Originally Posted by AnthonyG
Where does this idea come from that if someone is abusive then they must know what they're talking about?
Personaly when I see an abusive post I get the impression that they don't know what they're talking about and are simply repeating something that they beleive in but don't have the evidence to fully back up. Someone who know's what there talking about is capable of expressing there view without abuse because their confident enough in their knowledge, and know that nothing in life is black & white anyway.
Regards, Anthony
What is abusive about it? "Crapola?"- used for cheezeball effect?
Take your pick- base or recovery- they both involve riding "slowly". The thread is about riding slowly to get fast. With all due respect to Koffee, who posted this opinion (of the "why train at all" variety):
So many non-professionals take the training of professionals (and related articles, studies, etc.) and try to use it to explain why the rest of us cycling grunts should or shouldn't do something. Unfortunately, those non-professionals just don't get it, and they continue to equate themselves to professional athletes. Very few of us will ever get close to being at that level, so why train like you are?
That answer says NOTHING about the original question other than to question why mere mortals would/should/NOT use training techniques reserved for the pros. Koffee never offerred an alternative training method for an amateur to become faster... Koffee basically said that the vast majority of fellow racers that show up at crits and road races and time trial, "just don't get it" because they use shreds of well established training techniques (and I am called "abusive"?).
The original post was about getting faster, NOT becoming professional or riding at a professional level.
Let me remind people of title of the post: "Hammerheads In Training...Slow Down To Go Fast" - to me, a hammerhead is always trying to see how fast he can go, chases down every rider he sees ahead of him- is probably riding 90% junk miles in heart rate zone that does nothing constructive. Hey, its fun- I'm guessing most people go through a hammerhead phase-
/spent way too much time responding to this... probably wasn't worth it...