Here Is How You Too
Can Accomplish Big Things In Cycling
by Continuing to do Cycling Group Rides
Throughout the Year!

You Too Can Win With Chavez Cycling Training Tips!

For the past 10 years of my cycling career, I have been training in the Tampa Bay area for cycling races and one of the things that has been helping me and other local cyclists to stay at a high competitive level and win many State cycling titles is consistently participating in weekend group rides throughout the year.

As a result of consistently participating in our weekend group rides in preparation for cycling races, local Tampa Area cyclists have won many Florida State titles for many years in a row, such as The Florida Cup, The Florida Point Series, The Florida State Road Racing Championships, The Florida State Criterium Championships, as well as many other races.

The secret to accomplishing all these great titles in cycling is that we take our weekend group rides seriously and treat them like competitive cycling races. These group rides condition our bodies and minds for 2-day weekend races. They also help us:

• sharpen our bicycle handling skills in large groups;
• practice our attacking strategies for racing;
• practice to keep a breakaway organized and fast;
• improve our final sprinting skills; and
• keep our ideal racing body weight.

If you are a cyclist who wants to accomplish big things in cycling, such as winning The Florida Cup or Point Series, it is important for you to continually participate in competitive cycling group rides when there are no races. This will help you keep your heart, legs and mind conditioned and your cycling racing performance high to win races when the racing season starts and to keep on winning throughout the year.

Here Is This Week’s Chavez Cycling Training Plan:

Remember, although the weekly training plan changes slightly and we include a gym workout during the cycling racing off-season, we consistently participate in group rides every weekend and take our weekend group rides seriously.

Note: For those cyclists who are following our training plan and are including a gym workout, remember that the leg press exercise, done at the heaviest weight you can tolerate for 25 repetitions, is a good way to increase leg power and power endurance. “Remember that consistency is the key to staying fit.”

This is our “easy week”.

Monday:

• Off (rest day)

Tuesday:

• Time On Bike: 1-2 hours
• Gear: 39/17 or 39/16 (small chain ring, easy “spinning” gear)
• Speed: 18 - 20 mph (30 - 35 km/h)
• 30-45 minute gym workout

Wednesday:

• Time On Bike: 3 hours
• Gear: 53/17
• Speed: 18 - 20 mph (30 - 35 km/h)
• or do a group ride

Thursday:

• Time On Bike: 1-2 hours
• Gear: 39/17 or 39/16 (small chain ring, easy “spinning” gear)
• Speed: 18 - 20 mph (30 - 35 km/h)
• 30-45 minute gym workout

Friday:

• Time on Bike: 1 hour
• Speed: 18 - 20 mph (30 - 35 km/h)
• Gear: 39/17 ,16, or 15
• Optional 30-45 minute gym workout

Saturday:

• Time On Bike: 3.5 hours
• Find a group ride
• ChavezCycling.com will be doing the St. Pete ride on Saturday.

Sunday:

• Time On Bike: 3.5 hours
• Find a group ride
• ChavezCycling.com will be doing the San Antonio, Florida ride on Sunday.