When the team riders and clients take the time to come up to Macclesfield to train I always take the opportunity to show the athletes how to train. This weekend Nadine and James were up to pick up Nadine's Cannondales that were becoming a fixture in our front room, so I took the opportunity to run through the finer points of anaerobic power intervals.
As far as the UK goes, Macclesfield is as good as it gets for training terrain. The Cheshire plain allows you to complete big steady rides with only small variations in altitude, or you can head for the Peak District and find a good supply of long steady alpine gradient hills and short "chin strap on the bars" steep hills.
For those of you who have ever completed a Wingate maximal sprint test you know the pain and nausea associated with anaerobic power efforts. In order to replicate the same sort of loading that is achieved during a Wingate test where a given mass per kg body mass is loaded instantly to a cycle ergo meter as the rider initiates the sprint I get the athletes to do anaerobic efforts on a steep hill.
Nadine stated during the intervals she didn't feel fast as the hill prevented her gaining momentum and getting on top of the gear, but the power output is very good. Nadine will compliment this with high leg speed maximal intervals and the combination of the high force production from the hill reps and the high motor control from the fast cadence drills will enhance her sprint.
I won't post what happened after the 6th interval, lets just say Nadine pushed to the limit and perhaps a little beyond it. Good work Baby Belly ;-)
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