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• Oct 07, 2014

  Should all intensity be removed from winter workouts?

  My short answer is – no. On Sunday's group ride, the topic of winter riding volume and exercise intensity came up. "Should triathletes, road cyclists and mountain bikers remove all intensity during the preparation or base phase of training? What does research support?" You know my short answer, now let's look into the answer in more depth. Before going further, let me define "intensity" for the purpose of this blog. I consider "intensity" to be any effort above an aerobic heart rate. (What I define as Zone 1 to 2.) Very high intensity is short duration (60 seconds or less)...

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  • aerobic, base training, high intensity training, HIT, lactate threshold, mountain bikers, off season training, research, road racers, runners, training plans, triathletes, winter
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• Oct 03, 2014

  Gale Bernhardt Consulting Selected as One of Top 6 Online Trainers

  Today I was pleasantly surprised, humbled and honored to be selected as one of Men's Fitness Magazine's top online trainers. The honor was for providing dedicated workouts and advice for athletes. In the magazine, they pulled a nice quote from the Tough Love blog written in August. I must say it feels great to have triathletes, mountain bikers, road cyclists and runners value my training plans and advice. For the recognition, thank you Men's Fitness ~   Note: What I didn't catch in the original tweet to me is that it is an international honor - Men's Fitness Magazine, U.K....

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  • advice, Men's Fitness, mountain bike, road cycling, training plans, triathlon
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