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I can recommend several.

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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:26 pm
fringe_dweller wrote:This is where having an experienced coach can really help. Not sure if Alex can recommend anyone.....![]()
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:04 am
Alex Simmons/RST wrote:Have you not trained and raced more this past year than previously?
Without a really solid understanding of your actual workload (which is a function of volume AND intensity), it is impossible to say really.
For those familiar with the Performance Manager concept / Impulse-Response model of training, then it will show up what the differences in overall loads have been and the training patterns. It is an exceptionally revealing tool for post-hoc assessment of a season.
fringe_dweller wrote:This is where having an experienced coach can really help. Not sure if Alex can recommend anyone.....![]()
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:20 pm
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:04 pm
Alex Simmons/RST wrote:BTW - I'm talking workload patterns over whole years, not just a month here and there.
Postby lethoso » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:21 pm
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:33 am
mikesbytes wrote:I probably don't have the right data
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:02 am
Postby vander » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:22 am
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:39 am
vander wrote:Mike if you dont mind me asking what was your starting weight with the upper body mass? Have you lost a lot of it and how long did it take?
I am in the same position as when you started. Except I have almost cold turkeyed the weights already going like once a week or less to get my fix.
Postby vander » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:40 am
mikesbytes wrote:vander wrote:Mike if you dont mind me asking what was your starting weight with the upper body mass? Have you lost a lot of it and how long did it take?
I am in the same position as when you started. Except I have almost cold turkeyed the weights already going like once a week or less to get my fix.
Of memory I started bike racing at 82kg and then went up to 84kg. Nowadays I'm 77kg
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:06 pm
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:02 pm
mikesbytes wrote:Well I don't have that data, but I may be able to take a guess, if I looked at a model to compare with.
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:35 am
Alex Simmons/RST wrote:mikesbytes wrote:Well I don't have that data, but I may be able to take a guess, if I looked at a model to compare with.
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/ ... nager.aspx
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:55 pm
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:18 pm
mikesbytes wrote:Alex,
Is this the sort of data in question? (not mine, but someone I know)
Postby vander » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:08 pm
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:59 am
vander wrote:So if you are getting a lot of sleep and you recover well (stretching etc) you can offset some of the negatives associated with a heavy increase in training?
vander wrote:What sort of IF scores would be indicative of an under predicted threshold power?
vander wrote:also in the early weeks would this maybe improve more quickly then what you would test it?
vander wrote:if so would you ever up your threshold power without retesting it?
Postby mikesbytes » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:09 pm
Postby vander » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:22 pm
Alex Simmons/RST wrote:
Perhaps come along to our training with power camp and learn some stuff:
http://www.turbostudio.com.au/canberra_camp_online.html
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:10 am
mikesbytes wrote:His power metre is in his training wheels, not his race wheels. So I'm guessing the data doesn't include racing
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Postby mikesbytes » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:16 am
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:39 pm
mikesbytes wrote:This is the sort of thing I'm looking for, not saying that the list below is correct;
- Sprint power, for example end of a crit: 12 second sprints, preferably on a rise
- Peak Load, for example in crosswinds: 25 seconds, perhaps 20 seconds on, 40 seconds off or 40 seconds on, 20 seconds off
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:47 pm
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:15 am
mikesbytes wrote:Question
- [objective], [action to achieve the objective]
Postby fringe_dweller » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:48 am
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