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Category 1 TIME CRUNCHED Cross Country Mountain Bike Build, Peak and Race Training Plan

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Category 1 TIME CRUNCHED Cross Country Mountain Bike Build, Peak and Race Training Plan

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


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Author

Lynda Wallenfels

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4.33 (6)

Length

12 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


Learn More about Structured Workouts.

Plan Description

Our tried and tested LW Coaching Category 1 TIME CRUNCHED Cross Country Mountain Bike Build, Peak and Race Training Plan is smart-trainer ready and will sync with Zwift, Trainer Road and all training apps compatible with TrainingPeaks. This training plan is optimized for indoor training but any session can be synced to your Garmin and taken outdoors if the opportunity arises!

Each workout in this LW Coaching Category 1 Cross Country TIME CRUNCHED Build, Peak and Race Training Plan has both power and heart rate training guidelines. Athletes can follow along with a heart rate monitor only or take advantage of a power meter.

Weekday workouts have tips to help you work the sessions into your busy life and advice on whether to move the workout to another day or drop it. Optional extra bonus workouts are included in the plan to take advantage of when you have unexpected free time. Each Friday has a bike commute option to take advantage of casual Friday's. The longest ride of the week is at the weekend.

Weekly training duration averages 6-8 hours. An optional 1-2 bonus workouts can add another 1-2 hours/week.

Visit our LW Coaching website to ask training plan questions on our forum, read mountain bike specific training articles and learn new workouts.

LW Coaching mountain bike training plan

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x5
07:01:00 03:00:00
Other x3
00:34:00 00:20:00
Strength x2
00:52:00 00:30:00
Custom x2
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Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
07:01:00 03:00:00
Other
00:34:00 00:20:00
Strength
00:52:00 00:30:00
Custom
—— ——

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter
  • Heart Rate Monitor

All supported devices

Lynda Wallenfels

LW Coaching

Mountain Bike Coaching, Consulting and Mountain Bike Training Plans. We are mountain bikers and specialize in mountain biking.

Browse our LWCoaching.com website and give our LW Coaching mountain bike training plan finder App a try https://lwcoaching.com/mtb-training-plans/planfinder/ to see which mountain bike training plan stack fits your goals.

Personal coaching, pre-built mountain bike training plans, telephone consultations. See www.lwcoaching.com or contact lynda@lwcoaching.com


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  • Completed workouts sync with popular apps like Garmin and Wahoo. Learn More
  • If plan includes Structured Workouts, then planned workouts sync to compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time. Learn More

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