My new training-mate: Garmin Edge 705

So that's my new training-mate, my Garmin Edge 705. After many discussions with my mother, we taken the decision to purchase it on chainreaction. I explained to her, than always training alone with just heartrate data can be so boring and the Garmin could give me more data to adjust my training during the season. I also told her than it could be a big help for us when we go on races to find the place of the race :)

So we did a 50/50 to buy it, I think it's a very great deal for me... Thanks mother!!!!! :D

I'll try it tomorrow for the 55min bike part of my weekly brick training workout.

Lio.

Winter Training: Base 1 Period

Today I have finished my preparation period. After 2 weeks of it, I can say than I'm ready for serious winter training. I feel strongest than every years before (@ the same period).


So next week, I'll start the base 1 period of my winter training. It'll be a 3 weeks period with growth training volume (17hrs - 20hrs - 22hrs), and following by a rest and recovery week where I'll do my first physical test in an Institute of sport medecine.


During this 1st period, I'll keep a brick training workout by week, this workout is really a good surprise for me, I like it. I'll also continue weight training, 3 times by week, during this new period I'll make a transition from "anatomical adaptation phase" to "maximum strength phase", like it name say it'll be the hardest phase of weight training. At the end of this MS phase I'll do a test based on Joe Friel's load goals (You can check my personal goals at the end of this post). In addition of this 2 training workouts, base 1 period will be the period to begin bike endurance training (2 to 3 times by week) and speed skills workout on home-trainer, who help me to pedal smoothly to improve pedaling economy. I also keep some workout on ths stability ball because I'm sure is one of the best tool to improve balanced and to do core exercices.

Weights room in Seraing looks like an old CCCP weights room lol :D

My MS load goals:
The goal'll be to lift 6 times or more...


- 110kg in squat
- 55kg in seated row
- 45kg in standing row

So now winter training is on... It's time to training hard!!!

Thanks to follow my posts

Lio.

Preparation Period and Stability Ball

So after Transition period (shortened), I start preparation period now for 2 weeks. During this period, I will stay focus on alternative workouts like weights, running, brick training and swimming. Since the beggining of this period, I do some special workouts on a "Stability ball". I discover it thanks to my girlfriend, who make a project (for her studies) about the benefits of "Stability ball" on the physical preparation in Judo. I think it'd be great for mountainbikers too because this ball is of course great to work stability and agility, but it can also work the deep muscles. That's why I think it's a good alternative workout to improve technical abilities and feel more balanced on the bike.

Lio

My coach :D

Looks like circus!!!

So funny... But so hard!!! lol :D

Winter Training Update

As a part of my studies of physical education, I must go to a winter sports week in France, the first week of february. So I make a lil' modification about my training plan, I'll begin it one week earlier than scheduled. As here, I can plan a rest & recovery week during my school winter trip. I also plan to put my bike and the home-trainer in France to do some light workouts after snowboarding ride... Before this trip, I'll do a serious training camp in Croatia maybe from the 20th to the 27th of january, but I need to confirm it soon.

Lio.

Ps: Only for fun, a very nice video about snowboarding ;)

Isenseven - Good to be back HD from Mateusz J on Vimeo.

Back to training: Transition period

After 2 weeks of rest, I'll start tomorrow a transition period before serious winter training. This period of 2 weeks is a low volume period with some musculation workouts and cross-training... I'll try a new workouts for me: the brick training, bike and run training. We will see if it'll be benefit for me. But for the moment it's just like a cool warm-up to prepare the winter training.

Lio.

Preview of 2010 race planning

It's just a preview of a possible race planning for 2010, I need to find some sponsors and get my croatian nationality to confirm this planning.

March

07: Run Bike Cup - Athens (Gre) (UCI 2)

28: Run Bike Cup - Kardamili Messinia (Gre) (UCI 2)

April

11: Belgian MTB Cup - Verviers (Bel) (UCI 2)

May

02: UCI World Cup XCO - Houffalize (Bel)

09: GP Antwerpen - Antwerpen (Bel) (UCI 2)
13: Belgian MTB Cup - Gooik-Kerster (Bel) (UCI 2)

23: UCI World Cup XCO - Offenburg (Ger)

30: XCO Samobor - Samobor (Cro) (UCI 1)

June

06: Belgian MTB Cup - Namur (Bel) (UCI 2)

13: Balaton Bike Fest - Balatonfured (Hun) (UCI 2)

July

04: Belgian MTB Cup - Stoumont (Bel) (UCI 2)

11: UEC European Championships XCO - Haifa (Isr)

18: HBS Croatian Championships XCO - ? (Cro)

25: UCI World Cup XCO - Schladming (Aut)

August

01: UCI World Cup XCO - Val di Sole (Ita)

15: Bundesliga - Wetter (Ger) (UCI 2)

29: XCO Dubovac - Karlovac (Cro) (UCI 2)

September

11: RWE Bike Night - Daun (Ger)

19: Bundesliga - Saalhausen (Ger) (UCI 2)

26 GP Roel Paulissen - Winterslag (Bel) (UCI 2)

* My goals for 2010


For me 2010 season will be a test season for the future. Last days, I worked on a serious winter training planning to improve my level to the top and see if my training method is good for me or not... The first target will be to earn 20 UCI points to partcipate @ some World Cup races. After that I'll focus on Croatian national championships in July I wish a podium, we will see!!! Of course I'll add some others little goals but I must to wait and see my fit during the season before thinking of them.


Thanks to follow my blog


Lio.