The Cyclocross Workout Of The Day for Tuesday, 8.16 “Fail To Succeed.”
Howdy folks,
How was the rest day?
Feeling recovered?
I hope so, because we’re dropping right back in to the swing of things.
Ready for some intensity?
it’s…
2×20 Tuesday!
If you’ve been following along, you probably saw this coming… and you may even be getting sick of these damn things.
Stick with it today, though. Next week, I’ll mix things up a bit just to keep you on your toes.
You can do the 2×20 one of two ways today –
– The Classic 2×20 –
Or
– The 2×20 Get-Up Style-
Whichever one you choose to do, the key is to hit it hard. Seriously – this workout should be pretty damn awful.
You should be gassed when you’re done.
Try to go harder than you can in a race.
Look, you’re trying to do two intervals here, right?
Ideally, when you finish the second interval, you’ve got absolutely nothing left.
Part of the reason we do these every week is that you need to learn what, exactly “nothing left” means.
You need to blow it a couple of times in order to learn where that line is.
If – every time out – you finish both of the 20 minute intervals at the same level, you probably aren’t doing this right.
Let me clarify: you need to fail on the second interval occasionally.
Why?
– when you’re just starting out with these, you won’t know what your limits are until you exceed them.
– when you’re starting to get good at these, you won’t get better unless you steadily push your output level up.
– when you really have these nailed, and you’ve maxed out, you won’t be able to hold your max fitness forever. Blowing up on the 2×20 will be one of your indicators of that plateau.
Make sense?
Have fun!
M
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