Category Archives: "Training And Racing"
04 May
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Power Profiling and Racing Your Strengths
Have you quantified your strengths and weakness and are you proactively racing to your strengths? All too often I hear someone say they are a breakaway rider or a sprinter with little tangible data supporting their statement. If you are truly interested in classifying yourself and looking for a different angle on training and racing your strengths this blog is for you.
1. Power Curve/ Power Profile
There are a few ways to obtain the necessary data points needed to evaluate...
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19 Apr
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Common Themes and Misconceptions
The purpose of this blog is to add clarity to the way cyclists view their files along with training in hopes of creating a mental shift. The bullet points below are taken from common themes that surface during my consultations with self-trained athletes.
"I need to work on my Sprint"
Coming from a pure sprinter, I will never down the importance of a respectable sprint and the importance of training it, but don't let this be your sole focus. This has...
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01 Feb
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BP TRAINING Race 2- RECIO RACING
http://youtu.be/ujx-dBXO0Bo
With the Rosewood Winter Series in the books, its time to scale back and reassess a number of areas. While many of us often times gauge our current fitness by a result, as a coach, I use the raw data in conjunction with the athletes power curve to evaluate the transition from training to racing. From a race perspective, scrutinizing how the athlete has evolved tactically is a vital part of my process. The weekly training plan merely provides the athlete...
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13 Jan
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build phase- Part 2
Build Phase Part 2
In the initial segment of the build process we touched on the general parameters, the importance, and potential pitfalls of this phase. For a recap go to http://www.getyourpowerup.com/build/ . Training done is this 8-12week block of your training will predicate what level of race specific fitness you bring to the line during your peak events. The premise of this blog is to not only touch on the planning, but to cover the importance of particular workouts,...
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02 Jan
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Maximizing Training Races
Maximizing Training Races
With the season rapidly approaching and many of us on the brink of the build phase of our training, a great way to enhance fitness is through training races. Much of our training up until now has been steady state work in zones two and three. Your aerobic system has evolved; the strength training plan has helped increase muscle endurance, now it’s time to bring it all together. Just because it carries the title “training” do not...
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26 Dec
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Structuring Your Build Phase
In the most recent blogs we have touched on the importance of a sound base and what it entails. For a re-cap on the base 8-12 week base phase - http://www.getyourpowerup.com/ss-2/ . Before you make the ever so important decision to depart from base training and embark on the build phase of your training, be sure that you have made the necessary gains. This evaluation process is rather basic and rarely touched on. Given the majority of your work...
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09 Dec
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Building power and Strength- Part 2
Weight Training for Cyclists Part 2
You have been hitting the gym developing your muscular endurance, but cycling requires power-the delivery of strength in time. Powerful cyclists are those that can capitalize on the muscular and cardiovascular strength to produce more work than the next rider in a given amount of time.
In the previous blog http://www.getyourpowerup.com/strength-and-power-part-1/ we covered the various benefits of strength training along with the basic fundamental concepts associated with designing your own plan. Let’s take a...
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01 Dec
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Strength and Power-Part 1
Weight Training Regimen for Cyclists
If your goal is to exceed your previous fitness level and line up this coming season with the best potential of doing well, a strength training plan is vital. The days of canned strength training plans and piling on the miles and hoping for the best results went out about a decade ago. Canned plans- you are a crit or road racer, why would you be following the same strength training as 40+ female triathlete?
The...
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22 Nov
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Base Building- Part 2
Base Build 101- The Sequel
The previous blog http://www.getyourpowerup.com/base-building-101/ was designed to lay foundation behind the base building phase of a training plan. To maximize the time spent during this phase of your training, I have incorporated a number of key areas you can include into this period to make 2014 your best year yet.
Nutrition and Weight loss- When training in zones 2 and 3 your body is using fat as its primary energy source. Now is the time of...
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14 Nov
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Base Building 101 (part1)
Building a Base- The how and whys
It’s the time of the year where talk of LSD (long slow distance) rides surface. With the cooler weather upon us and the elevated motivation, make these mile count!
Base building- What is it, how much, how long, and how hard.
Base miles are rides that are done in zones 2 and 3 designed to illicit specific physiological adaptations needed to grow your aerobic fitness and pave the way for the more trying efforts later...
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