What does a Pro road bikers training program look like

miles, hours, days, times per day what? anyone know any pros training schuedules?

I have been connecting with my cousin Thierry of Team Ouch presented by Maxxis.

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During the normal season most of the guys ride between 25 and 30 hours a week.** Its normally Monday Off, Tuesday Long Ride, Wednesday Intervals, Thursday Long Day, Friday short day ( 3 hours easy) Saturday Race or high intensity ride, Sunday light spin 1.5 to 2 hours. In the early season the guys try to log long miles to get in shape up to 40 hours in some cases...but at a very easy pace the entire time

 

Interesting, I'd love to see this. I looked at Brian Lopes schedule once and was really suprized at how little he trained. Then I talked to Tinker Juarez and he told me about his training schedule and I wondered when he got time to sleep.

 

It really depends on what they are goin for...

But it's more then a full time job!

3weeks on 1 week off

3weeks on are 4-5hr days with intervals
and maybe some core strength work

off weeks are 1-3 hr days of light tempo form conscience days....

I'm kinda talking out my ass but this is pretty much what I envision.

 

It starts with opening a bottle of beer. j/k


I've always wondered too. Do they have other commitments? :-k

 

You may want to check with Zippy, as he's a coach. Personalized programs are best, as they take your level of riding, availability, and goals into consideration in planning a training program.

There is an interesting article here: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Peloton/TNT-corner/life-of-a-pro.html

 

20,000-25,000miles a year :-s dang!

 

My best year I did 7568 miles and was constantly in trouble for riding to much.

 

I didn't drive 20,000 last year!

 

Remember, they race about 100 miles/road race-at the TdF they ride 21 days.

20,000mi is about 400mi/wk. If you average 20mph that's about 20 hours ride time. A full time job is about 32-40hrs/wk. Then you have stretching, weights, etc. So, it works out to a full-time job. It's just that some of them don't get paid as much :lol:

 

Come on! They're road miles--way shorter than dirt miles! If I didn't have to look for work, I'd do 25k for sure! :lol:

 

yea just the training alone is a full time job

there is alot more to it then just training its a life style

its more of a 24hr/7days a week job

 

Why don't you just go out and try a race? There is one left this season-CBR's Dominguez Hills (socalcycling.com).

Plenty of juniors do just fine in the adult/elite Cats. Andy, from Team PossAbilities won the Ontario Cat 4 series. Micheal, from ShoAir rides with the 4/5s; by the time he's dropped, there are usually a few other men he can work with around the course. Junior gearing doesn't limit the truly strong and talented riders. Moving the stops on the rear gears/cogs is sufficient until you race nationals.

Sometimes local pros show up, too. Tony Cruz (rode with Discovery), Rahsaan Bahati (rides with Rock Racing, last year's Nat'l Crit Champ), even Sarah Hammer has done some local crits (from the Olympics & Worlds), Flyod Landis was at the Tour of Murrieta & Dana Point (and has done the Sat coffee shop ride, Sun Como), Thurlow Rogers (Amgen, Olympian, PanAm, World Masters Champ)...

You can hang out and chat with them. Some will coach, too.

Or, the coffee shop and Como Street ride are local to you (Irvine/Tustin area). You can get a bit of feel on those training rides, though not a true race.

 

Dang, the season has been shortened. Just recently renewed my licence after a few years away. My old codger mind remembers starting in late January and racing most of the way though October, in the 90's, maybe even early 2000's. Ok, back to the topic at hand.

 

I love this passage about Russian cyclist Viatcheslav Ekimov, also known as "nails" by Armstrong, from the book Lance Armstrong's War.

 

with a 9-5 job I find it hard to train much more then 15hrs a week. I avg 10hrs a week on the bike

56 sleeping
40 working
7 commuting
10 eating

That is 113 hrs right there.... take out training you got 100 hrs in a week for personal time (bathroom, errands, showering, ect ect)

 

No kidding! I drive less than half of that. At my current rate Id have trouble riding more than 2k miles a year just on the road.

 

I have been connecting with my cousin Thierry of Team Ouch presented by Maxxis.

PRETTY COOL STUFF!

During the normal season most of the guys ride between 25 and 30 hours a week. Its normally Monday Off, Tuesday Long Ride, Wednesday Intervals, Thursday Long Day, Friday short day ( 3 hours easy) Saturday Race or high intensity ride, Sunday light spin 1.5 to 2 hours. In the early season the guys try to log long miles to get in shape up to 40 hours in some cases...but at a very easy pace the entire time