Low rate romance

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hjs
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Re: Low rate romance

Post by hjs » March 26th, 2016, 12:28 pm

G-dub wrote:Henry, that's just what my intuition says. I can believe, from an impact standpoint, it could cause damage if done too much and at more power. My back and neck tell me so. It is addictive - powering the pedals feels very productive and I know it is helping my stroke get better - but not worth getting hurt over. I'm also doing one sprint session a week to stay in touch with speed and higher rate too. And obviously the speed work would increase if a test was on the horizon, which right now it's not.
Maybe it helps, my personal "weekness" at east on of them is not using much softer weeks, even If I do I somehow don,t :roll:

This year I got my best aerobic fitness based on L4 stuff, but L4 is to fast for me, every session I end up in AT land. So using sense, I should do them but use a softer 2k reference.

At the moment by the way I will roughly start a strenghtfase again. Will keep on rowing, but main focus weight/speed. Won,t directly help my 2k, but I need some more tough power for a sub 1.20 500.
Will keep on doing longer 18/21 ish work. But no other hard erging.

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Re: Low rate romance

Post by jackarabit » March 26th, 2016, 2:22 pm

Got Caviston as Cavendish again. Not intentional. Edit window gone. Mea culpa.
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Re: Low rate romance

Post by christopherregisryan » March 26th, 2016, 4:44 pm

G-dub wrote:Henry, that's just what my intuition says. I can believe, from an impact standpoint, it could cause damage if done too much and at more power. My back and neck tell me so. It is addictive - powering the pedals feels very productive and I know it is helping my stroke get better - but not worth getting hurt over. I'm also doing one sprint session a week to stay in touch with speed and higher rate too. And obviously the speed work would increase if a test was on the horizon, which right now it's not.
I am focusing on lower ratings for the same splits on most of my training sessions for now. I am doing my UT2 work at R18-22 and my sprints at a cap of R34. I am trying to address my biggest technique flaw (a lazy leg drive from the catch) while still emphasizing UT2 aerobic work. I hope these lower rated sessions will groove a better stroke and get my system used to delivering more power across the SPM spectrum. I took a couple of weeks off after CRASH-Bs so I am only two weeks into it. I am managing my risk of injury by stretching and rolling my back, hips and legs twice a day, warming up thoroughly and by gradually ratcheting up the power. So far it is too early to see an adaptive response, but, importantly, I have had no injuries. Best. - Chris

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