I had a very good plan through this past Fall and Winter, based primarily on Friel's book, but with some of Carmichael's workouts thrown in.
Anyway, I've found lately that it's been very difficult to stick with the plan given the group rides and races that come with the onset of the Spring season.
How do you vets structure your racing season? Do you just take the intensity that comes naturally with the group rides and races, or do you plan these rides and races around a larger, more structured regimen?
... Anyway, I've found lately that it's been very difficult to stick with the plan given the group rides and races that come with the onset of the Spring season...
Only when I'm stupid enough to let myself go catabolic...which is often...see my handle! :p
OK, I was curious if you knew the reason for the smell. When I trained hard a couple of years ago I actually smelled ammonia quite often as well. I didn't know what it was until I recently read (somewhere, I don't remember where) that this is a result of catabolic prosesses. It's the body burning protein for fuel (more than normal) which causes this.
My breath actually smelled ammonia just a couple of days ago as well, a few hours later I ate more bread and pasta than I have done in a long time.
I guess the smell of ammonia can be a good indicator of very low/depleted glycogen stores?
Do you happen to have some references/links to more information about this?
Do you happen to have some references/links to more information about this?
Aaberg
Any good exercise physiology textbook will give you what you're looking for (without lots of highly speculative gumpf🙂). Really good ones are Astrand and Rodahl and McArdle, Katch and Katch. For the more biochemically inclined I would reccomend Brooks, Fahey and Baldwin.
