This session is based on the favorite workout of Amelie Kretz, who is an elite Canadian triathlete competing on the ITU circuit.
The session is a great way to develop your ability to develop your top-end intensity and your ability to sustain it. Perfect for draft-legal triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
Sustained efforts particularly on climbs is an important aspect for all cyclists – road, triathletes and mountain bikers. The ability to change effort, especially when fatigued will help you tactically in events. This workout provides elements of all of the above to build your fitness and ensure future success (and a reasonable amount of fatigue) – make sure you rest and rest well after this session. Even though this workout is significantly toned down from the professional version – it’s still not for the faint hearted.
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A 50-minute workout aimed at increasing your FTP (Functional Threshold Power). Dedication and effort are key. This is a great workout for all cyclists to do when short on time and want to improve their Functional Threshold Power (FTP).
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Sustained efforts particularly on climbs is an import aspect for all cyclists – road, triathletes and mountain bikers. The ability to change effort, especially when fatigued will help you tactically in events. This workout provides elements of all of the above to build your fitness and ensure future success (and a reasonable amount of fatigue) – make sure you rest and rest well after this session, it’s not for the faint hearted.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Pogačar’s Spiked Threshold Efforts (Beginner)
I wanted a workout for an athlete of mine that tested their legs whilst fatigued. With only an hour available, I needed to get their fatigue levels relatively high, relatively qwikly prior to the set of tempo intervals. This is a modification of what I developed. Although I used RAMP Test in the title for the workout, it’s not a true RAMP test and we restrict the maximum intensity to allow you the opportunity to complete the threshold intervals. This session is great for triathletes, and road cyclists. It can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, especially for events that are about an hour in duration such as a Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Distance Triathlons.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: RAMP Test Tempo Session #2
Tempo is an intensity that means different things to different athletes and coaches. For me, I define Tempo as an effort comfortably below the Threshold pace. It is the sort of intensity that typically maintained during fast Ironman 70.3 events. It is higher than the aerobic effort of long steady workouts, sort of in the mid-zone between the aerobic and threshold efforts. Spending more than 15-20 minutes at this intensity, helps the body practice clearing the small amount of lactic acid generated at this pace, without needing to slow down to do so. This is a perfect session for triathletes competing in Ironman and Ironman 70.3 distance events.
View More Monday’s Brick: Coach Ray’s Ironman 70.3 Tempo Brick #4
A 60-minute workout aimed at increasing your FTP (Functional Threshold Power). Dedication and effort are key. This is a great workout for all cyclists to do when short on time and want to improve their Functional Threshold Power (FTP).
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: FTP Boost Dominator Plus from Tyler
Spending time at a variety of intensities will build your tolerance to lactic acid and also prepare you for surges in effort and the variety in intensity that naturally comes within events whether due to tactics of your competitors or the variation in terrain. This session is great for all cyclists, triathletes and mountain bikers to build strength and climbing ability (especially those with limited time to train).
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Tempo is an intensity that means different things to different athletes and coaches. For me, I define Tempo as an effort comfortably below the Threshold pace. It is the sort of intensity that typically maintained during fast Ironman 70.3 events. It is higher than the aerobic effort of long steady workouts, sort of in the mid-zone between the aerobic and threshold efforts. Spending more than 15-20 minutes at this intensity, helps the body practice clearing the small amount of lactic acid generated at this pace, without needing to slow down to do so. This is a perfect session for triathletes competing in Ironman and Ironman 70.3 distance events.
View More Monday’s Brick: Coach Ray’s Ironman 70.3 Tempo Brick #3
I wanted a workout for an athlete of mine that tested their legs whilst fatigued. With only an hour available, I needed to get their fatigue levels relatively high, relatively qwikly prior to the set of tempo intervals. This is a modification of what I developed. Although I used RAMP Test in the title for the workout, it’s not a true RAMP test and we restrict the maximum intensity to allow you the opportunity to complete the threshold intervals. This session is great for triathletes, and road cyclists. It can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, especially for events that are about an hour in duration such as a Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Distance Triathlons.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: RAMP Test Tempo Session #1