In this section, you will find sessions useful to the rider outside of those targeting fitness development, in other words:
- testing and profiling current fitness (whether in the lab or out on the road)
- sessions to help recovery or freshen up for race day
Easy
 Aim of Session
Optimise recovery after some hard sessions.
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Pre-race ride
 Aim of Session
A low-intensity session to get prepared for race time
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Power profiling
 Aim of Session
This series of efforts allows the description of your fitness by getting you to work across the range of fitness abilities i.e. sprint (12s) to short endurance (5 minutes). It is normally accompanied by a test to establish your 'functional threshold power' (20 min test)
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FTP
 Aim of Session
To assess your 'functional threshold power', equivalent to the upper power at which you can work under 'steady state' conditions. Often accompanied by a power profiling test.
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CP profiling
 Aim of Session
This session allows measurement of your 'power-time' relationship, and estimation of your Critical Power.
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Ramp test
 Aim of Session
To determine/monitor your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)
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Lactate threshold test
 Aim of Session
To determine/monitor you Lactate Threshold
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Optimal cadence test
 Aim of Session
To pinpoint the relationship between contraction speed and peak power development
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Warm up for a 20 minute race
 Aim of Session
Getting the rider ready for a short race effort using a progressive warm-up and intense bursts
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Warm-up for an hour long race
 Aim of Session
Preparing the rider for a race of one hour using a progressive warm-up and final race pace efforts
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Submaximal HR recovery test
 Aim of Session
A pre-training session protocol that allows the coach to assess the balance of fatigue and freshness
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