Jem Arnold
I wrote last year about targeting Aerobic Base training and trying to adapt my phenotype as a fast-twitch/ANaerobic predominant athlete more toward Aerobic endurance. I found that Aerobic Base training was highly effective at raising my baseline fitness to where I could further build toward a higher and more sustainable peak. In longer races I … Continue reading What is a Stamina Ride?
WKO4 is a data analytics engine from TrainingPeaks. I've used it for the past season to dig into my numbers and optimize my training. I find it invaluable in revealing gaps in my fitness, and quantifying where I can improve and how I should target that improvement. Here is some of the analysis I have done for … Continue reading 2017 Season Review Part 2 – the Power Duration Curve
WKO4 is a data analytics engine from TrainingPeaks. I've used it for the past season to dig into my numbers and optimize my training. I find it invaluable in revealing gaps in my fitness, and quantifying where I can improve and how I should target that improvement. Here is some of the analysis I have done for … Continue reading 2017 Season Review Part 1 – The Performance Manager Chart
I had a VO2max & lactate threshold test done recently and it revealed some interesting trends in my fitness.
Question: where does Threshold fit into a training plan? It doesn't fit well into a Polarized training protocol, where training intensity is either very low, or very high - way under threshold, or way above. Nor does it fit exactly in a Sweet Spot training plan, increasingly the go-to protocol for time-crunched cyclists, where you work just under your threshold for … Continue reading Threshold is Mental
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