Welcome to TrailCoach Training Plans
This quick introduction is to outline a few key points that are important to ensure that you are safe while exercising, and also getting the most from your plan.
After you complete your online assessment your coach will arrange a time to call. This is to get more information about what you want from your coach, and also to introduce themself. Topics of discussion will include Goal Setting (for the month/year ahead) as well as Training Availability to ensure the programme fits around your lifestyle.
Riding – the fun bit!
One of the fundamentals of this training is to get as much bike time as possible, but also to be more aware of what we are doing. We’re always preaching purposeful practice and this is no different – we want you to use your mountain bike outdoors as much as possible, that’s what we’re training for after all! We will encourage you to pay more attention to heart rate and/or power data – this gives more structure to training and prevents us from overtraining.
TrainingPeaks
All of your training will be scheduled on Training Peaks – they have a handy, quick guide to get started. All of the rides can be set to upload automatically for your coach to view and analyse and progress tracked with notes.
If you are ready to get started, simply join and appoint us as your coach.
Gym Sessions
The gym session can be a big part of your training, so it’s important to do it correctly with good form. The first 4 weeks of training will be bodyweight strength training to decrease the risk of injury.
If you are new to training in the gym or using equipment at home, please see our guide to training the body.
Nutrition & Lifestyle
It is advised that you track your eating habits on MyFitnessPal which can be linked to TrainingPeaks. This is more to keep accountability than anything else!
If you are looking to lose weight, select “lose 0.5kg per week” in the goals section of MyFitnessPal which ensures you keep your performance on the bike and in the gym.
Sleep
Last but definitely not least, we look to get as much sleep as possible. Getting around 9+ hours will promote as much recovery as possible.
A wrist-mounted fitness tracker may have the ability to measure sleep and offer us data that may help us optimise your recovery and training.
More Questions?
We hope this quick guide has answered some questions, but no doubt you have more – once you arrange a suitable time to call, have your questions ready so we can cover everything and get your training plan up and running as soon as possible.
See you soon!