What to do during your 2 week post-season break
Frank Overton
Today on the podcast is a continuation of our 2018 episode about the post-season break where we talked about the 3 core tenets of a good offseason break:
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Taking 2 weeks off from following a training plan
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Re-establishing Life Balance
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Soul Rides
In this podcast we further elaborate on those 3 tenets and give 7 more performance enhancing, non biking activities to consider as you take some time away from structured, dedicated training. Those activities are:
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Nutrition/ Winning in the Kitchen
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Yoga
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Foundations
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MTB'ing ( or riding a different bike if you are a MTB'er)
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Relationships
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Back to School/Family
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Goal Setting
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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
