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6-Hour Solo Mountain Bike - Personal Record Plan

Author: Lynda Wallenfels

12 weeks - $99.99
Total Hours: 186
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This plan combines the speed required for cross country with the endurance required to keep up the pace and be fast for a 6-Hour Solo mountain bike race. You will need a heart rate monitor to follow this plan. Each workout also contains power training guidelines for those athletes with the huge advantage of a power meter. If you have both follow the power guidelines. This is the plan for the mountain biker who is familiar with a 6-hour solo and has set a goal to go faster and place higher than you have before. You must have competed in at least one 6-hour solo race prior to starting this plan and have been riding 4-5 times per week recently. This is an intensive plan designed to push the envelope of your performance. You should be confident riding fast on dirt roads and single track and racing in close proximity to other riders.
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Sample workouts:
Day #1
Custom
Planned Time: 0:0
Welcome to the LW Coaching Six Hour Solo Mountain Bike Race Personal Record Training Plan. Please take a minute to register at the LW Coaching Forum.: http://www.lwcoaching.com/?page_id=311 Here you can get training plan and racing questions answered.

Workout #2
Core, upper, push, pull, pillar, psoas, crunches, glute
Planned Time: 0:45
Warm up with 5 minutes of easy aerobic exercise or calisthenics. Then do 10 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, 10 pillar ball twists, 10 psoas crunches to each side, 10 regular crunches, 10 oblique crunches, 10 side lifts to each side, 10 supermans, 10 glute bridges. Repeat 2-3 times through. Follow this link for exercise descripions: Core Training for Mountain Bikers: http://lwcoaching.com/?p=210

Workout #3
Foam roller and stretch
Planned Time: 0:15
Use a combination of rolling on the foam roller and stretching to work out your hot spots.
Day #2
Combo pedaling skills - 70 minutes.
Planned Time: 1:10
Warm up for 10 minutes with easy spinning. Max Cadence Set: 10 X 1 minutes as 10 seconds max cadence and 50 seconds easy spin recovery. HR stays low. Spin-Up Set: 8 X 2 minutes as 1 minute high cadence, 1 minute easy spin. HR stays low. Use an easy gear. Single-leg Set: 8 X 3 minutes as 1 minute right leg only at 90 rpm, 1 minute left leg only at 90 rpm, 1 minute both legs at 95 rpm. HR stays low. Cool Down: 10 minutes easy spinning.
Day #3
G3
Planned Time: 2:0
Warm up with 30 minutes easy spinning then do 12 X 30 seconds at max effort with 4.5 minutes easy spinning between each repeat.

Workout #2
In season strength routine for mountain bikers - 60 minutes.
Planned Time: 0:45
Five minute aerobic warm up. 10-15 push-ups, 5 minutes of core work, 10-15 pull-ups or rows, 5 minutes of core work, 5 minutes stretching hips and legs. Repeat two times.
Day #4
L3 tempo
Planned Time: 2:0
Warm up well then ride for 60 minutes at power L3 or in heart rate zone 3. Choose a gently rolling or flat course. Stay on the gas without a break. Cadence 90 - 105 rpm. Fuel and hydrate during the tempo.

Workout #2
Foam roller and stretch
Planned Time: 0:15
Use a combination of rolling on the foam roller and stretching to work out your hot spots.
Day #5
Core, upper, bench, lat, pillars, bi's, tri's
Planned Time: 0:45
Warm up with 5 minutes of aerobic exercise or calisthenics. Then do 10 bench or chest press with a weight approaching but not reaching failure, 10 lat pull with a weight approaching but not reaching failure, 60 second front pillar, 30 second side pillar to each side, 10 ball pikes, 10 bicep curls with a weight approaching but not reaching failure, tricep dips to failure. Repeat 2-3 times.