Weight program: Strength Build Week 7 out of 7 Monday: Indoor ride 25min warmup, 40min @ 95% FTP (Estimated Z4), 10min cooldown. Tuesday: morning 75min indoor Z2 ride; afternoon Weights Wednesday: 35min indoor Z3 ride – DNF Thursday: 90min indoor Z2/3 ride Friday: Weights Saturday: 2:25h Group Ride 225W Avg/247W xPower Sunday: Off Total Bikescore: 320 […]
Weight program: Strength Build Week 6 out of 7 Monday: Indoor ride 25min warmup, 45min @ 95% FTP (Estimated Z4), 10min cooldown. Tuesday: morning Weights; afternoon 75min Z2 indoor ride Wednesday: 90min indoor Z3 ride Thursday: 80min Z3 ride 254W Avg/254W xPower (it was COLD!!!!) Friday: morning Weights; afternoon 75min indoor Z2 ride Saturday: 2:15h Group Ride 214W Avg/239W xPower Sunday: Off Total Bikescore: 429 Total Training Time: 8:50h […]
Weight program: Strength Build Week 5 out of 7 Monday: Indoor ride 20min warmup, 40min @ 95% FTP (Estimated Z4), 10min cooldown. Tuesday: morning Weights; afternoon 75min Z2 indoor ride Wednesday: 90min indoor Z2 ride Thursday: 90min indoor Z3 ride Friday: morning Weights; afternoon 75min indoor Z2 ride (TT bike) Saturday: 2:00h Group Ride 212W Avg/229W xPower Sunday: Off Total Bikescore: 400 Total […]
Contrary to popular wisdom, weight lifting, strength training and cycling is a very beneficial combination. Some of the infamous myths busted.
Weight program: Strength Build Week 4 out of 7 Monday: Off Tuesday: Indoor ride 20min warmup, 40min @ 94% FTP (Estimated Z4), 10min cooldown. Wednesday: Weights Thursday: morning 90min Z2 ride 225W Avg/226W XPower; afternoon 75min indoor Z2 ride (TT bike) Friday: morning 75min Z2 ride 224W Avg/224W xPower; afternoon Weights Saturday: 1:55h Group Ride 201W Avg/217W xPower Sunday: Off Total Bikescore: […]
Cycling is 50% pedaling hard and 50% staying out of the wind. Bicycle racing is a tactical game. Riding behind somebody, in their slipstream, saves you energy, while riding at the front of the group gets you fully exposed to the wind, requiring you to work harder. Cleverly combining the two is a very […]