Tapering or refinement
When the main competitions of the athlete who have marked in his calendar since the beginning of the season are when we must “make changes” in what we usually do. But, It is easy to get tired or bad sensations to the tests we want to perform. Es por e
Periodization in cycling or endurance sports – concentrated loads
Going back a little in the other article that we covered a few weeks ago about periodization, now we will talk about another type of structure to reach the planned objectives in a sports season or Olympic cycle.. El modelo clásico que presentamos anteriormente es el más antiguo y de los p
Altitude training
Vamos a presentar una de las estrategias más usadas y típicas en el ciclismo y otras modalidades para mejorar el rendimiento deportivo, en este caso seria el entrenamiento en altitud y que ya lleva unos años utilizando muchos deportistas, entrenadores o fisiologos para mejorar las prestaciones d
We prepare for a Cycle Tour
Right now the season 2022 It is increasingly coming to an end if we talk about MTB or road competition tests for the dispute of federative tests in the different categories that exist.. It is not like that but the other great aspect that cycling has and which is a percentage more
Periodization in cycling or endurance sports – regular loads
Planning models in endurance sports Talking about periodization models is like talking about the path to follow on the map to reach a destination. We have to mark this route well, which will always be important to have some phases or parts so that the destination where we want
Work intensities (Coggn & Allen clasic zones)
Know well each of our training areas or what is the same, The intensity will help us work on physiological markers to improve them and at the same time, our performance will be improved. In the article we are going to review what our main areas of interest are.
Base or background work in winter
It is one of the periods where the athlete trains with less pressure or competitive load., which allows you to be long times on top of the bike to work this "background" that everyone speaks in the grupeta. But really, ¿de qué sirve este trabajo? ¿qué adaptaciones tiene nuestro cuerpo a
Character of the effort
Continuing with previous posts where we talk about the work of strength and its different manifestations or programming of this manifestation during the cycling season, en la entrada que presentamos a continuación os escribiremos sobre diferentes metodos de prescripción del entrenamiento de
General preparatory period
“The generic period is the time after the transitional period, where we will begin to work fully on the bike again to acquire the basic skills of physical condition: resistance, strength and to a lesser extent speed. Es el periodo del año donde debemos estar más tr
Range of perceived exertion or RPE
Vamos hablar sobre el rango de esfuerzo percibido o RPE como un elemento para cuantificador y que nos ayudará a los entrenadores a entender un poco mejor qué esfuerzo ha percibido nuestro deportista. De entrada es bueno conocer los límites que tiene cada individuo ante la carga de trab
