For January 2025, Endurance Cycling returns to the Mary Free Bed YMCA!
This special winter cycling-series starts in just a week…Sunday mornings (10:15-11:45 am) for the next 13 weeks. I’ll be part of a three-instructor rotation.
As I’ve shared before, these extended, 90-minute classes are a popular winter-time alternative to the year-round studio cycling schedule – 45 or 60-minute Studio Cycling, and Les Mills RPM (45 min) or Sprint (30 min).
Here’s a taste of what we’ll be doing on my days…
Just over 90 minutes of music by E-named artists like Eminem, Empire of the Sun, Eric Clapton, Billie Eilish, Electric Light Orchestra, Ella Mai, and lots more. Target intensity is mostly zone 2-3, with moments in zone 4-6.
More on cycling training zones from TRAINING PEAKS: Power-Based Training Zones (Coggan Power Zones).
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CYCLING WEEKLY: Zone 2 Endurance – focus on the foundations of your fitness
A cycling workout that you should regularly rotate in is a plain and simple zone 2 aerobic ride.
Endurance rides are very much the bread-and-butter of what training should be. With cycling being an aerobic sport, improving our aerobic capacity is probably the most important element of training. There’s a good reason why the professionals spend the majority of their training time working in Zone 2 out of all of the cycling training zones, and it’s because it is one of the most effective ways of improving aerobic performance.
This is a simple ride but it forms an essential part of a balanced cycling training plan as it creates a strong aerobic base to build upon through improved fat metabolism, increased muscle capillary density and mitochondrial biogenesis. The focus here is improving oxygen delivery to the working muscles.
ENJOY THE RIDE!
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