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Boost Your Cycling Power with the Cycling FTP Power Boost Training Plan!
Are you ready to take your cycling fitness to the next level? The Cycling FTP Power Boost Training Plan is designed for intermediate cyclists and triathletes who want to increase their Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and ride stronger than ever!
Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the your familiarity both mentally and physically of transitioning from bike to run. This session from a Ironman pro Joe Skipper is fantastic for building in fast biking and running off the bike in preparation for an Ironman (but also beneficial for Ironman 70.3 preparation).
View More Monday’s Brick: Joe Skipper’s Ironman Threshold Brick
Time under tension is a key determinant for strength development. With the low cadences used within this workout we load the cycling muscles with time under tension building their strength and ultimately their power. This workout is great for all cyclists, but especially athletes that ride longer durations with sustained power, such as Ironman 70.3 athletes and marathon mountain bikers.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Sam Warriner’s Strength Focus Bike Session
The opening leg of an Ironman 70.3 is an important part of the event. If you swim well you can set yourself up for a good bike and run. Being able to swim efficiently and smoothly will enable you to stay fresh and get onto the bike in a good position. This series of workouts will set you up for success.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Ironman 70.3 Swim Success – Week 5
Running in hills develops leg strength as well as the strength of the tendons and ligaments around the knee and ankle. Developing leg strength is important, as it makes for a more powerful contraction of the leg muscles to propel you forward faster. Including hills regularly, particularly early in your build up will see great dividends in the improvement of your running. This workout is great to include early in your build up to develop leg strength.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Phil Mosley’s Hill Rep Run A
Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the your familiarity both mentally and physically of transitioning from bike to run. This session from a young Ironman pro Harry Palmer is fantastic for building in fast running off the bike in preparation for an Ironman 70.3 (but also beneficial for Ironman preparation).
View More Monday’s Brick: Harry Palmer’s Sweetspot Brick
This session sees a focus on repeating your top end speed over multiple sets of 25m to develop your maximum sprint speed. This workout is of benefit to all swimmers (including triathletes and open water swimmers – especially short course triathletes).
View More Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Improver – Session 09
Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a Marathon PB of 2:08:37 and was the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Men’s Olympic Marathon. He was also the winner of the 2009 New York City Marathon and the 2014 Boston Marathon. This workout targets slightly faster than race pace to your body is exposed to and can develop. Although this session targets marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events from half marathon distance and above.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Modified Meb’s Marathon Session #2
Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the your familiarity both mentally and physically of transitioning from bike to run. This session from retired Ironman pro Heather Jackson is fantastic for building in fast running off the bike in preparation for an Ironman.
View More Monday’s Brick: Heather Jackson’s Ironman Brick
Combining both VO2 Max and Threshold intensities into a single session can help bring up your FTP relatively qwikly. This session gives you a bit of exposure to both intensities in a relatively short space of time and is a great session for all cyclists and triathlete who have limited time to train.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Half 10 MOP