Can We Keep Up On A Pro Cyclist's Interval Session?

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Professional cyclists train a lot, often using intense interval sessions to boost their power and cycling stamina. Hank and Ollie have been to Arizona and attempted to join Matthew Riccitello from Israel Premier Tech on his low cadence, over-under threshold training session. Is it possible to maintain his power and cadence up Mount Lemmon? Will Hank and Ollie hold on, or will the pro training session be too much for them?
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Matthew Riccitello introduction
01:28 Pro interval session plan
02:15 Interval session warm-up
03:29 Mount Lemmon climb
07:34 2nd interval
11:02 Training session finish
12:30 Pro cyclist interview
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@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Would you try this SAVAGE training session?

@dcv9460 4 ай бұрын

no 😎

@stevocanuck 4 ай бұрын

Hell yes. Not right now cause its winter but definitely in the summer I got a similar mountain to train on

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

@@stevocanuck great stuff! let us know how you get on!

@troycollett8540 4 ай бұрын

They should have done a bike session with Lionel sanders while they were there

@_NoName... 4 ай бұрын

Ollie has _no-neck-style_ when riding 🤣

@GreenAlien2023 4 ай бұрын

Hats off again to Olly for going from the presenter always dropped to the presenter always last to drop

@markgunn6680 4 ай бұрын

He got dropped on the first interval! 😂

@e46t 4 ай бұрын

Also the only one who's not an ex-pro

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

He's a machine! We'll be cooking up some tasty challenges for him this year don't you worry 🥘

@Fewawidood 4 ай бұрын

The fact that they held on for a full interval just shows that Hank and Ollie are insanely fit. Low 5 watts per kilo for 5 minutes, and then around 6 for another minute, able to catch back on for the next rep? That's stronger than the strongest cyclist in town for most places in the world.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

They are two very good riders! Did you see them take on one of americas biggest races? 👉kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fp-Jotalu7-oZGQ.html

@diplou9416 4 ай бұрын

Honestly thank you GCN for constantly dropping so many high quality videos. I really enjoy watching this channel!

@Anotcat12 4 ай бұрын

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It means a lot for us to read such nice comments, we'll keep up the hard work 🙌 Anything in particular you would like to see?

@darrengrande6109 4 ай бұрын

His low cadence reps up that climb were next level, seemed effortless, love to know what he was turning over

@Real28 4 ай бұрын

I noticed that. Other 2 were in a much faster cadence and he's way slower, absolutely motoring.

@adamolig3865 4 ай бұрын

If he was 5W/kg @55kg, he was doing 275W. Kicking it to 6W/kg takes the pro to 330W. The crazy part is only 1min recovery. Any interval I usually do I have half time in recovery, meaning 60s on 30s off. 6min on 1min off is brutality

@pinkvpn Ай бұрын

Looks like he’s chilling down hill easy! 🤪

@stevocanuck 4 ай бұрын

Beauty about cycling is you get what you put in. He rides for a living and rides every single day, doing quality intervals every week whilst you guys are not. Keep your head up!

@Mensch-et3xm 4 ай бұрын

You get what you put in relative to your body's capabilities. Most people could do whatever and never ever come close to the level of a pro that hasn't ridden a bike in a year.

@ReneSaarsoo 4 ай бұрын

I once managed to stay on a wheel of a local pro doing his workout. The trick: it was his easy zone 2 day. It definitely wasn't a zone 2 for me. Luckily there was a strong headwind from which he sheltered me. However... to add insult to the injury... during a short steep climb he stood up in the saddle and surfed the internet, or sent some messages... who knows, I was gassed.

@johnwestwell2241 4 ай бұрын

I once managed to get on the wheel of Hugh Carthy, not long before he went to race in Spain. I was feeling pretty pleased with myself for about 10 seconds, until he sat up, took off his helmet and fiddled with the straps, all the time pedalling at the same cadence. Then, he fastened his helmet up and smoothly rode away from me.

@WendsH 4 ай бұрын

lol Reminds me of the one time I ran into Geriant Thomas in the wild in Zwift. I didn't know who was coming up on my butt near the Mall Sprint on the London map, but I was determined to give whoever it was a run for their money... and was smoked within seconds as I was putting out my all and he apparently was just buzzing along without a care in the world. Humbling, to put it mildly.

