There are a few things preventing me from doing big base training miles like this. My job, my wife and my kid. Otherwise I’m good to go. Thanks for the insight on what it takes to be a pro.
I think it's well known now that pro's do long miles in around Zone 2 area to build base endurance, these guys don't actually train hard all the time they just train hard when they need to.
Phil, I have to say these two vids are excellent content and a true return to form. Punchy and informative and just what i need to drive my training forward. Thank you
I'm pretty mellow about whatever you do on Strava. You are a king of that fabulous device for measuring power and distance and altitude and all of that, and it's okay if you're half a klick shy of a hundred miles. And I enjoyed this vid and your info on pre-season training. And I am one who really enjoys getting lost in long hours on a stationary bike during winter--stout hours on the bike with a variety of shows on the tele or no. And it has to be the tele because I ride the standard-fare indoor bike at the gym--at least I can see my watts and that's very helpful for both long grinds and short motos.
1:37 are the key for me. 10-12 hour a week better start with interval and structured training, unless you have 21-20 hour then low intensity long hour workout would be the way.
But but I want to know what you’re doing right now now! So I can do it at 4am with bloodshot eyes and then go sit in a windowless cubicle for 9 hours each day but it will be ok since I know I’m keeping up with a retired pro.
Surprised I stuck around for the end credits. Phil's sponsor, Picky Bars, are incredibly delicious! Not as scrumptious as the real whole foods I bring on llong rides, but they are nowhere near as bad as the usual offerings.
My thought, too, pricey. And back in the Seventies in California, you could go to Thrifty Drugs and get an ice cream cone for a nickel a scoop. But it wasn't all as affordable as there was Baskin Robbins and Orange Julius. I think my Mom got me one Orange Julius at the Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno in '71 and that was that for Orange Julius, lol.
I really enjoyed the video Phil. I’m a u17 and should I also do 22, 24 hours in a week? I’m really keen to be better it will be really nice if you tell this to me rather I should go for it or not.
So what can you do if you're only able to get 10ish hours per week? Do you still need the base endurance at all? If I take a week off, sure I can get 20+hours in, but if that's a one off then surely it has limited benefit?
I finally understood why my base training didn't help me at all. I was doing the same amount of hours at a lower intensity because I thought that would train my zone 2... BS.
How many days a week do you take off when you are doing 20+ hours riding? Is it 5 days on 1 day off or does it depend on how you feel and where you are at in the week of base training?
This has taken me a while to realise. I’d been smashing myself on rides out, always tired. But never hard enough, and never easy enough, just a pointless middle ground. But on what you’re saying, surely you only need to do weeks 5-6 hour rides if you intend on being able to put down power after 200km? I.e. at the end of a long pro Race. Otherwise it’s a waste of time isn’t it? You’re better off doing short intervals, lactate thresholds etc. That’s pretty solidly backed training science.
@@MrAndypree The adaptation you get from endurance ride also increase your threshold power. Volume is king for improving your power and the only way to increase your volume is by doing alot of endurance ride. You will hit a plateau much sooner if you only do the intensity without the volume.
collax thats really not true. Pro/1/2 riders who predominantly do crits will typically ride 9-14 hours a week. You’re not going to improve power or ftp riding endurance pace for 6 hours. It’s not happening. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how training adaptation works. Volume stopped being king a long time ago
Actually go look at Justin Williams Strava, he’s hit some 15-18h weeks this winter and some big rides. Big weeks allow for more training stress to accumulate to build capillaries and mitochondria but intervals help with lactate tolerance and can also help do the same as big rides but you can’t put as much consistent stress unless you truly don’t have enough time to put more then 10-12h a week in.
I work a fairly physical job as postal worker in the UK. I walk about 7-9miles a day in a hilly area 5 days a week. It does keep me fit. Should I just focus on more interval based training as I am a bit time crunched and don’t have heaps of energy to ride 100+miles daily.
so he's talking about November in a video posted mid-Feb and towards the end of the video - he mentions heading into January, can you please post that with a little less of a delay? Looks like it's too late to be starting base now...
Pretty much straight out of the old 1980’s era book by Eddie B, “Bicycle Road Racing”. LeMond was right. There are no magical or more advanced training methods...and as a species we have not evolved that far since the 1980’s. What worked then still works today.
The only thing I remember from high school biology is that the mitochondria are the power plants of cells. Probably the only question I got right on the test.
I don’t think I would ever want to be this skinny. But just my opinion. Does his body just want to be this, is this his natural body weight? Or does he work hard to maintain this size?
Phil, I love you buddy. And I see that your content's technical quality is getting better. But I gotta say . . .cutting from a full frontal to a profile view of you looking at the full frontal camera, then back to the full frontal, then back to the profile, etc etc . . . it's making me dizzy. No offense, but the "dramatic" effect these cut backs create doesn't gel with the reality of your content. Your content isn't dramatic or "deep" - no offense - and the constant cutting back and forth just appears silly / overdone. But then again, you are silly so maybe the silly effect of the video is what you are after. Irony? Anyway, just my .02. Keep having fun and keep up the great attitude!
Key differences: I made a career founded on being outspoken against doping, while their team is founded by a notorious doper. I never did any drugs, while they’ve had quite a number of positive tests and scandals. My accusations were from a lunatic jealous RU-vidr who had no evidence other than I dropped him, theirs were from the UCI and Wada based on actual tests and testimony. They deserve flak. I don’t.
@@worstretirementever Man we not born equal... some people will be stronger naturaly than other guys using drugs. In my case I don't use complementary in injection and drugs. When you are able like me to do XX weeks without riding because of crash and you can do first week training at 30h ... there is not a lot of people who can do that naturaly.
