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“Detraining doesn't occur evenly across all fitness levels in an equal manner. By that I mean if you stop training the first thing you lose is your top end speed and power and that's the hardest thing to get back. Then the next hardest thing to pick back up is your threshold.”
“We need to train the elements of our fitness, which D train first. So we're focusing on sprint power, then VO2 max, then threshold, then finally endurance. This is called reverse periodization.”
“At worst, the results of reverse periodization are it's the same as standard periodization. And at best, it's shown to be multiples better. But at worst, it's the same as normal periodization, it's still worth doing, because what it means is we're working on higher intensity stuff at a period of time when light is dwindling and we don't have to do long rides on dark cold wet windy snowy days.”
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