Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
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- Manchester
I don't look at it, I just smash it as hard as I can and I only think about the current 1 minute interval, I don't "save myself" for the subsequent intervals. Probably comes out to about 150%.
Turbo training
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I don't look at it, I just smash it as hard as I can and I only think about the current 1 minute interval, I don't "save myself" for the subsequent intervals. Probably comes out to about 150%.
Peter Armstrong
Über Member
yes
Dusty Bin
Guest
next, you'll be telling us you were serious about putting your front wheel on a stool to simulate hill climbs...
One set of 10 or more?
michaelcycle
Senior Member
- Location
- London
This e-book is less than £2:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cycling-Tur...qid=1386847517&sr=1-1&keywords=turbo+training
Gives you lots of different routines for the turbo for a beginner, what physical adaptations they are designed to trigger and how to progress...
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Depends... hah!
But usually more than one set. Maybe 2-3. Or 30 secs on, 30 secs off and more sets.
but I'll try the 1 minute one in my next week's Vo2max block
Winnershsaint
Guru
Would this be at top end tempo/low threshold pace?
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
IMO, starting out as such would be good, a couple of weeks doing that (sweet spot) so you can do it more than once a week and you can then start to increase the intensity until you are riding right in the middle to top end of your threshold zone for one of them.
Dusty Bin
Guest
Whatever is the hardest effort you can hold/keep/sustain/endure for 20 minutes - do it at that pace.
Like Rob3rt said. Once you are used to that, make some sessions longer sweet spot (40-90 minutes) continuously, and maybe one/two a week at hard threshold. The principle to bear in mind is continuous increase in training load, so as to promote overload and resulting adaptations.
Your body is very inventive at finding ways of taking it easy, and it's your mind's job to keep finding additional ways of providing training stress.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
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- Northern Ireland
If that's a training manual, the bible is all true.
His words, not mine. Whilst I feel it contains a couple of good pointers I was not impressed with it overall.
Dusty Bin
Guest
To be fair, a 'training manual' written by a chap who used to make his bikes out of old washing machine parts was never going to be mainstream..
To be fair, a 'training manual' written by a chap who used to make his bikes out of old washing machine parts was never going to be mainstream..
Well used the bearings anyway!
Sliced saucepans for shoulder rests anyone??
