Riding at or around your Threshold will bring up both your ability to sustain high-intensity effort (as well as your suffering). This session is great for triathletes and road cyclists. It can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, especially for events that are about an hour in duration, such as a 40km Time Trial or the bike leg of an Olympic Distance Triathlon.
Each Sunday, I’ll post a Smart-Trainer Session that you can do in about 60 minutes to enhance your cycling. See a previous post about training intensity (Levels) to know how hard to work. If you are working directly with Coach Ray, he will, in most cases, prescribe either a Power Zone or Heart Rate Zone to work within if you are training with these tools.
The inspiration for this session comes from a workout in an article by Robin Tullett in an old issue of the now-defunct Triathlon & Multi-Sport Magazine. The issue was probably from 2003 or 2004 as it has an advert that mentions Felicity Abram as the World Junior Champion which she won in the 2003 ITU World Championships.
Robin Tullett’s Interval Strength Workout Six
- 10min WU Level II;
- 6x 5min Level IV, 2min Level II RI;
- 8min CD Level II;
- 10min Stretching
Start the workout with a ten-minute warm-up (WU) riding at Level II, maintaining a cadence between 80 & 90 rpm.
The main set is made up of six reps at Level IV for five minutes each. Take a two-minute Rest Interval (RI) after each rep at Level II.
Complete a Cool Down (CD) for eight minutes at Level II.
Finish with ten minutes of stretching to assist with your recovery.
I did this workout a couple of days ago, here is my data:
If you would like further advice feel free to contact me.
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I specialise in assisting first-timers and recreational athletes in achieving their sporting goals. I can be contacted at coachray@coachray.nz and 021 348 729. Make sure you sign up for my informative newsletter.
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