Cycling Tapering for Race Day; Volume & Intensity Discussed

"Only three out of 11 athletes took a rest day during the final 5 days prior to their most successful competition."

This is a really interesting paper called Road To Gold.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101796

What happens when we look at General Preparation (Base) , Specific Prep (Build), Race Season, and Pre-peaking and Peaking phases, in terms of training volume, training intensity, and days off?

Not what the theories might tell us.

Discussed: annual training characteristics, training volume, peaking characteristics, peaking trends, intensity distribution, and rest days.

What do you do for a taper?

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