// Key topics in this episode:
Question #1: What training metrics should change for 65+ year old Grand Masters cyclists?
- Should aging athletes calculate training intensities differently?
- How to change training density and work:rest ratios for aging athlete
- How athlete phenotype changes training prescription
- Time-crunched vs. time-rich athletes after retirement
- Maintaining VO2 max for experienced athletes, building VO2 max for novices
Question #2: I need a recovery plan. What do I do?
- Start with sleep
- Separate hard from easy
- Listen to Episode #131 and Episode #3
// Links
- Training Zones/Advice for Aging Athlete, from Joe Friel: joefrieltraining.com/fast-aft...
- Joe’s 5-2 Concept: joefrieltraining.com/fast-aft...
- The Aging Neuromuscular System and Motor Performance:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27516...
// HOST
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 13 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.
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