Per har innhentet treningsinnfo fra Rochester Athletic Club. Vår utsendte medarbeider reiste til USA på studietur ene og alene for å øke vår kompetanse rundt forskjellige treningsfilosofier. Nedenfor ser du et utdrag fra dette emnet. Kanskje får vi nok et eksempel på at Sturla har hatt et godt poeng lenge...
Cadence: 60-80 RPM
Recovery During Ride: None
Heartrate or RPE: 75-85% or 7.5 - 8.5 out of 10
Fraquency: 2-3 sessions per week after your Endurance base training is complete.
This ride is designed to build strength and improve force—the ability to turn a bigger gear, and the ability to climb hills efficiently.
After building your aerobic base, this ride/training session can be performed up to twice a week. The preferred zone for a Strength Building ride is zone 3—still accessing body fat for efficient fuel while riding aerobically, but tapping into more readily available fuels for the climbs that may cause you to work anaerobically. Anaerobic, opposed to aerobic, is when your body does not have enough oxygen present to keep up the current intensity and results in shortness of breath and the production of lactic acid in the muscles (you feel the "burn" in your legs). Cadences are typically low (60-80 rpms). Lower cadences build fast twitch muscle fiber—muscle tissue needed for challenging climbs and forceful efforts. While you may actually climb at a higher cadence when out on a course, training in this format builds strength so you can ride and make it up the hills faster. To get the most out of this ride, there are no recovery intervals and the resistance load on the wheel is constant and moderate to heavy. Intensity, exertion, and/or heart rate should be closely monitored so that recovery is not required. If you are not using a heart rate monitor, when your breathing is labored and heavy, but you are able to maintain that level without recovering, it is estimated that you are at about 80% MHR or higher.
Be sure to have plenty of water and a carbohydrate-based drink along for this ride, or available immediately after for refueling your muscles. If simple quick energy is not readily available for the muscles you've worked, this can cause muscles to breakdown and not improve—too many training sessions with an empty tank, or without proper re-fueling after the workout, can have an adverse affect on your overall strength. Recovery is also necessary after a Strength building ride. By recovery, it is meant to not stress your body to the same degree for at least 48 hours following this ride. Recovery or aerobic training is ok—very, very light training may even facilitate recovery.