52 year old uses resistance bands and isometrics; sets personal triathalon best!

I have what I consider wonderful success using resistance bands and isometrics. Here’s my story –

Just for the record I played defensive end at a major college and at my peak I was running consistent 4.7 40’s with some in the high 4.6 range at 257 lbs. So I have had some athletic abilty and am coachable.

At 52 I started doing triathlons on a lark…someone challenged me and of course I responded! I was horrible 208 out 220 male finishers.

Used to have weak legs with no high end kick to finish.

But I still got hooked and 10 more tri’s over a 2 year period I had steadily gotten faster my weakness was the run off the bike on tired legs.

In the off season I have been doing half marathons and road races I found that I could keep a pace forever but really didn’t have that high end kick to finish.

Aerobically I felt tired but not totally spent! I went on the internet came across your website and it made sense to me.

Sets Personal Record For Half Marathon

So I followed your program for 5.5 weeks then ran a PR for a half marathon. I was ecstatic but thought it was due to my track work and I really didn’t try to kick it at the end.

I had my first triathlon 2 weeks later and wanted to still be fresh! Another 1.5 weeks of band work then taper for the tri.

My usual tri results of last season were top 25% swim – 10% bike – bottom 20% run… with overall being a little over 55% for my age group and overall tri.

This time it was different! On the run I was 1 minute and 16 seconds faster per mile than my best time last season ( my times always have gone down over the 5 month season).