Off-Season Training: Why and How You Should Detrain on Purpose

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Off-Season Training: Why and How You Should Detrain on Purpose
Oct 20, 2022 Season 3 Episode 120
CTS

Topics Covered In This Episode:

  • What detraining is and why you need it
  • What happens when you lighten your training load
  • How to detrain correctly
  • Absolute vs. Relative Chronic Training Load (CTL)
  • Physical and psychological consequences of lowering CTL
  • Coach AP's Recipe for Detraining
  • How much CTL should be lost during detraining phase?

Host
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 13 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.

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