Saturday, August 29, 2009

Threshold Test

I'm pretty buried in final assignments for this semester's MBA classes, but I need to post some good news: My lactate threshold test with Joe Wentzell at Breakaway this morning showed a 16% increase in threshold power from the test 8 weeks ago (increasing my MLSS from 185 to 215 watts). That is a HUGE improvement.

Of course, my target will be to increase by 15% again in the next 8 weeks (aiming for 250 watts by Oct 24).

While my body weight has stabilized due to traveling for work 3 out of the last 4 weeks (hovering around 182 pounds), my body fat percentage was under 20% this morning! (19.8% to be exact, and it helped to use a much higher quality body fat monitor than I have at home, which still says 23%).