Hi guys,
i have a coach friend who has just recommended i do a circuit of hills with 4 uphill sprints, durations are ~20sec, ~15sec, ~40-50sec, ~1min, but not far between. And we'd do this loop 4-5 times
His theory is we're working on power, sprinting form, and also yanking the heart rate up, recovering briefly and then going hard again. To get used to being able to attack the bunch hard and then recover and go again. Eg Cadel evans in worlds in geelong last year.
My question is, what do you guys think of this and what sort of adaptation do you think I could get from it? I know it's anaerobic and obviously more of a specific race preparation thing, but what benefit will i get from it?
I did find it useful for sprinting technique i must say. And i agree with the concept of recovering from hard efforts for racing.
Would i get similar benefits from doing V02 efforts, say 3min efforts with 3min recovery or something like that? or is this a separate type of training session?
Cheers
Sam
i have a coach friend who has just recommended i do a circuit of hills with 4 uphill sprints, durations are ~20sec, ~15sec, ~40-50sec, ~1min, but not far between. And we'd do this loop 4-5 times
His theory is we're working on power, sprinting form, and also yanking the heart rate up, recovering briefly and then going hard again. To get used to being able to attack the bunch hard and then recover and go again. Eg Cadel evans in worlds in geelong last year.
My question is, what do you guys think of this and what sort of adaptation do you think I could get from it? I know it's anaerobic and obviously more of a specific race preparation thing, but what benefit will i get from it?
I did find it useful for sprinting technique i must say. And i agree with the concept of recovering from hard efforts for racing.
Would i get similar benefits from doing V02 efforts, say 3min efforts with 3min recovery or something like that? or is this a separate type of training session?
Cheers
Sam