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Welcome back, Paulo - you've been missed.

Anything about strengthening the connective tissues as a result of weight training ? I can see that cycling itself will gradually do that, but is it possible that a not so well trained athlete, accelerates that process with weight training ?

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"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Oscar Wilde

"Living systems are worn out by inactivity, but developed by use." - Szent-Gyorgi.

I have a suggestion. Why don't the Slowtwitch Star Coaches and resident PHDs get together and come up with a standardized list of common training terminology complete with CLEAR and SIMPLE definitions and acronyms. It can be posted somewhere handy where the uninformed and uneducated, like me, can refer to before we post stupid questions that try the patience of the experts. I think this would be extremely helpful and I know I would use it to get a fastrack education on this stuff. Thanks.

Greg.

You should get Phil Skiba's book, as IIRC it contains a number of useful definitions of relevant terminology (e.g., VO2max, LT).

". . . uninformed and uneducated, like me"

Greg,

Uninformed and uneducated as you are, you are still very fast :)

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

It's easy to get caught up in lots of technical jargon. I don't know if it 'builds force' but experience tells me that hills make you a faster cyclist. A longer hill will train you differently maybe better, maybe not. Do you have a longer hill? If so ride it too. If not, ride what you have.

"A longer hill will train you differently maybe better, maybe not"

I don't know why this happened, perhaps the real physiological gurus here could explain, but I noticed that my cycling went to a completely, and totally higher level when I moved out to Vancouver years ago and started doing long big climbs that lasted 45 min to an hour. My cycling fitness and performance took a huge leap forward after a year of doing rides with climbs like that regularly. Before that while living in Ontario a "big" climb last 5 minutes!!

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Steve,

Will you be coming out this way at all this season? If so, I'll take you on some long Kamloops climbs so you can get some of that old fitness back.
We were just in Penticton this past weekend and I was surprised how many people I ran into there. It was like "old home" week.

Greg.

Training stress increased. It's hard to slack off going up a hill. Noodling around on flat roads or rollers involves lots of coasting.

I have found that doing hill repeats is helpful. I think the others are saying to mix it up, do some long stuff, some threshold intervals etc...

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Greg,

Planning a western sales trip to Alberta and the BC interior for the summer. Perhaps around the time of IMC. Will let you know when I am coming. Would love to get together for a ride.

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