the UKSCA …
Oct
24
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 10: 3 week catchup
“I’m keen to tell you about my last 3 weeks experience with the POWERbreathe. I’ve not been able to blog on my experiences as I’ve been travelling internationally and every minute has been booked up. So no time for training either; I‘ve had 2 workouts and 9 holes of golf, poor really. At the first …
Sep
21
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 9: Fancy a round of golf
This week progress was initially very quick for me when I first started using the powerbreathe, but then since the layoff I had due to injury, progress has been much slower. This last week I’ve not really been able to train due to work commitments, but I have just had 30 mins at the golf …
Sep
13
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 8: Getting back into the groove
“Its great to get back into using the POWERbreathe again. Its interesting that after the quite rapid progression I felt using the POWERbreathe the first time round, after the enforced payoff I have not had the same speedy improvements. I’m wondering whether my progress is more in line with normal now and whether the initial …
Sep
07
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 7: POWERbreathe starts again
After 3 weeks of pretty much static training, I have started up again. I started to increase my training now after the injury problems of 2 weeks ago and getting no problems now. POWERbreathe work is back on too and I am hoping to see some improvement again soon as I did before. Keep checking …
Aug
08
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 4, 5 and 6: Static training
“Not much to report this week. So far I’ve found some interesting changes each week and from what I understand this is not typical; changes seem to take longer for most people. Not sure why I’m different, maybe because I was asthmatic? Not sure. My training has been quite static this last 2 weeks, with …
Jul
26
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 3: Feeling pretty good
Another interesting week. I played golf for the first time in 9 months this week and I knew about it the following 2 days! I’m in pretty good shape and biomechanically I’m pretty good too, but playing golf at these speeds of movement in the swing is hard to reproduce in a gym, so stiffness …
Jul
19
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 2: Wow, progress already
It’s been over 2 weeks now that I have been using the powerbreathe, and I’m starting to see some progress! I was very asthmatic as a kid and so I generally find anything to do with my lungs responds quite slowly, which maybe explains that. I have started to notice a difference when I’m doing …
Jun
29
POWERbreathe Trial – Martin Haines Week 1: The journey begins
Well, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started using the powerbreathe, particularly as I am asthmatic. Although it affects me less now than it used to when I was a child, I still have trouble doing harder interval sessions on my bike and even heavier and more intense gym sessions can make …
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