Within-Season Distribution of External Training and Racing Workload in Professional Male Road Cyclists
| Autor: | Alan J Metcalfe, Jeremiah J. Peiffer, Chris R. Abbiss, Andrew Govus, Paolo Menaspà, Vincent Villerius, Marc J. Quod |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Competitive Behavior Training (meteorology) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Workload 030229 sport sciences 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Athletic Performance Bicycling 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Animal science Time trial Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Power output Seasons Training load Cycling Simulation Mathematics Physical Conditioning Human Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | International journal of sports physiology and performance. 12(Suppl 2) |
| ISSN: | 1555-0273 |
| Popis: | Purpose:To describe the within-season external workloads of professional male road cyclists for optimal training prescription.Methods:Training and racing of 4 international competitive professional male cyclists (age 24 ± 2 y, body mass 77.6 ± 1.5 kg) were monitored for 12 mo before the world team-time-trial championships. Three within-season phases leading up to the team-time-trial world championships on September 20, 2015, were defined as phase 1 (Oct–Jan), phase 2 (Feb–May), and phase 3 (June–Sept). Distance and time were compared between training and racing days and over each of the various phases. Times spent in absolute (500 W) and relative (0–1.9, 2.0–4.9, 5.0–7.9, >8 W/kg) power zones were also compared for the whole season and between phases 1–3.Results:Total distance (3859 ± 959 vs 10911 ± 620 km) and time (240.5 ± 37.5 vs 337.5 ± 26 h) were lower (P < .01) in phase 1 than phase 2. Total distance decreased (P < .01) from phase 2 to phase 3 (10911 ± 620 vs 8411 ± 1399 km, respectively). Mean absolute (236 ± 12.1 vs 197 ± 3 W) and relative (3.1 ± 0 vs 2.5 ± 0 W/kg) power output were higher (P < .05) during racing than training, respectively.Conclusion:Volume and intensity differed between training and racing over each of 3 distinct within-season phases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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