Pyramids
This is a
Cycling pattern from
www.turnstep.com.
(pattern 16952)
This is a 45 minutes sweat-inducing ride with 2 loops increasing difficulty; focusing on resistance mostly, but with 3 sets of surges for leg speed work. Each loop is a set of 3 accelerations then working into a big hill (pyramid) of graded difficulty - the kick is that you don't rest after the top of the pyramid, but gradually step the work level back down.
Warm/up flat road about 5'.
Loop 1.
- Seated flat 2'
- Accelerate 30" (add a couple rpm with the legs)
- Seated flat 1'
- Accelerate 30"
- Seated flat 1'
- Standing flat 2'
- Recovery seated flat 30"
- Jumps on flat 2' (level 1 of pyramid)
- Seated climb 2' (level 2 of pyramid)
- Standing climb 2' (heavy - level 3 of pyramid)
- Take resistance up again and surge 20"
- Standing climb 2'
- Seated climb 2' (level 2 of pyramid)
- Standing flat 2' (level 1 of pyramid).
Loop 2.
- Seated climb 2'
- Accelerate 30" (add a couple rpm with the legs)
- Seated flat 1'
- Accelerate 30"
- Seated climb 1'
- Standing climb 2'
- Recovery seated flat 1.30"
- Jumps on flat 2' (level 1 of pyramid)
- Seated climb 2' (level 2 of pyramid)
- Standing climb 2' (heavy - level 3 of pyramid)
- Take resistance up again and surge 20"
- Standing climb 2' (moderate-heavy - level 3 of pyramid)
- Seated climb 2' (level 2 of pyramid)
- Standing flat 2' (level 1 of pyramid).
Recovery
Added by
Rikki
at 11:40 AM on Thursday, April 9, 2009 EDT.
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