How to maximize your off-season gains
Ben Delaney
If you want to be faster or fitter next year, what should you be doing in the off-season? That is exactly what this podcast is about.
Frank Overton and Ben Delaney walk you through when your off-season should start, what it should and shouldn't include, and specifically how you can start building yourself up right now.
This is the fifth podcast in an eight-pod how-to series. Last episode we talked about how to take a post-season break, and on this podcast we discuss how to get back at it.
Other podcasts in the 8-Podcast How-To Series:
- How to train at the end of your season
- How to review your season in 14 ways
- How to plan next season
- How to take a proper post-season break
Upcoming podcasts in the series:
- Cross training and muscle tension interval
- Weight lifting for cycling
- Alternative movements to squat, leg press and curl
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Foundation : 3 Weeks
- Perfect for all cyclists beginning off season training
- Raise your CTL and the all-important muscle tension intervals
Phil Gaimon's FONDO
- Complete similar workouts to what Phil does to prepare for all his KOM's
- Sweet Spot training, threshold intervals, and some anaerobic work
Phil Gaimon's Strava PR Plan
- Perfect Plan for Those with Less Training Time, starts at 15 minutes per day
- VO2's, 1 minuters, Tabatas, threshold, suprathreshold, and even Sweet Spot
Road Race In-Season
- Weekend racing and group rides with weekday training and recovery
- anaerobic efforts like criss cross, Over/Unders Sweet Spot, Threshold
Road Racing Intervals
- Increase your functional and race-specific power output
- Includes Sweet Spot, VO2, Anaerobic, Threshold
