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Cross Country Base 1 Beginner with Power Meter

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Cross Country Base 1 Beginner with Power Meter

Author

Drew Edsall

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Length

6 Weeks

Plan Description

This training program is the best way to start your training for the year.

This 6 week mountain bike training plan is for the beginner level athlete that knows how to use power. It is the best plan to start the year off with. You will establish baseline measures with a Functional Threshold Test(FTP) at the beginning of the program.

The workouts are 4 days per week with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as your off days. One of the main goals of this plan is to build your foundation, so there will be a long ride every Sunday focusing on building your aerobic capacity. Rides during the week will be short and sweet. They can be performed indoors or outdoors, your choice.

The rides in the training plan will build your aerobic capacity with long weekend rides, muscular endurance with tempo efforts and big gear efforts, and developing the means to push harder in your next training block.

You will end this plan with the ability to ride longer, harder, and most importantly the training plan setup to move forward with a higher intensity training plan after this.

This training plan will set you up to continue to build your fitness higher and higher following it.

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x4
06:57:00 03:30:00
Day Off x3
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Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
06:57:00 03:30:00
Day Off
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Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter

All supported devices

Drew Edsall Mtbfitness.com

Mtbfitness

Mountain Bike Coaching and Training Plans. My name is Drew Edsall, I am a mountain bike head coach with Mtbfitness.com and also a former professional mountain biker. At Mtbfitness we work with all mountain bike athletes and specialize in mountain bike one on one coaching, and mountain bike specific training plans.


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