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Old 03-30-12, 10:33 AM
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AZT, Since you hate gym work, I suggest doing ShovelHD's workout but substitute a couple of full power standing starts in 90 gear inches with complete recovery between sets. You can do these by getting in your 90 gear inches and rolling up to almost a complete stop and with a pedal at the 10 o'clock position thrust forward and push done with one leg and pull up with the other as hard as possible with your arms straight. Do not rock the bike. Strength development is about maximum effort. If you do not recover enough or do to much, you do not go deep enough into the red on the efforts and recruit muscle fibers. This is the primary thing we see when roadies show up at the track. They want to ride constantly and fast. What they do not know is that their "fast" and acceleration is slow by track standards. The way to get really fast is to really work hard when you feel great. So the roadies at the track are perpetually tired. When I work out with track sprinters, we are resting most of the time. The other times we go as hard a possible.

Endurance is a speed killer.
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