At the moment I can only maintain my bodys maximum exertion for less than a minute. What techniques do you recommend that could improve this? It feels like I run out of air too quickly and have to stop to recover which is obviously inevitable, but happens to quickly. I still have plenty of strength and energy left to do some more after I get my breath back.
Improving fitness?
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fenlandpsychocyclist
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I used to be like this 22 months ago when i first got back into cycling. I have asthma and have been on medication for it for 37 years.
Every six months i have a checkup, every time i use the peak flow meter in front of the doctor is comes back with 400-460ml .... which says i have the peak flow of an 80 year old!!
Just keep cycling, eventually your system will become more efficient. From memory untrained people only use 5% of the air(oxygen) that is breathed in, with training this increases to 20%.
(There are experts on this forum who will know far more about this subject).
Average joe really in terms of fitness. Im not a fat bastard or have anything medical. 25 years old and what I mean by maximum exertion is going ballistic on a punch bag or trying to run up the summit of snowdon. Basically any cardio exercise from a rocky training scene. Would like to be able to go faster for longer on a bicycle.
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If you go anaerobic - easily done with a punch bag or running uphill - you are going to run out of breath. That's normal. Try sprinting flat out on your bike and you'll be lucky to make it much past 15 seconds before your power output drops. Watch a Olympic 400 metre runner - 40+ seconds and they're done. Stopping recovering and going again is just doing intervals and intervals come in a variety of guises. If you want to do longer intervals, you go slower. Getting fitter won't allow you to do longer intervals, it'll just mean your power is higher and allow you to recover quicker. Fortunately intervals are a very good way of getting fitter - provided you have builty up good CV fitness through less intense efforts.
poynedexter
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use a heart rate monitor when u exercise to gauge how u are doing. i started using one during spin classes and find my 40yr old heart peaks at about 194 bpm, and can sit btween 170-185 for long periods. my flow meter check is 630 and ive been having 6 week fitness checks at the gym. i've cut bodyfat% from 25 to 14.
the key is measure your progress and use the improvement to set new goals. its not about where you are now, its about where u end up!!!
the key is measure your progress and use the improvement to set new goals. its not about where you are now, its about where u end up!!!
There wouldn't be too many who could do anything else.
Even Mark Cavendish can only hold his max efforts for the last few seconds of a race - and that make him the best sprinter of his generation!
I think that's what actually makes him the best sprinter of his generation!
