Cycling Training: Biggest Offseason Gains

Love that people are planning their next seasons! Planning equates to success.

Athlete reached out with “What’s best way to make offseason gains? aside from weights”

I asked him, what do you think?

His initial response:

Recover a bit and look back at season.

Assess Strengths, weaknesses, and set goals For racing, training, and key improvement areas.

this is my first true off-season from “real volume and racing.” Last year any time on the bike was almost good time so this year I’m going to focus more.

by mid October base miles, find some tempo, and get the lifting form down. November and December longer tempo. Heavier lifting progression 2-3 days a week, and sniffing first low end efforts toward late December (I think). January start itching for motivation so find some vo2 or super shorty Zwift races for fun and opening things up… lifting still, more focused and a hair lighter but higher volume. Feb- getting back to specificity.

My reply: yeah this all sounds pretty close to good. Some things I'd change are a bit less long tempo; really focus on hours at endurance as much as u can handle if it's mainly indoors.

Lift heavy even as race season approaches; scratch the lighter/higher volume; that's usually very tiring with a lot of residual fatigue.

Zwift races sparingly are great to keep the motivation going.

MOTIVATION FOR THOSE WHO FOUND CYCLING LATER IN LIFE. Please watch from 07:30 and on after he said, "I Am 37 so I know I have a little time left in the legs and lungs."

A LITTLE?!?!?! Man, I am Fastest at 40!  and listen in on Bodo crushing Leadville at 50!!!!

brendan@evoq.bike

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