Comments on: Training Blocks – the key for you to get better! http://criteriumcoaching.com/2010/04/21/training-blocks-the-key-for-you-to-get-better/ Training and Tactics for Criterium Racing Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://criteriumcoaching.com/2010/04/21/training-blocks-the-key-for-you-to-get-better/#comment-163 admin Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:59:31 +0000 http://criteriumcoaching.com/?p=361#comment-163 Hi Micheal, Training blocks are the key to overload the body, but they type of training block depends upon the energy system that you are training, your current fitness level, and how you recover from workouts, etc... Absolutely over training can happen if you don't rest. You don't get better unless you rest, since you don't getter while training but while resting after training. I use the 4/1 block when training anaerobic (1 min intervals to exhaustion) and sprinting (5-10 sec sprints). I will use the 3/2 more often when training VO2 max (3-5 min intervals). I will use a 1/1 when training LT (20-30 min). Ride Hard, Steve Hi Micheal,
Training blocks are the key to overload the body, but they type of training block depends upon the energy system that you are training, your current fitness level, and how you recover from workouts, etc… Absolutely over training can happen if you don’t rest. You don’t get better unless you rest, since you don’t getter while training but while resting after training.

I use the 4/1 block when training anaerobic (1 min intervals to exhaustion) and sprinting (5-10 sec sprints). I will use the 3/2 more often when training VO2 max (3-5 min intervals). I will use a 1/1 when training LT (20-30 min).

Ride Hard,
Steve

]]> By: Michael http://criteriumcoaching.com/2010/04/21/training-blocks-the-key-for-you-to-get-better/#comment-161 Michael Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:20:08 +0000 http://criteriumcoaching.com/?p=361#comment-161 Hi, Could you give examples of workouts that you would typically do on hard days and easy days during a 3/2 or 4/1 block? What exactly do you mean by hard? And how easy is easy? I am a bit concerned about the possibility of overtraining, especially in a 4/1 block. Thanks, Michael Hi,

Could you give examples of workouts that you would typically do on hard days and easy days during a 3/2 or 4/1 block? What exactly do you mean by hard? And how easy is easy? I am a bit concerned about the possibility of overtraining, especially in a 4/1 block.

Thanks,
Michael

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