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It's an issue of stored muscle glycogen. If you ate properly the day and evening before, you should not struggle with an early AM workout, nor should you be catabolizing muscle mass. I do a lot of 4:15AM bike rides on a set of rollers in the garage. I've never had a problem completing demanding training sessions (2000kj,…
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If the 45 min includes the rest interval, then 45 min of HIT is indeed possible. a 5 x 5min on, 5min off VO2 session would be an example (for instance, a runner who has a 4:50 best in the mile runs 5 x 5min miles with 5 min of easy jogging in between efforts). Tabata is the same. A Tabata protocol set (which really only…
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My only experience is with strength training as a supplement to a primary sport (swimming in college, bicycle racing, and training 400m-800m runners). As I said, my understanding is all based on Bompa, and also Issurian's Block Training -- which means there is a whole lot that I don't know, because I've never been involved…
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As has been said, Heavy is usually classified as 90% of 1RM or higher. Yes, Ronnie Coleman or an NFL player may be able to lift a lot of weight many times, but yes, he could also lift a whole lot more weight 3-5 times. His 1RM is huge, as well. I learned about strength trainng from coaches who learned from Tudor Bompa, and…
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maybe if I weighed 10kg less! I'm 75kg, so all that riding at 300w is not a big deal. A pro my size would be doing about 50w more at the same level of effort.
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I got back started this week after taking some time off in September 8 hrs on the bike, 7850kj of work (I use a powermeter), so, about 8635kcal
