Cycling Performance Club: Are you pacing your intervals effectively?

1:30 A training advice anecdote

6:40 Interval pacing athlete conversation

9:45 Oxygen-deficit and ‘lag’ in VO2 increase during an interval

15:20 What is the purpose of interval training?

21:55 Which specific intervals are we looking at?

24:00 How much time can you spend at >90%VO2max during a session

29:35 Where does the research currently sit?

43:30 How can we apply this research to design an interval session?

46:45 Which athletes will ‘declining intensity’ or ‘fast-start’ intervals work best for?

50:55 Non-physiological factors around interval pacing

54:35 Being aware of power as an external measure

62:25 Making use of the limited research available

66:00 Applications and conclusions

This episode’s panel:

Jason Boynton, Ph.D.

boyntoncoaching.com

Damian Ruse

semiprocycling.com

Cyrus Monk

cyclistscientist.com

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Episode #10 References:

The slow component of O2 uptake kinetics during heavy exercise

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7741865/

Decreasing Power Output Increases Aerobic Contribution During Low-Volume Severe-Intensity Intermittent Exercise

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26308828/

How Does Interval-Training Prescription Affect Physiological and Perceptual Responses?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28051345/

Effects of Priming and Pacing Strategy on VO2 Kinetics and Cycling Performance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26355418/

Pacing, the Missing Piece of the Puzzle to High Intensity Interval Training

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25415386/

The Manipulation of Pace within Endurance Sport

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00102/full

Similar time near VO2max regardless of work rate manipulation in cycling interval training

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34261134/

Acute Cardiopulmonary, Metabolic, and Neuromuscular Responses to Severe-Intensity Intermittent Exercises

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28704307/

Influence of Work-Interval Intensity and Duration on Time Spent at a High Percentage of VO2max During Intermittent Supramaximal Exercise

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19910820/

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