Cycling Training During The Winter

You had a year of bicycle tours, training or competitions. The challenge is to keep your physical condition during winter. The day is shorter, the weather does not allow long trips, end of year destroy our body with foods that abound in the tip of the iceberg lies the stress accumulated during the year.

For a balanced person all these problems disappear if you are a well-established. Winter is great for eliminating stress, increase strength, improve technique, increase mobility, etc.. Still want to give you some activities and training methods that can help you get better performance in the season ahead.

Go to the gym. Lance Armstrong is training throughout the winter in the room. Two years behind its schedule, and back extension exercises for the legs (especially the press). Extensions strengthen back muscles, so called during the voyage. Press and training to go as butter on bread when we talk about strengthening the muscles that help us to pedal.

But whether to increase weight? This is the most common questions. Let me tell you a secret. Going to the gym regularly is not fattening!. One hour of exercises to make room for her burning of large amounts of calories, much more than the home pending exit temperatures allowing a cycling tour.

You do not like to go to court? If room is not your taste you can try jog up the stairs. The effort is similar to that submitted to the gym and you will receive extra benefits of activities that stimulate your cardiovascular system. Greater attention to running on flat. Muscles used in this type of exercise is not the same as that used on a bicycle. Start easy, with short distances. Try not to fall into the trap of "I can run x km that is a good cyclist. You do not get to go a week until you get rid of muscle fever "won on this occasion."

Nike has made millions of dollars (if not billions) with the principle of cross-trainings. It is safe but not the Nike invented the concept. In fact top athletes have adopted this type of training for decades. Practicing different sports at the base in the off season, is the best way to keep you in shape and not get exhausted.

Skiing or ski touring. Miguel Indurain had a VO2 max of 88, one of the largest in the history of cycling. Bjorn Daehlie, practicing sports skiing (cross country), has a VO2 max of 93. In other words between your winter sports ski run is king when it comes to additional training.

Swimming. Swimming is great for most athletes, provided they have a good or better swimmer to swim properly. It can be perfect if combined with exercises at the gym because swimming strengthens the upper body muscles.

Stretching! Cyclists have problems when it comes to flexibility. Yoga or simple stretching exercises will help you a lot. Like any other field should start with light exercises in the early days and to increase intensity over time.

Skating is perfect for this time. Besides that help you unwind certainly going to benefit from the effort to move on ice.

Do not forget to use proper clothing and you properly hydrated.

By: Andrei Cristache

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