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Welcome to the Training Pages of the ACU Website.

Due to the multitude of factors surrounding training for any sport ( objectives, current fitness level, time available, places to train, cycling discipline, etc, etc ) no two individual training programmes will be the same.

The examples contained here are intended to act as a guide and can be tailored to suit your own specific objectives.

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Goals and Riding Distance Log

Use this log to set your distance goals and record actual training.

Get in touch with the Gen Sec for more guidance on the use of this training log.

 

Training Sessions

 

This file contains a list of training sessions.

 

 

 

 

 

These five documents which make up this training programme have been adapted from the Mountain Biker Riders Training Bible by Joe Freil.  The contents of all five documents are required in order to make the training programme work.

 

It has been devised for cross country mountain bike racing but can be adapted for use in any discipline. 

 

Click here for a guide to using this programme.

 

Get in touch with the MTB Sec for more guidance on its use.

Annual / Weekly Training Hours

This file contains Annual / Weekly training hours

 

Daily Training Hours

 

This file contains a list of daily training hours.

 

Example Heart Rate Training Zones

 

This file contains a list of example heart rate training zones.

 

Example Training Programme

 This is the training programme, targeting performance peaks during the season.