Towards the future… mistake free.
Getting ready to ring the bell for ONE LAP TO GO>>>>>>>
It’s time to look towards 2023 and make your season and year great. The New year has passed and we are now locked into the “training load” that is sure to come. You are doing the indoor work. Started adding outdoor rides on the weekends. It’s slowly coming together for your cycling season. One of the biggest issue endurance athletes have is twofold. 1) Getting fit too quickly 2) Which leads to a myriad of mistakes because of early season success. Here are some tips to avoid that early season over-training.
DO NOT starve yourself to shed weight. Power to weight is critical, however, a high training load and severely reduced caloric intake is a “recipe” for disaster. Save the fasting for when you are NOT training for cycling/running. Snack before you exercise and 60-75 minutes into your ride (especially if exercise exceeds 2 hours).
What do interval work and monitoring nutrition mean? Success. It also leads to, “I’m going good so why not add more miles?”. Focus on a 10% weekly volume increase. Don’t continuously “one up” you and your friends'. I’m also a fan of HOURS trained. NOT distance.
Hey, riding/running with friends is what our sports are all about…right? Yes! Well…no. Well, yes. :). This is always a challenging situation for coaches. We do NOT want to take away from the social aspect that our sports offer. However, group rides every day lead to the following. 1) Group ride strength. (Meaning you will lack variability in your training). 2) Stale. You will get stale from doing the same rides every day. With the same people. 3) Lacking specificity. You will not get the variability that real training requires.
Hope this is a good start for you to get rolling!
Tailwinds,
Chad
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