@ptkewl 4 ай бұрын

The low cadence from the Pro was beautiful to see. Absolute beast made it look easy.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

There is just something right about a smooth pedal rotation 👌

@jigglypuff4227 4 ай бұрын

Really have to say it is truly impressive to see what power ollie built up in the last 1 - 2 years.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

He's going strength to strength 💪

@andrewmcalister3462 4 ай бұрын

It looks like Ollie and Hank had a great US trip. And thanks Matthew for towing them up Mt Lemmon.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

That was some tow too 💨

@thecoffeeblog 4 ай бұрын

The kid was not grinding nor spinning and kept a comfortable 65 rpm up while Ollie was spinning all his energy out. Very amazing genetics, he was not tired/sweaty at the end.

@jamesd5241 4 ай бұрын

not genetics..... training...

@danmartin9086 4 ай бұрын

The trick is to be 55kg and look like a 12 year old

@nathanielmiller2606 4 ай бұрын

Partially genetics. His dad jimmy riccitello was a good athlete himself and is currently the head ref for Ironman

@Dermiezz 4 ай бұрын

I love the random cyclist at the top that stopped and tried to join in for the interview!

@theunknown21329 Күн бұрын

The kid is so young and has a bright future. May he succeed in his endeavours.

@2wheelsrbest327 4 ай бұрын

Fair play to Hank for admitting he is past his best.

@stevedouglas3975 4 ай бұрын

Not really. It was obvious he couldn't keep up with a non pro Ollie let alone an actual pro rider. He didn't have to admit it, it was in video.

@2wheelsrbest327 4 ай бұрын

Don't disagree Steve but at least he didn't try & bluff it by coming up with an excuse ie dropped a gear, bad day ,legs aren't working etc

@stevedouglas3975 4 ай бұрын

@@2wheelsrbest327 Fair enough

@overlandingfamily 4 ай бұрын

His low cadence made it look hilarious with you guys behind him.

@paulmorrison30 4 ай бұрын

Excellent work team 👏🏾This was an great video and it was nice to see the power overlay on the screen 👌🏾

@matthewbaynham6286 4 ай бұрын

It's good to see you trying to train with a pro. It was a nice video.

@derekevans1932 4 ай бұрын

I know that Andrew Feather has been suggested, and that would be to do the session with the rpm, but I would also suggest that Ed Laverack would be a good choice as well (3rd behind Pidcock on KOM for Sa Calobra and did it solo).

@JitinMisra 2 ай бұрын

The music really added to the intensity and experience .. Great Job GCN Editors !

@Kimberlietriracer25 4 ай бұрын

Loved watching a pro do his intervals. It was a great visual of what my intervals should look like. Ollie and Hank fid well as well.

@lauraott1015 4 ай бұрын

I truly enjoyed the effort from all. I follow a GCN training ride almost daily but would love to see more actual road rides. ALSO loved the recent Patagonia ride. Thanks to both Hank and Ollie.

@sosoki638 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting into perspective HOW STRONG pros really are! It always looks so easy on them 😳😳 incredible efforts!

@ItsBugsy 4 ай бұрын

Any vs Pro video is amazing to watch. Completely brings me down to reality though, ruins my pro cyclist ego dream (amateur 35y...)

@MV-sy4id 4 ай бұрын

Love it. Great vid bumping my mood for the day:)

@chrisbaum998 4 ай бұрын

Love your video with the Mathew!! Hank and Ollie solid effort and impressive!!

@Roger47630 4 ай бұрын

Another excellent video. Thank you.

@MyBetsie 4 ай бұрын

Great video for showing how important body weight is. Amazing that your rest power is his effort power. Your not under powered, your over fed haha

@okayest_amateur 4 ай бұрын

Finally! some good content. Thanks guys.

@adamrobinson3929 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Don't think I've seen a better, more insightful piece of content showing how the pro's train. Great interview at the end as well, and some excellent and sincere words of praise from Hank to Mathew.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Mathew was great to hang with for the day! Really puts our efforts into perspective 👀 Would you like to see him back on the channel?

