Easily the most requested blog for me over the past few months has been my workout routine. I've held out for as long as possible, but the pressure is too much. For your reading pleasure, here is the Craig Stanton Patented Workout Regime.
*Not Really Patented
When I am not gearing up for a race weekend, I'll take Monday, Wednesday and Friday and do a two hour circuit program that is insane. Four full rounds, no rest in between; go from bench press to pull ups to leg press to 1 minute row at 30 strokes a minute and after that I will go row a boat for about an hour. The whole time you will want to make sure your heart rate is up above that of when you are in the racecar. This allows you to almost relax in the car because it is less than that of your training. This is the key to making your workout work for you.
After that I'll go home, eating along the way, taking in calories all of which is liquid. I also pay close attention to my electrolytes and amino acids. If you don't watch these you can cramp up and your workout will be a bit of a waste.
Hammer Nutrition makes a great recovery product, a lot of bikers and other athletes use it, 2 scoops and recovery starts. After an event you drink it and it has electrolytes and proteins etc, everything you need, take it as soon as you can.
Back to the workout, once I get home I'll hop on a bike and do an hour or an hour and half. Again, make sure your heart rate is up.
On my other days, I like to choose 2-3 events a day, betwen road biking, mountain biking, rowing, climbing, running, surfing and kayaking. It all depends on how I feel that day. If my legs are trashed I'll hop in the kayak then jog home.
Finally I try to kart once a week to keep all the racing muscles going, it is a lot like going to the batting cages for a baseball player, in fact I go to the batting cages too haha.
