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Cycle 154

Cycle 154 – Lactate Shuttle

Dynamic warm up

 Climb circuit

Lactate Shuttle

5:00 on, 2:30 off, 6:00 on, 3:00 off, 7:00 on, done.  All out efforts.

Cool down

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Cycle 148 (tabata madness)

Four different tabata workouts, in one!

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Warmup

Focus on climbs and out of saddle work.  Speed toward the end.

  • Eyes (Extended Mix) – Kaskade
  • Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Awesome – The Bloody Beetroots
  • Heavy Metal Lover – Lady Gaga
  • Electrify – Mute Math
  • Fantasy – The xx

Workout

Each set is 8x 20:10 of the effort described. 2 min rest between each set.

  • Tabata 1, seated climb. I Wanna Go (Jump Smokers Radio Remix) – Britney Spears / The Requiem – Linkin Park
  • Tabata 2, standing climb. Kill EVERYBODY – Skrillex / Prelude 12/21 – AFI
  • Tabata 3, high cadence. MK Ultra – Muse / Love Like a Sunset Part II – Phoenix
  • Tabata 4, all out effort. Walk – Foo Fighters
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Cycle 145 (progressive cadence)

The goal of this workout is to hold high cadences through progressively higher gears. The cadence does not drop nearly as quickly as the gear rises!

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Warm-up

  1. We Can Make The World Stop – Glitch Mob: flat road
  2. The Catalyst – Linkin Park: 120 rpm holds
  3. A Wolf In Geek’s Clothing – The Naked and Famous: False flat up/down
  4. Self vs Self – Pendulum: Tabata seated climb
  5. Warrior Concierto – Glitch Mob: active recovery

Workout

5 sets of 3 min on, 1 min off.

  1. Satellite – Rise Against: flat road, 120 rpm
  2. Rocket – Smashing Pumpkins: flat + 1, 120 rpm
  3. MK Ultra – Muse: flat + 2, 110 rpm
  4. Idealistic – Digitalism: flat + 3, 110 rpm
  5. Cornelius (Radio Oi!) – Bloody Beatroots: flat + 4, 100rpm

Cash out

  • Rock N’ Roll [Will Take You To The Mountain] – Skrillex: Tabata seated climb

Cool down

  • Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
  • White Sky – Vampire Weekend
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Cycle 144 (tabata)

This is my first Spotify-driven playlist.  Hope it works out!

If you have Spotify, you can check out the playlist here.

Warm-up

  • Drumming Song – Florence + The Machine: 100+ rpm
  • Bulletproof (Tiborg Remix) – La Roux: 100+ rpm, 20 rpm pickups
  • Yeah 3x – Chris Brown: seated/standing easy climb
  • Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason Derulo: seated climb easy, seated climb medium, standing climb med/hard
  • E.T. (Noisia Remix) – Katy Perry: 120+ rpm
  • Into – The xx: active recovery

Workout

  • Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO: Tabata!
  • 2 min recovery, then 6x 1min:30sec on the following songs:
    • 1901 Bo Flex’d (Passion Pit Remix) – Phoenix
    • Save The World (Third Party Remix) – Swedish House Mafia
  • Move For Me (Radio Edit) – Kaskade & Deadmau5: 100+ rpm, 20 rpm pickups
  • Knights of Cydonia – Muse: 3 min easy, 2 min med, 1 min hard climb

Cool Down

  • Awake My Soul – Mumford & Sons
  • You’ve Got The Love – Florence + The Machine
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Cycle 141 (power test, 70-100% efforts)

The goal is to get a max power reading (for today), then use that number to put together efforts at 70-100% power across different time domains.

Warm up

  • Resurrection – The Temper Trap: flat road cadence work
  • The Ballad of Mona Lisa – Panic! At the Disco: false flat, standing med climb

Testing

  • Together – The Presets: 3 attempts to find max power for today
  • Houdini – Foster the People: active recovery

Efforts

  • One (Your Name) – Swedish House Mafia: Hold 70% max
  • The Requiem – Linkin Park: active recovery
  • Cinema (Skrillex Remix) – Benny Benassi: Hold 80% max
  • Intro – The XX: active recovery
  • Till the World Ends (Bloody Beatroots Remix) – Britney Spears: Hold 90% max
  • Don’t Panic – Coldplay: active recovery
  • Move for Me (Radio Edit) – Kaskade & Deadmau5: Hold 100% max

 

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