@DDGB08 4 ай бұрын

Very entertaining content as usual. Great effort for you all

@rcostheta 4 ай бұрын

Olly casually knocking out almost 2x5 minutes at 5+ w/kg is amazing

@roadcyclist1 4 ай бұрын

The pro was doing 5 and 6. Ollie is heavier so he was doing more watts to keep up.

@einstein445644 4 ай бұрын

That's not how it works 😂

@philipb.1950 4 ай бұрын

@@roadcyclist1you do less w/kg at the same climbing speed if you’re heavier

@roadcyclist1 4 ай бұрын

@philipb.1950 exactly, hence why he had to do more watts to keep up

@roadcyclist1 4 ай бұрын

@philipb.1950 wrong, u have to have to put out more w/kg to equal the same speed as a lighter rider on an uphill climb

@ptocknell 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Really enjoyed this one. Would love seeing more videos like these. Love Mt. Lemmon! One of my favorite rides in the US.

@spenceradamsjr 4 ай бұрын

I loved watching this video! Seeing the composure of a pro with Hank and Ollie hanging on to gut it out puts the performance into perspective. Hank still has lots and I love how Ollie has grown so much during his time at GCN. I look forward to seeing Mathew grow in the sport as well. Pure class!

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Mathew was amazing! We really had to dog deep to hang on 👀Any more pros you would like to see on the channel?

@paulgordon7526 4 ай бұрын

Olly you and Hank are really fit it just goes to show how unbelievably fit Mathew and the other Pro's are! well done and happy new year to you all.

@lokerola 4 ай бұрын

Matt looks like he's totally relaxed at the end of the ride! LOL. Kudos to you guys for hanging with him as long as possible.

@billfuddled 4 ай бұрын

Just watching Matthew's cadence made my hurt. Great job, all!

@seamusmcmahon3606 3 ай бұрын

What I love most about this channel is the humour (o optional) and the modesty. Always a laugh through the tears...Keep up the great work lads and lassies!

@pierregranet 4 ай бұрын

You two have a great level to be able to be able to follow one interval 👏

@jmac74 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. You are the best. Thank you.

@paperxray 4 ай бұрын

it's cool that you got several videos out of 1 trip! love it.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

We know how to manage our time... shout out to the GCN elves 🙌

@chad849 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video ..keep them coming

@chriscole4149 4 ай бұрын

That was savage! Fun to watch!

@DavidPenney 4 ай бұрын

Awesome effort!

@MaxRothFitness 4 ай бұрын

Love seeing u on Mt Lemmon, always seeing Matthew on the mountain when I’m riding there.

@murtheblur33 4 ай бұрын

Great job Ollie and Hank! That looked like a tough workout and it was inspiring to see you guys give it your all and hang in as long as you could.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

We hung on in there 👀

@samorourke8837 4 ай бұрын

When I first heard the session I was like, sounds ok (ish…..😅) but then when I saw what that minute recovery really was I quickly came to appreciate the session…!! 🤯 I’m used to equal or half recovery and then go again, a minute after 8 mins of effort is something else.. Matthew is metronomic in his cadence

@ImACatCuz 3 ай бұрын

Please do more of this.

@bikeanddogtrips 4 ай бұрын

8:37 "wiw, haven't gone that hard in a while" yeah, that's what she said 🤣🤣🤣

@CEK0549 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@JackSmith-os8nm 4 ай бұрын

I like that you're not over editing, or putting garbage b roll inbetween shots. Keep it up

@carlosmasmela1584 4 ай бұрын

Great video guys!

@hondasaurusrex6998 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Hoping you enjoyed every mile riding with young Matthew. Quite the experience riding with a pro.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Always fun riding with the pros... humbling but fun!

@gefloigle 4 ай бұрын

So glad to have you chaps in Tucson! Come back again. FWIW, I’ve seen a cyclist do Lemmon on a fixie. Brutal.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

Maybe we could send Hank up it on a fixie?

@timmarshallsay 4 ай бұрын

@@gcn I'd pay to watch the fixie descent afterwards...

