Cycling Tapering for Race Day; Volume & Intensity Discussed - a podcast by EVOQ.BIKE
from 2023-01-09T21:06:40
"Only three out of 11 athletes took a rest day during the final 5 days prior to their most successful competition."
This is a really interesting paper called Road To Gold.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101796
What happens when we look at General Preparation (Base) , Specific Prep (Build), Race Season, and Pre-peaking and Peaking phases, in terms of training volume, training intensity, and days off?
Not what the theories might tell us.
Discussed: annual training characteristics, training volume, peaking characteristics, peaking trends, intensity distribution, and rest days.
What do you do for a taper?
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