quality not quantity
May 19th, 2008 by Hannah MayhoThis week has been a fairly quiet week training-wise. I got back from Italy on Sunday where I’d been competing in a stage race. It was pretty hilly with lots of steep twisting descents but it was a good learning experience and GB’s climber, Katie Colclough finished 3rd overall so it was a good result for the team! This week I’ve been mad revising for exams, so have been doing quality work, but not quantity. Its been mostly sessions on the turbo or rollers and gym sessions at Leeds Met. (I got new PB’s in the snatch and dumbell press!) The turbo and rollers are quite hard mentally as there isn’t the enjoyment of going out on a ride but its a good way to sharpen up for competition, especially time trialling. I also did a 10 mile time trial on Wednesday night down at Kildwick nr Skipton which went well…good preparation for the National 10 mile tt Champs down in Portsmouth next weekend 
…will let you know how that goes! Hannah x
Tags: GB, gym sessions, time trials, training
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Hi Hannah,
looks like you are doing well. Just wondering what your PB is with the snatch and dumbell press.
James.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Hi James,
My PB for snatch is 25kg and dumbell press is 2x 15kg. Being a cyclist, I dont tend to work on upper body stuff as much its more leg and glute work and some core.
Hannah
May 28th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hi Hannah, i agree. For a cyclist the legs work is much more important, but that is still a good effort. Do you find though when you are cycling, when you get tired and the lactic acid builds in your legs do your arms and upper body work harder to take some of the strain off your body?
james
May 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
not really but when im climbing its important to be strong in the upper body and core and also when starting in my event, i need a strong core and upper body as its all about keepin the rest of your body strong and getting as much power through the pedals as possible and making each pedal stroke as efficient as possible. im working on hip stability too at the moment so doing very deep squats and lots of hip strengthening exercises