Training for cyclists: why you need deload weeks (and how to plan them)
Unloading weeks are a fundamental part of training for cyclists., since they allow the body to recover, correctly assimilate the load of the last few weeks and continue making sustainable progress. During a well-structured training plan, not everything is
Easy shoots: why 80-85 % of your training should be gentle.
First of all, we are going to define what we call easy or soft shoots.. The definition of these works are aerobic intensities, We are talking about training zones that range from the Zone 1 below 55%FTP, where practically the intensity is regenerative or active breaks.
We only have 1 hour to train
Take advantage of that hour of training. Many times we find that we do not have much time to train, especially on work days, where sometimes “only” one hour of training is available. That is why we must make the most of our sports planning., c
Road to Tokyo
This week's entry on our blog is going to be about how the season has been planned 2021 for Jofre Cullell, athlete who will compete next Monday at the Tokyo Olympic Games in the XCO modality in the men's category. First of all, We must advance that Jofre will be one of the youngest
Zones / Training rhythms
In this blog post we are going to comment on the distribution that we can give to our training intensities, taking into account previous entries about the different physiological milestones of our metabolism. We will determine these areas by different methods or ways of obtaining them:
Preparation for a master
We are all clear that in cycling there are many categories, evidence, disciplines etc… at the competition level speaking. Surely one of the categories in each country where the most licenses are processed would be the master category, where we would encompass from the Masters 30, 40, 50, 60… u
Structure your preparation for a big fund
Let's go with the second part of “Prepare your big fund”. In the previous delivery, We analyze the main performance factors that affect, in general, to these types of events. Next, We are going to try to organize these work objectives and structure them, so that
Prepare your great fund II
He 2022 has started and perhaps you have not yet set a big goal or simply the date of that cycle tour that you have in mind has not yet been revealed. While you decide and wait, Make sure you know the needs for these competitions and how to structure them. It in
Train orderly
It was June 2020, It had only been two months since we had the freedom to hit the road. Confinement had left me mentally and physically affected. We also, It caught me by surprise on a work trip to Canada., When I had barely been there three days I had to return
Prepare your big fund
after a long time, We can say that cycling events or great cycling events are back for the majority of fans in Europe. How do we know, They are tests of high distances and altimetry in most cases, with which, the preparation to reach these well
