How to get more speed with less training

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As Head Coach at A1 Coaching I am on a mission to dispel the culture of disinformation that has built up around training advice, principles and philosophies.

In the series of articles that will be posted on BikeRadar over the next few days I am going to challenge some taken-for-granted assumptions and explain how doing things differently may help transform you from the rider you are to the rider you could be.

I know these approaches work. They are based on the latest science and the vast experience of our coaches. Most of all, I know they work because they have brought enormous improvements to many of our clients at A1 Coaching. Therefore, I am fully confident that they can also work for you.

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Achieving your true potential as a rider

We are all looking for a way to get more speed with less effort – a way to get more return from the limited number of hours we have to train. The answer isn’t to repeat the same early-season steps from last year and hope for a different result.

Working with countless athletes over the past few years I have seen common trends in the mistakes that coaches and athletes make. I still see many coaches continuing to prescribe the same old outdated training methods and riders continuing with traditional practices.

Asking the hard questions

• Whey have I not improved from last season?
• Why are other riders going faster?
• Why am I falling short of my goals?
• Why am I riding for 4 or 5 hours on a Sunday?
• Why am I listening to poor advice?

1: The number one training mistake – are you making it?

2: Knowing the numbers – testing your ‘threshold’ and setting up your training zones

3: Using your zones – smart training for maximum performance

4. Putting it all together – setting goals, planning and ‘perioidization’

5: How to ride faster by resting – the art of recovery

• Click here for free access to A1 Coaching’s winter training video series

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