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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Meredeth Kessler’s Everything Ends And This Will Too

Training at a range of intensities within a short period of time, provides the body with a great training stimulus to promote improvements in fitness. Some of the reps within this workout are done at a low cadence to work on strength and the other half of them are done at a more traditional race-like cadence. There is a wide variety of stimuli within this workout that it will provide fitness for all cyclists (road, triathlon and MtB) and although very non-specific is best suited to the off-season.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Garmin’s Workout Recommendation #1

Exposure to anaerobic efforts (where oxygen is not predominantly used) helps develop the anaerobic system and builds tolerance and resilience to strenuous efforts. This workout is designed to increase your anaerobic load and avoid boredom in what is otherwise a predominantly aerobic workout. It is an excellent workout for all triathletes, cyclists, and mountain bikers, as it is not too taxing on the anaerobic system.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Grin and Bear It

VO2 max is a key determinant of aerobic capacity and therefore endurance performance. This workout will help build and develop your VO2 max and tolerate some lactic acid and is suitable for road cyclists, triathletes, and mountain bikers.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Shayne Gaffney’s 2 By 2

Preparing your body for the intensity that will be replicated and sustained during an event is an important part of training. The aim of this workout is to improve your ability to repeat hard efforts with minimal recovery. This session is great for triathletes, and road cyclists, and can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, it will help enhance your VO2 Max.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Threshold Taper #2

Preparing your body for the intensity that will be replicated and sustained during an event is an important part of training. This session is great for triathletes, and road cyclists, and 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. Use this session in the last week before an important event as part of your taper.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Threshold Taper #1

Preparing your body for the intensity that will be replicated and sustained during an event is an important part of training. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and 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. Use this session in the last week before an important event as part of your taper.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: 6x 8 Tempo, Threshold

Preparing your body for the intensity that will be replicated and sustained during an event is an important part of training. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and 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.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: 5x 5 Threshold

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, road cyclists, and 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.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: 30-Minute Tempo

Building your aerobic function and efficiency as well as exposing the body to slightly higher intensities will pay dividends for your training. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and 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.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Seated, Standing Threshold

Riding at or around your Threshold will bring up both your ability to sustain high-intensity effort (as well as your suffering). Combine that with riding both in and out of the saddle will use different muscles and alter the training stimulus received. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and 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.

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