Training question

chemicalviking

Hi all ,

3 weeks in to my winter training and lost 4lbs :-) but as this is my first real off season training plan will I need to rest and take say a week off again around the end of February before the season starts ? . When I season I will be looking to start doing some spring sportives and want to complete my first 100 miler .

I was just concerned about getting burn out during the summer so should I plan in at rest at the end of winter ?

Thanks for any help

imposter2.0

chemicalviking wrote:

Hi all ,

3 weeks in to my winter training and lost 4lbs :-) but as this is my first real off season training plan will I need to rest and take say a week off again around the end of February before the season starts ? . When I season I will be looking to start doing some spring sportives and want to complete my first 100 miler .

I was just concerned about getting burn out during the summer so should I plan in at rest at the end of winter ?

Thanks for any help

Unlikely you will 'burn out' - but it's impossible to suggest anything useful without actually knowing what it is you are doing...

jgsi

Substitute Job/Work for cycling
http://www.idenk.com/pdfs/burnout-self-assessment.pdf

chemicalviking

Thanks I'll save that for next summer . Amazing and very helpful :roll:

My training plan is as follows ;


M- Turbo
T- Running 5k
W- Turbo
T- Rest
F- Rest
Sat- Turbo
Sun- Base Ride 2hrs plus (slow miles)

Again in simplified terms just like at the end of summer people take a break before starting winter training , should I do the same after winter training ?

imposter2.0

Why do you think you would need a break on what probably only amounts to around 5hrs a week of cycling??

FuseCycling

Factor in a relatively easy week every four (keep the intensity if you are doing decent intervals but shorten the duration of your workouts) and ensure you have progressive overload throughout and come spring you should be ready to go.

I wouldn't bother having a rest week before you start your season unless you really feel the need for one. But with the plan you outlined you have plenty of rest built in so you should be fine.

If you find your form is starting to drop off sometime during the summer then that may be the time to have a week or two off but that will all depend on what riding you do. You'll need to work out whether you are tired or whether your fitness has plateaued if your training is always the same.

I wouldn't worry about all that now though. Get some good base miles in between now and Christmas and build on those with some harder intervals in the new year building towards spring.

jgsi

chemicalviking wrote:

Thanks I'll save that for next summer . Amazing and very helpful :roll:

My training plan is as follows ;


M- Turbo
T- Running 5k
W- Turbo
T- Rest
F- Rest
Sat- Turbo
Sun- Base Ride 2hrs plus (slow miles)

Again in simplified terms just like at the end of summer people take a break before starting winter training , should I do the same after winter training ?

It was meant to be...
basically any coach would advise:
"get a grip and get on with it"

bahzob

The short answer is if you are doing less than, roughly, 8 hours a week of hard training you really don't need to worry about "recovery" weeks. You probably don't need them.

Just in case you do, anyway, the best measure is if you can't complete a session one week, where the week before it was fine. In this case take 2-3 days easy and repeat it. It should be fine.

While forums are fun if you want to get real advice on training the best option is to buy a good book.

The "Time Crunched Cyclist" is the one I would recommend. It includes a plan specifically focussed for someone doing their first 100 mile ride + harder ones to build on that once done.

chemicalviking

Fuse cycling thanks for the advice I appriciate it and bahzob thanks for the book recommendation I'll have look into that .