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22-01.-2008, 06:19 AM
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Must you do endurance miles first?
What do you all think about the traditional ideation that you must do a foundation period of 3-4 months in the winter of easy endurance training before you start doing an L3/L4 focus or you will not get a strong as you could?
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22-01.-2008, 06:25 AM
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Re: Must you do endurance miles first?
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22-01.-2008, 07:10 AM
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Re: Must you do endurance miles first?
I don't think you'll find many people here that think very highly of that approach.
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22-01.-2008, 07:29 AM
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Re: Must you do endurance miles first?
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I'm experiencing a winter training program going the other way around. Considering that my goal is an ultradistance race (600k) beginning of may, and that I've piled up plenty of kilometers during last seasons without really stopping riding, my coach decided to start right away with L3 - L4 and L5 workouts for at least 8 weeks and then go for the long endurance rides. |
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22-01.-2008, 09:37 AM
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Location: London, England
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Re: Must you do endurance miles first?
1) do all your brutal intervals indoors through the cold and dark winters. the muscle mass and post ride metabolic meltdown will keep you from getting overly fat and you wont have to do yourself long term phsycological damage tapping out 18mph in the freezing fog.
2) if you really want to do long slow rides, do them in between races in the pleasantness of summer. more enjoyable, and they might just help you get a bit leaner. that's my 2 point plan and it seems to keep me sane.
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