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i'm also wondering if i should add some off-bike strength stuff as well.
This helped me immensely.
My bike performance went down as I started losing interest in one dimensional fitness :P But I figured out how weak I was other than cycling.
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At a glance, I’d say put the 2x20 before any high intensity tabata kind of things. You want to build a wide base of fitness, only adding the high intensity low volume stuff at the end / close to your target event.
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Use Garmin to create a virtual partner and ride some 5 mile and 10 miles efforts.
Not structured as such and not very scientific but I guarantee it’ll make you quicker.
I’ve always used for pushing myself on 6-10 min climbs and definitely benefitted.
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so i'm trying to add some structure to my "training" this year. being one of those time poor people you read about (and not gonna lie, thank fuck the nurseries are staying open), i've been looking at stuff that gets me the most bang in the shortest time.
i only race cross and 10-mile time trials.
right now, i'm trying to do two relatively intense cross sessions a week and that's it. once the season's over, i'll be mixing things up with some more road interval sessions (1-min intervals, 20/40s, maybe something called Tabata I've read about, some others). maybe bump up to 3 sessions a week? once (if) TT season gets near i will start doing 2x20 min sweet spot sessions, which have worked well in the past.
i'm also wondering if i should add some off-bike strength stuff as well.
fwiw, i have no power meter or indoor bike. i have a garmin on the bike and i think we have a heart monitor somewhere but i've never used it. i have a very fast HR iirc.
any obvious tips i'm missing? i know this is very little training overall, but i'm being realistic.