Comments on: 14 hours per week training program

By: Alex M

Alex M — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:11:11 +0000

Hi Jesper,

I really need your advice. I am a 15 year old cyclist, hoping to race at national level this year. The average race times will be 1 hour crits, and I’m doing a few road races of up to 2hr30 long. How many hours of training shall I do per week? Shall I focus on intervals due to the short races?
Cheers

By: Zilvinas

Zilvinas — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:27:27 +0000

what is AT?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:23:16 +0000

Hi, i started road biking in september 2010, since then i have cycled about 3,500 miles, training hills on most rides, would you say this is enough ‘base miles’ to start your 12 hour per week training program? (i am also 18)

Also, how come you do not include hill repeats in your program?

A reply would be greatly valued as all this is new to me! thanks! Tom

By: uvg

uvg — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:06:27 +0000

Hey Jesper
I have been reading some of your articles here on training4cyclists.com, and i think it is a great site. However i have a few questions:

1. Is it really appropriate to do intervals both tuesday, weednesday and thursday? i would probably do several more intervals on tuesday such as sprinttraining, “speedplay”, AT, hilltraning, etc. Then i would probably go for a longer LSD training on weednesday and then probably some AT intevals on thursday.

2. You often refer to VO2 max as the maximum average power output over a five minute period, however i always thought, that VO2 max intervals were short sprints, where you go as hard as you can. Am i wrong?

3. I cant seem to find any articles where you recommend doing strenght training on the bike (fx 40-60 rounds per minute for a couple of minutes up a hill or in strong headwind). Is this because you dont recommend anyone doing it, or just because i cant find the articles you wrote?

Thanks

By: Jesper Bondo Medhus

Jesper Bondo Medhus — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:49:32 +0000

I believe most riders can benefit from my e-book because it is new way to think of training. We all want more time for the things we enjoy, so time effectiveness is an issue for all ages. There are several people older than you who have bought the e-book and enjoyed reading it. If for some reasons you don’t like the e-book, I will refund your money within 30 days after purchase.

http://www.training4cyclists.com/time-effective-cycling-training/