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Lorn Pearson
Lorn Pearson is a motivational and enthusiastic Running Coach and runner based in Glasgow. She has run all distances from short distances to 10ks, half marathons, marathons and ultra marathons and wants to inspire and help others to take up and enjoy running as much as she does.
Lorn posts lots of helpful tips and information on her blog and on her Facebook Page. She also teaches swimming, and enjoys being active in many other forms of exercise including strength work, circuits, high intensity interval training, spinfit, swimming, hiking and hill walking.
Lorn has a very positive, energetic and fun outlook on life and hopes to inspire and motivate others to take up exercise, be positive, believe in themselves and be the best they can be. :-)
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Tag Archives: spin
20 week getting started plan
Whether you’re just starting up introducing exercise into your life, or getting back into exercise after a pregnancy or time away from exercise, this 20 week plan should help you get back into making exercise an every day part of … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Training Plans
Tagged bike, cardio, DVD workout, exercising, getting, pregnancy, running, spin, started, strength
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Wk32 – Spin then Insanity Day 17 Cardio Power & Resistance
Wednesday night and I went to Bella as usual straight from work. I changed into my gym gear and my new Saucony Paramounts…. and went to up to the gym to go on one of the bikes. They were all … Continue reading
Posted in Insanity Workout, Spinfit
Tagged 45, bellahouston, bike, cardio, climb, insanity, minutes, music, power, resistance, spin, strength
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Wk31 – No double spinfit :-(
Tuesday night: double spinfit night and I got a text from our usual spin instructor Helen saying her cover had phoned to say she couldn’t make it. Helen is laid up with a broken leg just now, so we had … Continue reading
Wk28 – Saturday: Spin, Insanity Day 6, Run
I’m writing this a bit back to front as I wanted to get Sunday’s hill walk up and hadn’t got around to getting what I did on Saturday up so here goes: Up early on Saturday, I was at Bellahouston … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Workout, Insanity Workout, Run
Tagged bella, bellahouston, bike, day 6, insanity, run, spin
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July – August Training Plan
In the last post I said I would be including runs again into my training. In the last 3 weeks since I injured my IT band on my 31 mile run, I’ve only really been doing short runs up to … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Workout, Insanity Workout, Run, Training Plans
Tagged bike, great scottish run, half marathon, insanity, run, spin, week
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Wk27 – 60 min Spin, Insanity Day 3
Saturday morning and I was up early to get to Bella gym at 8am. I got on a spin bike in the empty spin studio again… same as last week. Luckily today I sat on a bike which was close … Continue reading
Posted in Bike, Insanity Workout
Tagged bellahouston, bike, cardio, resistance, saturday, spin, sweat, workout
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Wk26 – 11.8M Spin Step Ups
This morning I managed to get to the gym just after 630am for a bike workout. It was pouring outside… proper Glasgow rain which has been promised to us for a while now… big low pressure will be hanging about … Continue reading
Posted in Bike, Bike Workout
Tagged bellahouston, bike, gym, rain, spin, step ups, sweat, workout
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Wk26 – Double sweato spinfit
Tuesday night… double spinfit night. I was actually really looking forward to it. :-D Helen was off and we had our usual stand in Catherine. She’s good at what she does, but has a few weird things she does. She’s … Continue reading
Posted in Spinfit
Tagged catherine, gonna make you sweat, heart rate, hot, katy perry, lady gaga, spin, spinfit, summer, sweat
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Spin Step Ups Bike Workout
Here is the plan for Wednesday morning bike workout: S1 – Spin Step ups Indoor bike Low resistance (level 7-8) 45 minutes. Focus on speed of feet not force on pedals. Can be done on the road if course is … Continue reading
Back to normal!
After a few days of recovery I’m feeling back to normal. My right quad still has a bit of a twinge in it, but otherwise I’m feeling fine. And last night I got 9 hours sleep… get in there!! I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged cycle, recovery, repair, run, spin, swim
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