@troyap5081 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for coming to my home! As a Tucson native, cyclist and triathlete, what a thrill to have the GCN crew here! Keep an eye out for Casa de Mesquite VRBO, LLC and future Desert Willow Ranch B&B, LLC. Both will cater to cyclists, triathletes, and outdoor enthusiasts. B&B = Bed & Breakfast or Bed & Bike or Bed & Board (horses) or Bed & Backpacking. 👍

@MrGarycoww 4 ай бұрын

Love it!,I do think if you guys had that on your doorstep it would be much closer.Kudos!. Ollie's quote of the video "Im just a regular Dude!'😂

@craig8694 4 ай бұрын

Did that mountain this spring on holiday (NOT at that level) but it was an amazing experience!

@stevocanuck 4 ай бұрын

factor ostro vam is such a beautiful looking bike even though its a common looking aero bike, they just simply spread out the branding names on the bike

@conniesullivan757 4 ай бұрын

Love that you are here in the US checking out some of our classic routes. Boulder next?

@chrisridesbicycles 4 ай бұрын

Impressive! I do a lot of low cadence stuff in the early season but more like 10min at sweet spot below 50 rpm and then a seated all out sprint at the end. More the classics type rider style I guess.

@danieljames1 4 ай бұрын

I didn't realize just how out of shape I was until I watched this. Amazing effort and kudos to all. 🤯

@PrabuddhaDasGupta1966 2 ай бұрын

My back is aching from just watching this insane effort. I'd start reflecting on why I ride a bicycle.

@Abnsdllnnlosnfd Ай бұрын

Man! This Matthew dude is looking pretty smooth on the bike!

@stuartfreedman6854 4 ай бұрын

The outcome was obvious from the get-go, but cheers to you guys for draining the tank! You must have loved the descent.

@Zwiesel66 4 ай бұрын

Very impressive, gives a whole new meaning to the term 'hard training' 😳

@ivanmartin1040 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these content i have no idea what training program of the pro's more content of these

@gavinm717gkm 4 ай бұрын

This was a good one! The Sonoran Desert is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

@ssusggus 4 ай бұрын

Nice to see river Cartwright shares a similair oassion with us all

@RealMeatyBalls 4 ай бұрын

i dont normally comment but i really like this type of video. love watxching you guys get granular opn your training, watts/warts and all. good effort. will try to do this workout myself next week.

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

let us know how you get on!

@Stue007 4 ай бұрын

Spectacular!!

@johngannon1 4 ай бұрын

I dream to be able to hold a pro for one interval like you two as it is I’ll stick with my aspiration to kick off 30 minutes a day from 1 January. And I’d love more content like this - it just makes me even more in awe of how powerful the pros are

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

The pros are on another level! The 30 in 30 challenge is a great way to kick start your fitness journey though 🙌 Are you joining out Zwift races?

@lukewalker1051 2 ай бұрын

Incredible talent. Him out front, so slender of build, target cadence of 55 RPM and just ripping up that climb....couldn't hold his wheel at max cadence and in the draft. Anybody who has ridden with a pro knows how special they are but this young man at his weight is incredible. Can't judge a book.

@stevocanuck 2 ай бұрын

Nothing about him is special. While he's riding his bike, everyone else is working their 9-5 job. If everyone rode a bike and trained like him they would be the same.

@jonathanparks207 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see Ollie try that in July. I am sure the weather will be nice and mild at that time.

@elysew3334 4 ай бұрын

perfect inspiration for me! I'm in Arizona for several months and have this on my list to complete this winter. Slowly though! lol. I gotta take my time on climbs. :)

@gcn 4 ай бұрын

What an amazing place to live! You've got some great riding on the doorstep 🙌

@markgreer1975 4 ай бұрын

Top effort guys

@GregLanz 4 ай бұрын

I loved cycling around Tucson, a perfect place for early season rides for a Canadian. I rode up Lemmon but at no where's near their rate, it didn't help I was almost twice the weight of Mathew

@cokebottles6919 4 ай бұрын

I love Mt Lemmon. It's a long one, 21 miles and 5400' of elevation gain, but never gets crazy steep. Basically a perfect training climb

@waynemccuen8213 4 ай бұрын

I get dropped like that regularly. I call it my sprint to the back of the group!

