Cycling Tapering for Race Day; Volume & Intensity Discussed

"Only three out of 11 athletes took a rest day during the final 5 days prior to their most successful competition." This is a really interesting paper called Road To Gold. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101796 What happens when we look at General Preparation (Base) , Specific Prep (Build), Race Season, and Pre-peaking and Peaking phases, in terms of training volume, training intensity, and days off? Not what the theories might tell us. Discussed: annual training characteristics, training volume, peaking characteristics, peaking trends, intensity distribution, and rest days. What do you do for a taper? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Full Blog With Training Tips: www.evoq.bike/blog Subscribe to Our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ggRc4n Follow Along on Strava: https://www.strava.com/pros/5889 EVOQ Training Packs: https://www.evoq.bike/training-packs TrainingPeaks Store Programs: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/training-plans/search?language=en&sort.field=soldCount&sort.dir=desc&keyword=evoq&index=0 Ketones, Delta G Tactical: https://www.deltagketones.com/products/g-tactical  CODE Brendan for 15% off Lactigo: www.lactigo.com/brendan   MORE WATTS and LESS BURN Airofit: https://www.airofit.com/?sca_ref=476545.3AVnm3vdGW Best Chamois Cream: https://www.hellobluecbd.com/, Code Brendan Cordyceps Mushrooms: www.realmushrooms.com, Code EVOQ.BIKE Best shades: https://www.julbo.com/en_us/