Thursday 20 February 2014

Turbo Week 13 – 19th February 2014


Summary of our thirteenth turbo session on the winter. Object of the session was to train for leg strength.
Warm up was a 20 minute mixture of cadence and single leg drills.

Time
Nice easy gear rpm 90-100
5:00
1 minute @ 100 RPM
6:00
30 seconds recovery
6:30
1 minute @ 105 RPM
7:30
30 seconds recovery
8:00
1 minute @ 110 RPM
9:00
30 seconds recovery
9:30
1 minute @ 115 RPM
10:30
30 seconds recovery
11:00
1 minute @ 120 RPM
12:00
30 seconds recovery
12:30
1 minute left leg only
13:30
30 seconds recovery
14:00
1 minute right leg only
15:00
30 seconds recovery
15:30
1 minute left leg only
16:30
30 seconds recovery
17:00
1 minute right leg only
18:00
30 seconds recovery
18:30
1 minute left leg only
19:30
30 seconds recovery
20:00
1 minute right leg only
21:00
30 seconds recovery
21:30
3 minutes progressively harder pedalling to finish at bottom of zone 3
24:30

The main set was.

Task
1
5 minutes baseline  gear, 90-100 RPM, Zone 3 heart rate  zone 4 power
Aim to finish 5 mins at top of zone 3
Feeling should be hard, ride at pace of a 25 mile TT
2
5 minutes harder gear, 70-80 RPM – remember the gear – baseline plus 3
Pedal in a gear that drops cadence to 70 and is a hard effort to maintain. Heart rate should slowly rise through zone 4 and might reach zone 5
3
3 minutes recovery easy gear 90-100 RPM Zone 2
4
4 minutes baseline  gear, 90-100 RPM
Back to gear used for interval 2
Heart rate back to zone 3
5
4 minutes harder gear, 70-80 RPM  – remember the gear – baseline plus 3
Repeat gear / power used for interval 2
6
3 minutes recovery easy gear 90-100 RPM
7
3 minutes using harder gear you used in intervals 2/4. (60-70rpm) remember the gear
8
1minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
9
3 minutes using harder gear you used in interval. (60-70rpm) remember the gear
10
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
11
3 minutes using harder gear you used in last interval. (60-70rpm) remember the gear
12
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
13
2 minutes 1 gear harder than last time – remember the gear 50-60 RPM
14
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
15
2 minutes in previous gear 50-60RPM
16
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
17
2 minutes in previous gear 50-60 RPM
18
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
19
1 minute in biggest gear at <50 RPM
20
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
21
1 minute in biggest gear at <50 RPM
22
1 minute recovery easy gear. (90-100rpm)
23
1 minute in biggest gear at <50 RPM
24
Cool down, 10 minutes of easy spinning, gradually take off resistance and reduce cadence.
During cool down add 3 10 second sprints (about 70% max effort) to reduce the effects of blood pooling

Followed by a 10 minute warm down and stretch.

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