Training VS Over Training

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Makes sense...

[Willehond]

I spoke at a person with more than enough behind his name to make it Credable.

 

He said that the problem with most of us is that we dont ride our low intensity rides low enough' date=' which in turn leaves us to tired to do the hard days really hard.

on a scale from 1-10.. we should be doing a 5/10 4hour ride on say sunday and then do some 9/10 days with rest days inbetween but we SA men are so competitive, we end up doing a 7/10 ride on the weekend and then a 8/10 ride say monday... then we dont rest properly so you never get strong. And we dont get the proper arobic training either.

 

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And that's why you should get a powertap (vital) and a coach (not vital) whom you send your data to every day with comments.

My wife and I both have a PT now and it's ideal as we train together. Although it's HER training programme I stay in my zones too and get max benefit.

Since she got a PT she has increased her power by 15-20% in 3 months!

Amen brother!!!  Stop listening to us hacks and get a real coach.  you won't regret it!

 

LBS just phoned, my PT has been fixed! So happy.

[stewie911]

 

You are right tobasco. I did my first real recovery(60 - 65) ride this morning and it was windy.

 

At the end I averaged about 63%, but especially on the hills my hr went up to 70% and then I had to free to get it back to 60%.

 

For me, I only consider the average as I'm a mtb'er by heart and we don't do hr zones.

 

stewie9112009-10-14 08:23:39