{"id":662,"date":"2023-09-20T01:22:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2023-09-20T01:22:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:22:28","slug":"my-summer-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/my-summer-workouts\/","title":{"rendered":"My summer workouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To be honest, many of my favorite summer workouts are done while biking either to or from work. I like the feeling of \u201chacking\u201d my day by saving some gas, saving the time otherwise spent in a car, and getting a workout all at the same time. Of course, there are a few key things that make a commuting workout viable, but if you can get them in place, it\u2019s a killer system. Here are my top points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1: You need a \u201cstandard\u201d route. Even if you only use it a fraction of the time, having a good default route removes one barrier to commuting by bike, and I guarantee it\u2019ll result in you biking more often. A good biking route will likely be different than the way you drive, so it\u2019s worth taking some time to explore the available roads, paths, and connectivity features. I would much rather ride 10 miles on quiet roads with safe intersections than suffer through 5 miles of dodging potholes and checking over my shoulder for approaching cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2: Consider the distance. The length of your \u201cstandard\u201d commute may affect how it fits in with your other rides and the rest of your life. For example, I live about 7-8 miles from where I work. So, my typical system is to ride nice and easy along my standard route going one direction and add some distance the opposite way to build in a workout. However, when I worked further from home my standard route took a solid hour, so I\u2019d often leave my car at work overnight so I could ride home one evening and back to work the next morning. When only riding one-way, it was then relatively simple to tweak my route as needed to allow time for whatever workout I’d like to fit in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3: Minimize what you carry. Commuting with a bag on your bike or body isn’t a huge deal, but every pound counts. I can say from experience that when I switched from a 7lb to a 3lb computer, I suddenly found myself riding to work a lot more often. So, take stock of what resources you have and take advantage of them! I’m lucky enough to work somewhere with showers, so I store a towel and an extra pair of shoes at work, so I don’t have to pack or carry those items back and forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With these main topics addressed, you can free up mental space to focus on getting a good workout and enjoying the summer air!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you to our 2023 Iceman Ambassador Martin Harris @uncle.martin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To be honest, many of my favorite summer workouts are done while biking either to or from work. I like the feeling of \u201chacking\u201d my day by saving some gas, saving the time otherwise spent in a car, and getting a workout all at the same time. Of course, there are a few key things … Continue reading “My summer workouts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,69,165,72,139],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grand-traverse-resort","tag-iceman","tag-iceman-cometh-challenge","tag-kalkaska","tag-training"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}