Continuing from Part 1, I want to go ahead and move into perhaps the most commonly used method of endurance training which is the miles build champions approach.
Miles Build Champions
.Arguably the most commonly popular (or certainly most traditional) approach to developing endurance over the years has been a volume oriented ‘miles build champions’ type of approach. Many coaches echo that idea that unless you can do “X amount of miles/kilometers/volume per week” you simply can’t succeed at the highest levels or build maximal endurance. Cycling coaches will often tell up and coming athletes that they just “need another 1000km in their legs” to reach the next level.
The focus with this philosophy is basically on just doing endless volumes. You do the miles, you build a champion. I saw it summed up on one power training forum with the simple coaching mantra “Ride lots”. But the goal here, basically is to do about as much training as you can, stand, handle or recover from without overtraining. … Keep Reading