Most amateur and weekend warriors cycle way too hard. 90% of your rides should be so easy that you can repeat them daily or twice daily without the need for any recovery. A lot of weekend cyclists go full gas every time they go out in misbelief that it’s doing them good. They stop progressing and invariably get injured or sick.
No, you do not need to do 6h rides to be fast. If you want win TdF, yes, you have to do that, but if you are time restricted amateur, you HAVE TO do hard stuff and the less time you have, the more hard stuff you should do to generate enough TSS to push yourself. You are confusing two things: being a pro vs being a normal person.
Increasing intensity is a recipe for burn out. It could work is a short block but not beyond 3 months. Not only is it not good for performance if done longer term it’s also likely to be bad for health (those two things are not the same though they are correlated to a degree, depending on how you train). I would certainly agree a time crunched amateur should not be doing 6hr rides but with 8 hours they could benefit from one low Z2 ride for 3 hours to improve aerobic conditioning (raising LT1), or do more frequent low Z2 rides of 1.5 hours each. That would be along side two high intensity sessions per week, on average. The low Z2 rides are great for general health as well as contributing to longer term performance gains (think less days sick, feeling of more energy, and lower risk of illness longer term).
I been going slow my whole life...I should be Tadej Pogacar by now!!
Me too
. But hey we are still riding lol 🍺
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This is top level content, for top level riders, while I am just a father, working 10hrs, I think I can keep riding hard and smiling.
Most amateur and weekend warriors cycle way too hard. 90% of your rides should be so easy that you can repeat them daily or twice daily without the need for any recovery. A lot of weekend cyclists go full gas every time they go out in misbelief that it’s doing them good. They stop progressing and invariably get injured or sick.
No, you do not need to do 6h rides to be fast. If you want win TdF, yes, you have to do that, but if you are time restricted amateur, you HAVE TO do hard stuff and the less time you have, the more hard stuff you should do to generate enough TSS to push yourself. You are confusing two things: being a pro vs being a normal person.
Totally agree.
Increasing intensity is a recipe for burn out. It could work is a short block but not beyond 3 months. Not only is it not good for performance if done longer term it’s also likely to be bad for health (those two things are not the same though they are correlated to a degree, depending on how you train). I would certainly agree a time crunched amateur should not be doing 6hr rides but with 8 hours they could benefit from one low Z2 ride for 3 hours to improve aerobic conditioning (raising LT1), or do more frequent low Z2 rides of 1.5 hours each. That would be along side two high intensity sessions per week, on average. The low Z2 rides are great for general health as well as contributing to longer term performance gains (think less days sick, feeling of more energy, and lower risk of illness longer term).
Graeme Obree was training four hours a week to break the hour record. But he said he pushed himself and nobody else would do it.
Go slow to go fast, my plan for next year.
Another GREAT one! If you have the time this advice is TOP 🔝
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