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Training for elite team-pursuit track cyclists-part I: a profile of general training characteristics

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dc.contributor.authorStadnyk, A.M.J.
dc.contributor.authorStanley, J.
dc.contributor.authorDecker, T.
dc.contributor.authorSlattery, K.M.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To profile the training characteristics of an elite team pursuit cycling squad and assess variations in training intensity and load accumulation across the 36-week period prior to a world-record performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Methods: Training data of 5 male track endurance cyclists (mean [SD]; age 21.9 [3.52] y; 4.4 [0.16] W<middle dot>kg(-1) at anaerobic threshold; 6.2 [0.28] W<middle dot>kg(-1) maximal oxygen uptake 68.7 [2.99] mL kg<middle dot>min(-1)) were analyzed with weekly total training volume and heart rate, power output, and torque intensity distributions calculated with reference to their 3:49.804 min:s.ms performance requirements for a 4-km team pursuit. Results: Athletes completed 543 (37) h(-1) of training across 436 (16) sessions. On-bike activities accounted for 69.9% of all training sessions, with participants cycling 11,246 (1139) km(-1) in the training period of interest, whereas 12.7% of sessions involved gym/strength training. A pyramidal intensity distribution was evident with over 65% and 70% of training, respectively, performed at low-intensity zone heart rate and power output, whereas 5.3% and 7.7% of training was performed above anaerobic threshold. The athletes accumulated 4.4% of total training volume at, or above, their world-record team pursuit lead position torque (55 N<middle dot>m). Conclusions: These data provide updated and novel insight to the power and torque demands and load accumulation contributing to world-record team pursuit performance. Although the observed pyramidal intensity distribution is common in endurance sports, the lack of shift toward a polarized intensity distribution during taper and competition peaking differs from previous research.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2024; 19(10):1137-1147
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/ijspp.2023-0496
dc.identifier.issn1555-0265
dc.identifier.issn1555-0273
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/39889
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics
dc.relation.fundingAustralian Government Research Training Programme Scholarship
dc.rightsCopyright 2024 Human Kinetics Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available on open access
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2023-0496
dc.subjectathletic performance
dc.subjectelite sport
dc.subjecttraining intensity distribution
dc.subjecttrack cycling
dc.subjectendurance
dc.titleTraining for elite team-pursuit track cyclists-part I: a profile of general training characteristics
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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