Train Like A Professional Cyclist With Cannondale-Drapac

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Training methods and styles have changed massively in a short period of time. Simon Richardson visits Cannondale-Drapac to find out how their riders train.

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Simon speaks to Keith Flory who is a coach/trainer for the Cannondale-Drapac cycling team.
Every rider on the Cannondale-Drapac team has a coach who prescribes them a training plan.

TrainingPeaks software is used to track all of the racing and training data where it is used to help plan racing schedules for each rider, this can be monitored daily.

There is a traffic light system in operation for the riders, where it displays if riders have achieved what they've been set by the coach.

Various acronyms are used to talk about training results, these include:
TSS - Training Stress Score
CTL - Chronic Training Load
TSB - Training Stress Balance.

These acronyms and results are used by Keith to see how hard a rider has worked out. They can be looked at individually to see the results and the dashboard on TrainingPeaks also allows coaches/riders to see ongoing trends and anything that needs addressing can be done so.

According to Keith the golden rule is consistency. Structured, planned and apply yourself. Working with a coach is also advised as they are able to make sure you remain committed.

If there was one training session that has been really effective for riders, Keith says that a 40/20 session works well. This is a 12minute training block that is 40seconds at 120% of threshold and 20 seconds rest. This can be repeated a number of times, some professionals do this session 3 or 4 times during a ride.

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