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Are you a cyclist over 40 looking to get faster and fitter? This video breaks down the five most important aspects of training and recovery to help you reach your cycling goals. Don't miss out on these essential tips!
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00:00What are the top five key aspects you'd say are important to someone that's 40 plus?
00:05Recovery. That's my number one. Like we spoke about training happens, that creates the potential
00:10for change. Recovery is where that change happens. So prioritize your recovery, make sure you're
00:14rested enough, getting enough sleep, eating and drinking, all that stuff. Number two, I would say
00:18strength. Make sure you've got a good strength program as part of your overall cycling program.
00:22One, maybe two sessions a week. Push hard, move fast, make sure it's working to support your
00:28cycling, okay? And work in a different way you would on the bike. Number three is polarize
00:32your training. So make sure your easy days are easy. Make sure that you are sticking sort
00:35of sub zone to, you're giving your body a chance to keep getting those training benefits, but
00:39you're not pushing too hard. You're not accumulating too much extra fatigue, which then allows you
00:42on the hard days to push a lot harder, make those breakthrough sessions, that VO2 max session
00:46we spoke about, that would be on that harder day. Number four, I would say is mobility.
00:50So obviously as we're getting a bit older, we're spending more time in that tuck position on
00:54the bike. We're going to need to spend a bit of time just looking after our bodies. Five minute
00:57mobility every day or as much as you can fit in. Get that as part of your schedule, it's
01:00super important. And I think finally it brings together everything I've just mentioned, but
01:04number five would be consistency. So make sure that you're consistently executing on your
01:08plan. It's all about bigger picture and doing stuff week to week, month to month, year to
01:13year. And you're going to get that 350 FTP if you do that.
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