any advice on my training.
Wilby_89
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I am 5ft 9 and weigh about 10 st, I have a climbers fasique and love climbing not reallly a sprinter.
Anyway I pretty much never have a day off.
I do about 21miles a day on the turbo sometimes more in about an hour and then I go for 25-35 mile bike ride about 3x a week.
My question is does anyone have any advice mabye im doing to much and need a day off once in a while or mabye i need to up the anti a bit ie longer rides, harder intervals on the turbo etc.
Anyway I pretty much never have a day off.
I do about 21miles a day on the turbo sometimes more in about an hour and then I go for 25-35 mile bike ride about 3x a week.
My question is does anyone have any advice mabye im doing to much and need a day off once in a while or mabye i need to up the anti a bit ie longer rides, harder intervals on the turbo etc.
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What are you actually doing on the turbo sessions? If you're just riding for an hour you will be better to have some structure.
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Never advisable to not have any rest days IMO, cant be doing your body any good as it never has time to recover which in turn will affect your performance and could lead to injury.Obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated!0
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As above, unless you indicate what your goals are, or why you are doing what you do, nobody can advise you in any useful way...0
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As above, it's impossible to comment without much more information, but in general I would say that most riders tend to not go hard enough on the hard days, and then don't go easy enough on the easy days. Introduce training stimulus, rest to facilitate adaptation, repeat . . .0
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Wilby_89 wrote:I am 5ft 9 and weigh about 10 st, I have a climbers fasique and love climbing not reallly a sprinter.
Anyway I pretty much never have a day off.
I do about 21miles a day on the turbo sometimes more in about an hour and then I go for 25-35 mile bike ride about 3x a week.
Miles mean less than nothing on a turbo trainer. You should use something like Trainer Road or Zwift to actually put some meaning and structure into things rather than just pedalling.My question is does anyone have any advice mabye im doing to much and need a day off once in a while or mabye i need to up the anti a bit ie longer rides, harder intervals on the turbo etc.
The most common training mistake (and I make it myself all the time) is that you need to mix things up, so your hard rides are really hard, you easy rides are easy and that you have sufficient rest in between. In general unless you're doing easy stuff all the time then having at least one day a week where you rest is going to be an advantage in the long run.0 -
My Turbo sessions normally look like this.
5 min warmup small chain ring.
And then I do repeats of
10 min replicating flat 90-100rpm
5 min replicating hill climb by adding resistance 80-95rpm get outthe saddle while I can
2 min recovery 85-100 rpm
I normally do repeats of that tell i reach an hour.
My main goal is to get better at climbing, not really worked on sprinting.
The thing is overall I just enjoy ridingmy bike and training.0 -
Take at least one day off per week.
If you want to keep your weekly mileage up then increase your distance on your training days. Other than that it's what others have said it depends specifally what are you training for - climbing Alpe d'Huez in under 1 hour?0 -
Wilby_89 wrote:My Turbo sessions normally look like this.
5 min warmup small chain ring.
And then I do repeats of
10 min replicating flat 90-100rpm
5 min replicating hill climb by adding resistance 80-95rpm get outthe saddle while I can
2 min recovery 85-100 rpm
I normally do repeats of that tell i reach an hour.
My main goal is to get better at climbing, not really worked on sprinting.
The thing is overall I just enjoy ridingmy bike and training.
Lose weight if possible, and just enjoy riding your bike.0 -
Join a club - and then go out and grovel with their fast (or medium) group (depending on your fitness level). That will bring you on better and quicker than any structured training programme, at the level you are currently at...0
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Imposter wrote:Join a club - and then go out and grovel with their fast (or medium) group (depending on your fitness level). That will bring you on better and quicker than any structured training programme, at the level you are currently at...
That's interesting as I decided to put my zone 2 rides to one side until October and focus on enjoyment. Last year was the first year I took cycling seriously and put thought into my riding and building my fitness.
I wanted to get my body to adapt to more effecient fat burning and build a stronger base but the gas exchange test showed little progress in March and I knew it was a wrong move tactically but I was bored doing zone 2 rides so I started having my legs ripped off on a weekly basis with my local club. Two fast rides each of 1hr 45 mins and a longer ride between 4 to 5 hours but I'm stronger and faster as a result.
The net result is I'm quicker than I've ever been on two wheels, which I appreciate is relative to me, but that's the only metric I use
The only aim this summer is to keep up with the fast group, stay injury free and enjoy my cycling.“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
Desmond Tutu0
