What do you think of my training plan?

[Peter Armstrong]

It's not more than what I'm doing, infact the intensity has been turned down a lot. I was doing 4-5 hard sessions a week. This only has 3.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

It's basically 3 key sessions, vo2 max, thresh hold , and tempo, easy z2 in between days with an added long social ride and a full rest day. I honestly thought it was too easy. I guess I'm happy that people think its hard because if I fell tired at any point can just throw an extra rest day in.

 

[Rob3rt]

I dont see the point in the 1HR zone 2 rides tbh.

Also where do your races fit into this?

Do you have any books on training theory?

 

[Peter Armstrong]

I dont see the point in the 1HR zone 2 rides tbh.

Also where do your races fit into this?

Do you have any books on training theory?

What would you do instead or Z2 rides, just an easy one <80% max HR?

Well If im racing e.g Tuesday night crit it simply replaces the threshold session. Any other days I just have a rest day two days before, then a tune up the day before.

Tune up

 

[Rob3rt]

I wouldn't necessarily do anything instead of them, I am just kind of getting at the idea that a 1HR Z2 ride is not really long enough to elicit any gains, yet it is not easy enough to encourage recovery. So think about what you are achieving by doing them. Either get rid or re-structure so that those rides are longer.

Also, why have a Z2 ride between each session anyway?

 

[Peter Armstrong]

I have no idea

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Though I had a good plan, now im back to square one............

 

[vickster]

Why not pay for some coaching and get a training plan

 

[Herzog]

As Rob3rt wrote upthread, do you have a training manual/book of any sort? Perhaps Fiels Bible may help..

 

[Peter Armstrong]

As Rob3rt wrote upthread, do you have a training manual/book of any sort? Perhaps Fiels Bible may help..

Nope, have nothing of the sort.

 

[Rob3rt]

Maybe you would do well to invest. I'd offer to lend you a copy as you are fairly local, since myself and my partner have multiple copies, but atm I can't as all none annotated copies are out on loan already (and the annotated copy is for my eyes only, I might occasionally let my partner in on a trade secret without her realising, but that's as far as that goes ).

 

[Peter Armstrong]

So what do I need to buy?

 

[Rob3rt]

I would recommend Joe Friel "The Cyclist's Training Bible" as a good book to understand training periodization and help you design a training plan.

Andrew Coggan and Hunter Allen "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" is also well worth reading even if you do not (and have no intention to purchase) a power meter.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

This one?

 

[Rob3rt]

That looks like the right book but an older revision, the one I have is this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyclists-Tr...708289&sr=1-1&keywords=cyclist+training+bible