¿Series o no series?
You almost always take the same route, the same training and you don't improve... that's when you ask yourself: What should I change in my planning? We could start by analyzing what we are doing and where we fail since many times we do not stop to think about our mistakes.. If you are an athlete
We are in the competitive period, How should it be?
We are already in it, It's the moment we're all waiting for., time to demonstrate everything we have been training in hours, days, weeks, months... we are in the phase or period of the year where at this point (the middle of May) surely every cyclist (biker or road) is immersed in
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. It is for 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.. The classic model that we presented above is the oldest and of the p
Altitude training
We are going to present one of the most used and typical strategies in cycling and other modalities to improve sports performance., In this case it would be altitude training, which many athletes have been using for some years now., entrenadores o fisiologos para mejorar las prestaciones d
We prepare for a cycle race
Although the season 2022 is coming to an end, Not all cyclists focus on MTB or road federation tests. Existe otra vertiente del ciclismo que reúne a la mayoría de usuarios: las carreras cicloturistas. These tests, which can be road, gravel o mountain bike, cad
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, What is the use of this work? What adaptations does our body have to
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, In the entry that we present below we will write to you about different methods of prescribing training for
