This very fun profile is a game that you’ll play with your students. You’ll ask them a series of questions, and depending on how bad they were as kids when trick or treating or the antics they played at college costume parties, you’ll tell them to “pay some penance”! It has the potential of being quite challenging, unless your students were all angels growing up. Have fun with this one! Read more…
This profile may end up being the most versatile profile in your playbook. I present it here with the highest intensity right at lactate threshold, but there are so many possible variations; in intensity, terrain, and how you combine the terrain and the cadence. Included in your transcript are 44Read more…
This is a profile that was popular when I was presenting at WSSC and other conferences. It is a ride of discovery for your students. You will guide them to become the Master of their Intensity, using both their heart rate and perceived exertion. It is deceiving in its simplicity and harder than it appears at first glance. Read more…
Team Time Trials are fun to teach. I decided to take this audio Master Class which I recorded for last year’s Vuelta, and republish it here for you all to use. On the transcript PDF that you can download below, I’ve added an addendum with a small change to accommodateRead more…
This challenging and fun interval profile is multipurpose: it is a powerful fitness booster for your fitness enthusiasts, and a very effective performance enhancer for your cyclists.This high intensity interval profile consists of 5 sets of 6 minutes each. You will criss-cross from just below lactate threshold to just aboveRead more…
The Team Time Trial is one of the most exciting events in the sporting world. This is a great threshold effort, a high quality training session. Use it during this year’s Tour or later in the year… just make sure to plan some balance in your class schedule The TeamRead more…
Cause and Effect is an educational profile designed to help students discover the important relationship between cadence and resistance and the impact it has on their heart rate, perceived exertion, muscular strain, and breathing. This class may prove to be a breakthrough of understanding for some of your students, especially those who tend to ride with too little or even too much resistance. It will help them learn to connect better with their own pedaling, and realize how important good pedaling technique is on their output.Read more…