On Wednesday of this week I had finished reading through Kenneth Jay’s awesome book on conditioning and took the cMVO2 test, as prescribed in the book. I found out that my first round of 15:15 was done a touch to easy 
That wasn’t a huge surprise as I was able to hit 80 sets my first time through.
Well, I needed to bump my reps from 7 to 8 per set, so I did during round two of the protocol on Friday. Holy crap! 1 Rep makes a HUGE difference. I was smoked at 29 minutes and couldn’t knock out 8 reps in 15 seconds any longer. I could only knock out 7 reps at that time, so I called it a day.
My heart rate spiked up past my lactic threshold, and lo and behold the program works exactly as advertised when done properly! I’m really excited about how this will fit into my training program. I’m still working out the exact details, but the 15:15 and 36:36 protocols are going to be key parts of my routine for a while now as I’m still building my base for the marathon on October. These will really push my cardiovascular system to develop, strengthen my heart, increase lactic buffering, build strength and conditioning as well as help to continue to cut fat – awesome!
Once I figure out my training calendar, I’ll post it up on the site.
