Melissa Breen - Monday Madness Routine!
The other week we mentioned that Melissa Breen is an avid Align-Pilate’s apparatus fan and uses our A2R reformer. Check out her routine below and see if you can steel some tips for your own routine:
Monday Madness
“I love Mondays for a few reasons, it’s the freshest I am for training because Sunday is my rest day, I get to run fast because on Monday’s I always have a block start session and I get to finish my day with a Pilates session on my A2R Reformer.”
7.30am
Wake up, breakfast (cereal, fruit and milk) and coffee, play time with my cat Cleo, and getting ready for training
Photo credit:Melissa Breen.
9.30am
Arrive at the track, usual warm up 5 min jog, run throughs, hurdle drills, track drills, block start session (20m x3, 40m, 60m, 40m) – 30min rest – Speed endurance session 200m x4 (recovery 4min, 4.5min, 5min)
1.00pm
Arrive back home, jump in the pool for recovery, lunch time (usually toasted sandwich)
3.30pm
Treatment for an hour
5.00pm
Coaching; I help out with my coach Matt’s business by assisting him on both track and gym coaching sessions
7.00pm
Arrive back home, dinner time (steak and vegetables)
7.30pm
Shower, and finish the day off with a long Pilates session on my A2R Reformer (focus on stretches for hamstrings, gluts and hip flexors).
Photo credit: Melissa Breen.
9.00pm
Bedtime
And there you have it, just a typical Monday routine for a world class athlete. Melissa uses the A2R Reformer to aid her stretching of key muscle groups.