I considered very carefully what you were saying and just decided much of it wasn't great advice, especially considering what the original poster had been requesting and your negative view of intelligent training(what you refer to as the modern approach). My response was certainly not one of shock and awe.
The poster asked for advice on track training and what would be the best use of his time, your reply of lots of miles just riding was not a best use of his time if he wants to be competitive.
Your rather negative view of what you call the modern approach was also I believe misleading, please read my posts above and tell me apart from the gym membership what will be so expensive?! and my gym work involves free weights so they don't need to use some swanky posh fitness center, my local gym is £3 a time so hardly super expensive!
None of the riders i currently coach use computers, srm cranks or any other expensive techno wizardry, yet they have been European or National championship medalists and winners, in fact they don't even use heart monitors. 90% of their training is done on the road on track bikes and most of the time they visit a track is just to race. Sure we could use these things and I am sure they will when they start full time with the GB squad but this does not mean you have to. I notice you didn't reply to when I said I thought a more varied program would be more fun as opposed to your view that modern training didn't sound fun!
My guess is you haven't tired other forms of training than lots of miles and therefore think its the best way to train.
Oh and I would be surprised if any of the guys I coach hit 5000miles last year, I know I certainly didn't and we are talking about some of the UK's best track racers here, so once again I feel that is rather misleading especially to state to a rider who is new to the sport that they are not training properly if they do less than that supposed minimum figure you quote.
As for your view about people winning races with what you call the traditional training approach, I doubt anyone has used that approach to win anything of note in the past 20 plus years, and if they did it was because they were very gifted athletes who would have preformed better still with more thought to their approach.
Please don't take this as some form of personal attack, I am merely stating what I believe to be true based on years of coaching and racing experience and through my involvement with various GB squads and athletes.
However I do agree with your suggestion of joining a club and that a great one can change your life and also that not everyone is physically suited to track racing (although I am sure they would still enjoy it).
You are of course entitled to your view and entitled to question mine. Just as if you post your view on a forum I am entitled to question it and offer a different view.
Hey Wayfarer,
I considered very carefully what you were saying and just decided much of it wasn't great advice, especially considering what the original poster had been requesting and your negative view of intelligent training(what you refer to as the modern approach). My response was certainly not one of shock and awe.
The poster asked for advice on track training and what would be the best use of his time, your reply of lots of miles just riding was not a best use of his time if he wants to be competitive.
Your rather negative view of what you call the modern approach was also I believe misleading, please read my posts above and tell me apart from the gym membership what will be so expensive?! and my gym work involves free weights so they don't need to use some swanky posh fitness center, my local gym is £3 a time so hardly super expensive!
None of the riders i currently coach use computers, srm cranks or any other expensive techno wizardry, yet they have been European or National championship medalists and winners, in fact they don't even use heart monitors. 90% of their training is done on the road on track bikes and most of the time they visit a track is just to race. Sure we could use these things and I am sure they will when they start full time with the GB squad but this does not mean you have to. I notice you didn't reply to when I said I thought a more varied program would be more fun as opposed to your view that modern training didn't sound fun!
My guess is you haven't tired other forms of training than lots of miles and therefore think its the best way to train.
Oh and I would be surprised if any of the guys I coach hit 5000miles last year, I know I certainly didn't and we are talking about some of the UK's best track racers here, so once again I feel that is rather misleading especially to state to a rider who is new to the sport that they are not training properly if they do less than that supposed minimum figure you quote.
As for your view about people winning races with what you call the traditional training approach, I doubt anyone has used that approach to win anything of note in the past 20 plus years, and if they did it was because they were very gifted athletes who would have preformed better still with more thought to their approach.
Please don't take this as some form of personal attack, I am merely stating what I believe to be true based on years of coaching and racing experience and through my involvement with various GB squads and athletes.
However I do agree with your suggestion of joining a club and that a great one can change your life and also that not everyone is physically suited to track racing (although I am sure they would still enjoy it).
You are of course entitled to your view and entitled to question mine. Just as if you post your view on a forum I am entitled to question it and offer a different view.
Best wishes Lee