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Kiran Adhikari — week 16

Capacity · 16 weeks

Kiran Adhikari

A resting heart rate of 51 and a trek he did not have to stop on.

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Week zero to week 16

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Week 0

Week 0 — start Week 16 — re-test
Resting heart rate 68 bpm 68 bpm
Heart rate at 150 W 162 bpm 162 bpm
2 km row 8:28 8:28
Weekly easy minutes 0 min 0 min
Back squat 5RM 90 kg 90 kg

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Where Kiran started

Kiran booked a trial eleven weeks before a Manaslu circuit he had already paid for. He could lift reasonably well and could not walk uphill for two hours without a long stop.

What changed

Two Engine blocks with the lifting cut to twice a week. Three easy sessions and one hard one, every week, with the easy cap enforced by a strap he complained about for a month.

I have never trained so easily and improved so much. It felt like cheating until I saw the numbers.Kiran Adhikari

I got to Larke Pass with people ten years younger and I was the one who was fine.Kiran Adhikari

Coached by

Pemba Sherpa

Conditioning & Endurance · UESCA · WFR · NMA

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