Wednesday, October 25, 2006

All Base and no Max makes Johnny a slow boy?

In the world of exercise science, ever so often a concept comes along that challenges the status quo. For years, the idea has been that in the off season cyclists do lots and lots of "base" miles to build your aerobic capacity, but at the same time NOT do any maximal efforts, for fear of undoing your base work. Well, it appears that is up for some debate.
It makes sense, but I would like to know how "small" of an amount is needed.


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