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Indoor Cycling Workout 002 - 3 Stars - E3 Strength Endurance Ergo - PDF Download

Time Trial efforts to build strength for improving average speed on longer rides. Ideal for building good aerobic capacity, improving plasma volume, increasing mitochondrial enzymes, increasing V02MAX and converting type IIb muscle fibres to type IIa. This workout is a very efficient use of your training time.

Effort intensity - Three Stars - Medium Hard

Time - 60 mins

Format - PDF download

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This table provides a guide to the physiological improvements that this workout will provide

More Stars = better

Recreational and Cyclo Sportif Endurance Events 5stars.gif
Hill Climbing 5stars.gif
Sprinting N/a
Time Trialing and Ironman/Triathlete Events 5stars.gif
Road Racing 5stars.gif
Criterium Racing 3stars.gif
Track Endurance
2stars.gif
Track Sprinting
N/a
Increased Muscle Mitochondrial Enzymes 4stars.gif
Improved Lactate Threshold 5stars.gif
Increased Muscle Glycogen Storage 5stars.gif
Increased Slow Twitch Muscle Fibers 3stars.gif
Increased Muscle Capillarisation 3stars.gif
Conversion of Fast Twitch Muscle Fibers from Type IIb to Type IIa - Improved Strength Endurance 4stars.gif
Increased Cardiac Stroke and Output 4stars.gif
Increased Vo2max 4stars.gif
Increased Muscle High Energy Phosphate ATP/PCr Stores n/a
Increased Anaerobic Capacity - Lactate Tolerance n/a
Increased Fast Twitch Fibres n/a
Neuromuscular Power n/a

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