Originally Posted by
Booger
I dug through some of the old threads, but wanted to get a fresh perspective on winter training since many seem to change their philosophy every year. I have Friel's book along with the Allen/Coggan book that I am using a basis for my plan (predominantly the latter), hence why I feel like I'm taking a defined program and adding weight training on top of it.
I suppose to lesson here is to listen to my body and play it by ear. Everyone reacts differently.
Yes you have to do what works for you, 09 will be my 3rd racing season, the first I just rode my bike a lot, last year I followed a program, but did not get to ride as much as I wanted due to a new addition to the family, this year I am tweaking my program from last year with the advice of some cat 1's and 2's I know and plan to ride lots more.
But everyone is different and what works for some doesn't work for others. I think some weight training is helpful but again I am doing lighter weights and high reps.
Good luck!