@dantremonti4137 4 ай бұрын

07:34 2nd interval - the comment, the music, feels like a boss fight in a video game

@cb6866 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Dr O , JLW , Matt , and crew . Yeah...huge difference , eh ?

@willjones7132 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Wonder what the pro's threshold and z2 power is to compare the workout zones?

@Journeyofourlife436 4 ай бұрын

Pro Cycling does it like it was nothing but everytime we watch them in tour de france they are all struggling like they are normal people :D

@MandyH1972 4 ай бұрын

It was enough for me to once take a Strava QoM off a local pro. I was about 18 stone at the time and while the feat in itself wasn't really anything to shout about it certainly helped my ego at the time.

@ianmiddel2898 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I think IPT will be super fun to watch in 2024.

@ramsden35 4 ай бұрын

His pedal stroke 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@purpleaki7135 4 ай бұрын

These are the types of videos I can watch from beginning to end. GCN, check the spelling of Mathew "Riccatello" in your description.

@shaunmcnally7631 4 ай бұрын

I think you guys should make a gcn indoor training session video based on this workout.

@bikeanddogtrips 4 ай бұрын

I've only ever climbed mount lemmon once - on Rouvy, however I have watched a couple of videos with both phil gaimon and lionel sanders blasting their way up to the top - as if in some sort of speed competition with one of elon's space ships.

@danmartin9086 4 ай бұрын

Generally think LS would drop this guy on ML. He does it at 395 watts, not sure this pro would be able to do hold that all the way up

@roadcyclist1 4 ай бұрын

@@danmartin9086he would destroy Lionel...don't kid yourself.

@alexjohnson6462 4 ай бұрын

Quoting roadcyclist1: "...he would destroy Lionel...don't kid yourself..." You do realize that Lionel Sanders not only has the KOM on this (which is considered one of the most competitive Strava hills in the entire U.S. ) and he has had the record for quite some time, and that his time is faster than .... you guessed it.... the guy in this video (Matthew Riccitello) who holds the number two spot after taking it from Sam Long (who I am sure you know is also a top triathlete). Lionels KOM beat Phil Gaimon by about 4 minutes when Phil was in pretty peak shape, if I recall correctly. Lionel also beat Drake Duel by a full two minutes who is considered the U.S. version of Britains Andrew Feather. Yes, I do think Riccitello will eventually get Lionels KOM.... probably even this year.... but he has not got it yet despite a tough effort, so Lionel deserves that respect for holding one of the toughest hill KOMs in this country for several years now. If somebody could beat him, they would. Its not like pro cyclists arent constantly poaching KOMs all the time despite the fact that sone people seem to think its controversial.

@eleycki 4 ай бұрын

🤣 neither of you doing the pro’s low cadence! 😂. Great vid as always chaps!

@markachapman486 4 ай бұрын

Right! There cadence is much higher! If you’re gonna make a video and compare your effort to a professional cyclist you should mimic everything the pro is doing for context.

@markachapman486 4 ай бұрын

Ollie and his folly 😂

@eleycki 4 ай бұрын

@@markachapman486 i think we could still get the message: You can’t hang with a pro climber…….!!

@edgarbran9822 4 ай бұрын

@@markachapman486maybe you didn't notice (12:10), but around the end of the video they said they tried at first (and they showed a clip of them at low rpm). Obviously, that must have lasted only a couple of minutes, at most, and then they were just trying to survive at any rpm 😂

@jonasvieth 4 ай бұрын

Hank licking blood at the beginning of the workout 😄 You can get him out of races but you can never get the racer out of him 💪

@chivacetana 4 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see Matt action this season

@panosexplorations 4 ай бұрын

Great route!

@treyquattro 4 ай бұрын

Ollie: dropped to dropper once again! Ollie's shaping up as GCN's best climber. Great effort chaps. (ETA: I don't know if Andrew Feather is actually part of GCN or a regular guest? If regular then I suppose Ollie is GCN's second best climber)