Strength Training Thursday.

I want to thank "Triathlon Mami" Cristina De Molina Ramirez for the generous offer she arranged with Fitness Together Miami to offer a free trial workout to readers of her blog.  I took her and them up on the offer and met Gabe at the Grove location  yesterday and had a great core/abs workout with Andrea.  He had me chopping wood (with cables), squatting, doing pull-ups, step ups, planks on a stability ball, and lat pulldowns, in two circuits of three exercises, two sets each.  The workout is focused and intense and you get the job done quickly.  I liked it so much I signed up for eight more sessions to occur over four weeks (then, of course, I will be tapering!).  I don't know about you, but I have a hard time making my "sport specific" training goals each week (swim bike run) so it's been easy to neglect strength training, as important as I know it is.  So it was good to be guided through a workout.  I can't help but think even as few as nine intense focused workouts will be of great benefit to me in the race.  Because increased strength will help me hold my form longer, which will help me keep my pace longer, and, in sum, increase my endurance and speed over the long, long haul of the IM.