Time Crunched Plan Results
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
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Postby you cannot be sirrus » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:15 pm
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Postby you cannot be sirrus » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:59 pm
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:27 am
What struck me was how much I'll have to back off for those first two weeks, they look real easy compared to what I'm doing now. The program does ramp up a bit after that and a mate of mine who did this last year tells me i will grow to hate power intervals. It worked for him so I'm hoping to see similar results. Time will tell.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby g_dorazio » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:19 pm
Training with heart rate can be a little more difficult to establish a baseline, because of the inherent variability in heart rate (how much you ate, how much you slept, how much alcohol you consumed recently, the position of the moon etc etc)...I would ensure that you do a few sessions to average and establish your baseline so that you can pitch your intervals at the right level...you cannot be sirrus wrote:I went out last night and did the 2 x 8minute time trials to establish my base HR for the intervals (173bpm) and planned the first two weeks training. I'll have to put that on hold for a couple of weeks with the TDU in Adalaide and a couple of 100klm+ charity rides I'll be riding way too much to fit it in.
What struck me was how much I'll have to back off for those first two weeks, they look real easy compared to what I'm doing now. The program does ramp up a bit after that and a mate of mine who did this last year tells me i will grow to hate power intervals. It worked for him so I'm hoping to see similar results. Time will tell.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:34 pm
g_dorazio wrote:Training with heart rate can be a little more difficult to establish a baseline, because of the inherent variability in heart rate (how much you ate, how much you slept, how much alcohol you consumed recently, the position of the moon etc etc)...I would ensure that you do a few sessions to average and establish your baseline so that you can pitch your intervals at the right level...you cannot be sirrus wrote:I went out last night and did the 2 x 8minute time trials to establish my base HR for the intervals (173bpm) and planned the first two weeks training. I'll have to put that on hold for a couple of weeks with the TDU in Adalaide and a couple of 100klm+ charity rides I'll be riding way too much to fit it in.
What struck me was how much I'll have to back off for those first two weeks, they look real easy compared to what I'm doing now. The program does ramp up a bit after that and a mate of mine who did this last year tells me i will grow to hate power intervals. It worked for him so I'm hoping to see similar results. Time will tell.
Agreed. A power meter is on the wish list, just don't tell my missus . The HR during the test I did was pretty much what I expected based on readings over a long period of time including some hard efforts racing.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:07 am
I've had to drop one or two of my usual rides with mates so I can fit the TCC plan into my schedule which is a pity, the plus side is it's giving me some motivation to stick with it and make sure I get out on the prescribed day(s) when I could be home watching MKR on the TV.
Started on power intervals last night, they are fun, NOT
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Postby Xplora » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:12 pm
Drugs only make recovery faster, and gains stronger... they don't change the laws of human biology. The plan is still going to be solid... you just can't expect to win the TdF using it without some help.sloth wrote:I expected this comment when I started the threadRonK wrote:Perhaps he'll add a chapter on doping in the next edition.
Unfortunate association, but I don't think it devalues the basics of the plan he presents. I'd be surprised if there is a next edition now he's tainted
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:36 pm
I'm not surprised ... and yet I am also not surprised that Carmichael would add something like that in there.you cannot be sirrus wrote:I'm finding it hard to maintain the correct HR in some of the narrow bands expected ie 160-164bpm.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby guyc » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:34 pm
Much easier going by power - TrainerRoad with "virtual power" seems to work fine and is cheapyou cannot be sirrus wrote:I'm finding it hard to maintain the correct HR in some of the narrow bands expected ie 160-164bpm.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby trailgumby » Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:09 pm
Personally, I think it belongs in the same section as the rest of The Armstrong Club books, in Fiction.
If anybody wants mine, it's theirs for the price of postage, or I can hand it to you in Sydney's CBD. PM me. Otherwise, I think I'll toss it in with the paper recycling.
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Re: Time Crunched Plan Results
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:25 pm
I'll go back to chasing faster riders 2/3 times a week, that seemed to be giving me better results.
I think any plan is better than just riding around racking up kms, but this one seems a bit gimmicky, a bit like the lose 10kgs in 5 weeks diet books you see in the shops.
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