Pro team winter training advice

bahzob
bahzob Posts: 2,195
edited November 2009 in Training, fitness and health
With winter in mind, short article from BBox pro team coach on what they'll be doing over next few months.

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/2009/11/winter-training-tips-for-cyclists-by-team-bbox-coach-marion-clignet.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trainingpeaks%2FXAlX+%28Official+Blog+of+Peaksware%2C+LLC%29&utm_content=Gmail

Useful advice in general but tbh couldn't resist posting it as just the latest example of advice, what you would think might be a reliable informed source, to incorporate weight training and core work into a cycle training regime.
Martin S. Newbury RC

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  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    ssshhhhhhh! Don't you come round here with your fancy facts. This is BikeRadar, we like baseless speculation and spurious claims.
    Everyone knows weights are a good move, it's just that very few are prepared to admit it :)
  • huuregeil
    huuregeil Posts: 780
    Lol, interesting article! Also this:

    http://www2.trainingbible.com/joesblog/blog.html
  • jacster
    jacster Posts: 177
    Now Joe Friel is definitely a coach worth listening to.
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    jacster wrote:
    Now Joe Friel is definitely a coach worth listening to.
    What are your thoughts on "heart rate decoupling" he's written about in his latest entry?
    RST Sport : Coaching - Training Plans - Powermeters -- My blog -- AeroCoach Australia
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,571
    I wouldn't have thought anyone would take the coach of a French pro team as being representative of what is current training wise in the pro peleton. There is plenty of evidence out there to indicate that they do what they've always done, because that's how you do it, and reject most current thinking as 'new fangled'.

    There have been lots of pros who've improved in leaps and bounds when moving from a French team to one that has a bit more of a progressive attitude to training. That improvement isn't always down to doping either.
  • bahzob
    bahzob Posts: 2,195
    singlespeedexplosif wrote:
    ssshhhhhhh! Don't you come round here with your fancy facts. This is BikeRadar, we like baseless speculation and spurious claims.
    Everyone knows weights are a good move, it's just that very few are prepared to admit it :)

    :D
    Martin S. Newbury RC
  • Team Banana Spokesman
    Team Banana Spokesman Posts: 538
    pro team training advice: move to canary islands :lol:
  • chrisw12
    chrisw12 Posts: 1,246
    She's not exactly giving much away is she!

    As an amateur with a job you can't really jump on this article and say 'weights are a great thing for cyclists' (not that anyone has mind.)

    In a way I can see a sense in what she's doing. Cycling is their job, when they take a break from their job she has them doing something different but at the same time not doing anything damaging.


    This stuff about 'core strength', I think for a lot of people is a waste of time. I haven't got a physical job but I'm on my feet all day, I'm moving, twisting, getting up, sitting down, when I get home, my wife will have me lifting things and doing things. How much stronger can my core be?

    Now take a pro cyclist, those guys a puny, probably do sweet fa all day, so yeah perhaps a bit of core work would be good for them.
  • jacster
    jacster Posts: 177
    Sounds like you need to have a word with the wife if, as soon as you get home, she's got you 'lifting things and doing things'! :lol:
  • chrisw12
    chrisw12 Posts: 1,246
    jacster wrote:
    Sounds like you need to have a word with the wife if, as soon as you get home, she's got you 'lifting things and doing things'! :lol:

    Yeah I know!

    I'm a physical wreck tbh. :wink:

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