Haha I like what you've done here!I don't know why the pro's and elite athletes waist their time
Haha I like what you've done here!I don't know why the pro's and elite athletes waist their time
fuck that i aint riding a MTB to Altona every day- too bloody cold and the roads there are crap and im too unmotivatedthought you were doing the monster commute to Altona each day JD?
i just don't want to have to walk/run up hills while "racing" this year. also, plans are in motion for a family next year so a bit of fitness, healthy eating and a reduced reliance on sleep can only help.
Absolutely agree with this. I can go through periods where I'm doing 300km/week for 4 months and not lose any weight. But as soon as I keep the same riding routine but just cut out all sugar and junk food, I'll drop 4-6kg in 6 weeks.Its 70% diet & 30% training. I use keto & dynamic conditioning classes (plus a weight program).
So it's been a month since i asked for your help. had been managing to do around 100 km a week with 2500 metres of climbing for the last month. Have been using Strava (MTB101) to keep records - makes it easy to see when i have slept in. Pharmaboy's advice - never more than 2 days without a ride has meant I was doing extra catch up rides at night and on the weekend to keep the numbers up. To keep the momentum going i signed up for the Rapha Rising Challenge on Strava - 8800 m climbing in 9 days.
This nearly broke me but it made me get out of bed each morning as it was too much to try and make up late in the week. I am really glad i did but i can't keep riding that much (20+ hours a week). Also by the end I wasn't looking forward to riding. Was nice to go to Lysterfield today and just go for a ride (not thinking about how many meters of climbing i had done.)
Now i am a bit lost as to what do do next. have decided i would like to keep doing bike based training but not sure what to do. Distances, climbing, intervals a combination. I pretty much need a solid plan/goal so that when i am lying in bed i have a reason to get out of bed.
Any suggestions as to how to put together a training plan?
This year i started running for 5km but it wasn’t making my knees feel great (stability wise). Maybe 3km is the magic number. I’ll have to give this a go.oh, and with the running, it doesn't have to be a long run either. i made some massive headway years ago by doing a near flat out run. started with a small block (say 800m) worked up to a larger block (1.5km) then eventually settled on a 2km run and started trying to get the time down. was pretty stoked to get under the 10min mark, but getting it under 9min took bloody AGES.
all told, took about 4-5 months to get me from 95kg and unable to JOG the 800m block without coughing and wheezing, down to a modest 80kg and running the 2km block in under 9min. i ran EVERY morning, without fail, and did a longer jog once a week aswell and then an MTB ride at least once a week once i discovered how much fun that was.
set the alarm half an hour earlier, have your shorts and shoes next to the bed and see if you can get into the habit of waking up when you're dressed and stretching on the porch in the freezing cold wondering how you got there :first: