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help on how to use training plan

  • 28-11-2015 10:00am
    #1
    Delboy007
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭


    Hi

    sorry if this is a silly question, I am need to using training plan I usal just get on d bike a cycle but thinking of doing some A4 racing this year and think it is time to train more seriously.

    Please see attached; when it says 20min Z2, 40min
    Z3a, 60min Z2, 40min Z3a,
    20min Z2.
    what does Z2 etc mean , does it mean how fast etc u go but how do I know how fast/power Z2 is.

    any help would be greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Heart rate zones most likely.

    Have you a heart rate monitor? They are pretty cheap on their own, or if you have a Garmin, you can (usually) pair a Garmin hrm .


  • #3
    wirelessdude01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,426 ✭✭✭wirelessdude01


    Either a heart rate or power zone. If you are following a plan from a coach surely the coach would have explained all this? If they haven't then they are a cowboy.


  • #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,137 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    wirelessdude01 wrote: »
    If you are following a plan from a coach surely the coach would have explained all this? If they haven't then they are a cowboy.
    The plan is from Cycling Fitness magazine.


  • #5
    Delboy007
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Delboy007


    Lumen wrote: »
    The plan is from Cycling Fitness magazine.

    yea d plan is from cycling fitness mag


  • #6
    Delboy007
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Delboy007


    Ah so do I get my max heart rate and min heart rate and then Z is go at flat out heart rate and Z3a is at low heart rate


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  • #7
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,514 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Delboy007 wrote: »
    I am need to using training plan I usal just get on d bike a cycle but

    ....

    does it mean how fast etc u go but how do I know how fast/power Z2 is.
    No txt speak

    Thanks


  • #8
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Have a read of this: http://www.cptips.com/hrmntr.htm


  • #9
    harringtonp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    Delboy007 wrote: »
    Hi

    sorry if this is a silly question, I am need to using training plan I usal just get on d bike a cycle but thinking of doing some A4 racing this year and think it is time to train more seriously.

    Please see attached; when it says 20min Z2, 40min
    Z3a, 60min Z2, 40min Z3a,
    20min Z2.
    what does Z2 etc mean , does it mean how fast etc u go but how do I know how fast/power Z2 is.

    any help would be greatly appreciated

    Had a look at Plan 2 which strikes me as quite good as a base training plan if you are in to that. None of the efforts in it are "flat out" BTW but some should feel hard.

    Problem I have always had with these plans is that our seasons are the wrong way around. If you were working and lived down-under, oct-feb would probably offer great early morning training for a plan like this. I'm assuming of course that domestic racing/sportives still happen mar-sep there.


  • #10
    markusz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭markusz


    i used this for my first 2 years of racing using just a HRM. great book.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cyclists-Training-Bible-Friel/dp/1934030201


  • #11
    Delboy007
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭Delboy007


    markusz wrote: »
    i used this for my first 2 years of racing using just a HRM. great book.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Cyclists-Training-Bible-Friel/dp/1934030201

    Yea was thinking of getting this, think I will add it to my xmas list


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  • #12
    harringtonp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    Friel's material is quite detailed. I found the Time Crunched Cyclist much easier to get started with program wise and more suited to our winter due to shorter turbo friendly sessions (I'd find 90 mins hard on a turbo, let alone 2-3 hours)


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