Public Workouts by Rating
Indoor Stage Race
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CADENCE INDOOR STAGE RACE!!
10:00 Warm Up and Calibrate
STAGE 1 - Prologue TT (uphill - use climbing blocks)
STAGE 2 - Road Race, Breakaway, and Race Winning Attack
STAGE 3 - Criterium with Sprint Finish
Cool Down - 10 min
Technique, Perceived Exertion
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Goals of workout:
Technique
Application of Perceived Exertion
Warm Up and Calibrate
Fast Cadence/Over Gear
SubLT - Zone 3 Effort
VO2 Max Effort - Zone 5
Lactate Threshold/SuperLT Effort - Zone 4a and 4b
SubMax Effort - Zone 6
Cool Down
Micro Intervals and Attack Intervals
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Technique and Drills
8 minutes of 15 sec. Micro Intervals
4 x 4 minute Attack Intervals
5 minute VO2-Max Intervals
This is a classic workout for all endurance sports. I used it for rowing where 5 minutes is close to the race distance but it's a staple for cycling, XC ski and running when building aerobic capacity is the goal.
During the warm-up do some accelerations and several one minute periods at LT intensity.
Short VO2 Max Intervals
From http://cadencecycling.com
10:00 Warm-Up
Goals for the Workout
1. Increase Leg Speed and Pedaling Efficiency
2. Increase Muscular Strength
3. Increase Upper End of Aerobic System
4. Increase power above Lactate Threshold
12:00 minutes of Sub-LT with Fast Cadence efforts
4:00 Minutes Recovery
Super-LT Intervals
5 x 1:30 Super-LT intervals with 1:00 minutes recovery between each. Watts/HR @
zone 4b with Cadence @ 90 - 100.
5:00 minutes recovery after set
VO2 Max Intervals
3 x 3:00 minutes @ zone 5 watts with 3:00 minutes recovery between each. Cadence @
upper 90s low 100s.
Criss-cross Threshold
30 minutes of 2 min intervals alternating sub-LT, LT super-LT and back down.
3-2-1 Lactate Tolerance
A difficult workout of the lactate tolerance variety. From the program USRowing National Coach Hartmut Buschbacher used to train the US women for Atlanta 1996.
2 X 3,2,1 minutes with 1 minute of rest, hard as you can go.
A good warm up with accelerations is essential.
60 minutes 75%
10 minute warmup
60 minutes @ 75% FTP
5 minute cool down
2 sets of 10 x 30 second intervals (30 seconds on; 30 sec recovery)
Warm up very thoroughly; these hurt a bit.
Once warmed up, find a flat to moderately uphill road with no stops for at least a 7-8 minute stretch at high speed.
Begin by pedaling 30 seconds Zone 6 power (or as hard as you can, in other words). Immediately take 30 seconds easy pedaling (Zone 2 - this will feel really easy at this point, in comparison). After 30 seconds Zone 2 go back to 30 seconds as hard as possible. Repeat over and over until you have done 10 x 30-second hard efforts. This is the end of the first work set.
Spin lightly for 5 minutes. Then repeat as above for a second work set of 10 x 30-second intervals.
Spin lightly to recover for at least 10 minutes.