Have a question on the so called intervals that you do lets say 1min on 30sec off or 2min on 1min off. I know I have been told these will help my body learn how to recover faster. So it makes sence that if you get to the top of a hill & can recover faster than the guy next to you, you will be able to attack him or go with someone who has recovered also just as fast.
Is it correct to say that the deeper you go anaerobic the longer it takes to recover? I have done this myself to see the outcome. Try it, go to threshold for 5min then soft pedal & see how fast your HR drops, then go 20 beats above for 5min, then soft pedal, tell me which one takes longer for your HR to drop & legs to recover.
If so lets look at a situation where 2 riders go up a hill and at the top 1 of them had to go 95% of there max and the other only went 75%, which one would recover faster and be ready to attack, it should be the 75% rider. So it doesnt look the the 75% guy did more of those incomplete recovery intervals, (what does he have to recover from, he stayed aerobic) it just looks like he had a bigger aerobic motor so he didnt have to go anaerobic.
So wouldnt it be better to try & build bigger aerobic power rather than do incomplete recovery intervals. If I had boonen on my wheel and I hammered up one of the cobble climbs, at the top I would have dug pretty deep & he would just look over at me gasping and just ride away.
So no matter how much the 95% rider did incomplete recovery intervals the guy who stays more aerobic or doent have to dig as deep will recover faster and be ready to go again.
Is my way of thinking totally off the wall?
Is it correct to say that the deeper you go anaerobic the longer it takes to recover? I have done this myself to see the outcome. Try it, go to threshold for 5min then soft pedal & see how fast your HR drops, then go 20 beats above for 5min, then soft pedal, tell me which one takes longer for your HR to drop & legs to recover.
If so lets look at a situation where 2 riders go up a hill and at the top 1 of them had to go 95% of there max and the other only went 75%, which one would recover faster and be ready to attack, it should be the 75% rider. So it doesnt look the the 75% guy did more of those incomplete recovery intervals, (what does he have to recover from, he stayed aerobic) it just looks like he had a bigger aerobic motor so he didnt have to go anaerobic.
So wouldnt it be better to try & build bigger aerobic power rather than do incomplete recovery intervals. If I had boonen on my wheel and I hammered up one of the cobble climbs, at the top I would have dug pretty deep & he would just look over at me gasping and just ride away.
So no matter how much the 95% rider did incomplete recovery intervals the guy who stays more aerobic or doent have to dig as deep will recover faster and be ready to go again.
Is my way of thinking totally off the wall?