| If you are training to get better in bicycling, you are | | | | instead work progressively up to a higher level. |
| training based on a principle of what is called | | | | There are two dangerous things you can do while |
| progressive overload. This is the idea that as you | | | | progressive training. The first is to go out every single |
| make your body work harder overtime your body will | | | | day and go all out. This will not cause your body to |
| gradually adapt to that increased workload and | | | | adapt or get better. It will be unpleasant for you train |
| become a more efficient machine. If you are properly | | | | like this and it will be unpleasant for your body because |
| training for cycling then you are going in this cycle of | | | | you will get injuries, you will get sick and you will |
| energy. You first exert yourself, then become fatigued | | | | generally just not feel good. |
| then recover and then your body compensates. | | | | The next thing to avoid is to not keep ramping up your |
| Basically as you train you will get tired then you will | | | | level. Say you pedal one week for an hour at 50% |
| recover and then your body will be forced to work | | | | effort. That is pretty hard for you the first week, but |
| more efficiently so you can train harder and this | | | | by week three it is getting easier. It will be very |
| creates a cycle. | | | | tempting for you to just stick at this pace. The thing is |
| While training using this tactic you should be thinking | | | | though if you want to get better you have to ramp it |
| more about the progressive aspect of it than the | | | | up to two hours at 50% or 1 hour at 60%. If you are |
| overload aspect of it. Instead of trying to go out and | | | | not forcing your body to over exert itself then you are |
| go all out every single time it is probably best to | | | | not properly training. |