I race downhill bikes, and was wondering how to train cardiologically for 2 minutes of high intensity riding? My muscles are fine but I begin feeling winded and fatigued.
2007-01-02 02:53:07 · 4 answers · asked by Ari P 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
ride road bike alot, with groups or even race....you're cardio will get pumped up bigtime....and after you've sprinted fairly regularly for about a month you will be able to sprint and recover in a few breaths. Long slow rides will give you a deep base of condiditoning that can handle the short 2 minute intensity crap will stability - also do 2 minute efforts at 100% -that's hard.
2007-01-02 05:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by (_)iiiiD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree with the above guys, but you should also learn from the downhill skiers - they do isometrics and plyometrics and lots and lots of core and flexibility work. You'll also want some arm/shoulder strength/endurance, so pushups and such will help there.
2007-01-03 13:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by scott.braden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spinervals DVDs or spinning classes. You need to improve your VO2max, which means painful interval training. It sucks, but it works exceptionally well.
2007-01-03 09:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ride uphill. The longer and steeper it is the better it will work.
2007-01-04 15:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by carguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