PowerTap reading material
03-08-11, 09:58 PM
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PowerTap reading material
So, now I wait...
I have some time before I get a powertap with a joule 2.0.
What did you find useful to get the most out of your powertap?
(books, programs, etc.)
Please provide a brief or long description. Thanks!
I have some time before I get a powertap with a joule 2.0.
What did you find useful to get the most out of your powertap?
(books, programs, etc.)
Please provide a brief or long description. Thanks!
03-08-11, 10:06 PM
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1. Buy Training and Racing with a Power Meter by Coggan and Allen.
2. Sign up over at the wattage forum.
2. Sign up over at the wattage forum.
03-09-11, 06:32 AM
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The Coggan and Allen book is indispensable, and if you're interested in designing a training plan more generally, Joe Friel's Cyclist's Training Bible is a good read as well.
03-09-11, 10:47 AM
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Agree about the book from Coggan and Allen also Chris Carmichaels Time Crunched Cyclist for specific event related training and nutrition. But while you're reading them and wondering what the heck do I do with all that info, go do your normal rides and don't worry about what the PM is saying. Some time during the next two months go do an FTP test. Then ride lots and now use your FTP and FTP calculated zones to do specific kinds of workouts. Take brief notes about your ride (RPE, conditions, notable happenings, nutrition, etc.). GL it gets fun and humbling from here.
03-09-11, 11:30 AM
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I ordered the Coggan and Allen book. Thanks.
Any other recommendations to prep for training with power?
Any other recommendations to prep for training with power?
03-09-11, 11:50 AM
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familiarize yourself with jargons such as TSS (training stress score), ATL (acute training load), CTL (chronic tranining load), and TSB (training stress balance). This is the pearl that is so often disregarded by people training with power as those few indicators allow you to periodize your training.
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Yeah, I need to learn periodization. I wrote down a typical week of training for the first time the other day, kinda said woah, that is quite a lot of time and effort. I dont have a plan, I just follow my gut in terms of how hard to push, but maybe that should change.
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Yeah, I need to learn periodization. I wrote down a typical week of training for the first time the other day, kinda said woah, that is quite a lot of time and effort. I dont have a plan, I just follow my gut in terms of how hard to push, but maybe that should change.
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^I also am into trail running, road running, resistance training too. I need to learn how to balance all this.
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For software I use Golden Cheetah which runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
It's free.
It does most of what WKO+ does but uses Dr. Skiba's metrics instead of Coggan's (BikeScore, xPower, short term stress, long term stress in place of TSS/Normalized Power/Acute Training Load/Chronic Training Load.).
Critical power can be automatically calculated off your best short (1-6 minutes) and long (10-60 minutes) intervals so it's easy to have accurate and current power zones.
Chung's s virtual elevation model is implemented so you can determine (and therefore optimize) CdA and rolling resistance.
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