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Fine Tuning for Specific Results

What are you looking for?

For cyclists there are several specific areas where improvement is usually sought.

1)    Speed

2)    Climbing ability

3)    Endurance

(A close fourth would be the desire to lose weight.)

For the next few weeks, we’ll address training/riding to improve those particular areas.  BUT…  we’re going to alter the order a bit.  It should look a bit more like this…

1)    Endurance

2)    Climbing ability

3)    Speed

4)    Weight (fat) reduction

For now, let’s set some principles.  These are important, and highly counterintuitive.

1)    High cardio work is used to improve endurance.

2)    Long, low cardio efforts are the way to improve speed

3)    Climbing is as much technique as training.

And Fat reduction requires three steps.

·     Modify habit behavior

·     Get strong

·     Go LONG

That’s just about enough for today.  I know, it’s a bit of a teaser, but bear with me.  It will be worth it.