Rest Day

Scott Downie said:

I know this has been discussed here before, but what was the general consensus on rest days, no
activity at all for maximum recovery, or light activity?

"light" activity sex is OK if performed while in the recliner as long as your feet are above heart
level.........

I have a hard time keeping my activity low enough to have max

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recovery. So maybe I should not ride at all and receive maximum rest. Thanks Scott

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I know this has been discussed here before, but what was the general consensus on rest days, no
activity at all for maximum recovery, or light activity? I have a hard time keeping my activity
low enough to have max recovery. So maybe I should not ride at all and receive maximum rest.
Thanks Scott

Increased blood flow to your muscles will help them recover faster and the other benefit of an easy
ride is that you stay "loose". If you get tired from an easy 45-60 minute ride then you need more
than one day of rest. In this case, don't ride at all one day and then go easy for an hour the
following day.

-WG

Twenty minutes in an easy gear with fairly high cadence and then stretching afterwards seems to work
well for me.

M

Scott Downie said:

I know this has been discussed here before, but what was the general consensus on rest days, no
activity at all for maximum recovery, or light activity? I have a hard time keeping my activity
low enough to have max recovery. So maybe I should not ride at all and receive maximum rest.
Thanks Scott

I think rest days from RBR are a great thing.

It takes allot of perceived effort to constantly maintain a Lactate Pulse while writing, viewing and
responding with laughs, giggles and anger to this newsgroup.

I plan "periodization" were as I spend progressively more hours on RBR building up to about 20 hours
a week. Then after that "breakthrough week" I plan about 7 or so hours just cruising the net with
some of that time on RBR.

My "annual training RBR plan" looks like this: Preparation phase - 2 weeks in November - Use this
time to spell check and learn to type fast again.

Base 1, 2, 3 - From mid November to March 1st - this is when you generally work on endurance at the
keyboard (Base 1) Progressing into working on limiters such as slow typing, non witty responses,
stupid attacking posts, etc. (Base 2) Finally during Base 3 your work on harder near LT efforts.
Items such as checking RBR from you cell phone, sidekick or other remote device. Base 3 is also when
you want to retest yourself on a ramp test. This test determines your RBR power at Heart rate. RBR
zones which include Zone 1 - shadow reading Zone 2 - Aerobic output Zone 3 - Tempo anger Zone 4 -
Sub Neanderthal threshold Zone 5a - Threshold RBRing Zone 5b - Anaerobic Capacity to post and
respond Zone 5C - Max RBR exertion

Build 1, 2 March to April - During Build 1 you work feverishly on Anaerobic Typos, race efforts at
the keyboard. This stuff is tough work. Without proper base training and rest cycles one can burn
out from this newsgroup. One good Anaerobic workout is to respond to your own posts before anyone
else can! Burnout signs are - No threads to your posts, remarks less than 2 sentences, etc Build 2 -
Continue with Anaerobic stuff and prepare yourself for the hard stuff to come.

Peak weeks Well, during peeks weeks here on RBR things get happy happy. Numerous rants, raves,
remarks and basically you are unstoppable.

It takes allot of discipline to stay focused with this program but the rewards are worth it. I would
recommend if you are a newer rider and want to build up to Lame Ass Cat 1 or 12k Dreamer Pro level
so that you do "only the big posts" you SHOULD GET A RBR COACH. There are many fine guys willing to
help you out. Contact Ronde Champ Maurice VeloRod Waddell Kunich Papai (he must be in shadow reading
training) Cafe de Colombia and others

Hope all of this helps,

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Scott Downie said:

I know this has been discussed here before, but what was the general consensus on rest days, no
activity at all for maximum recovery, or

light

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activity?

"light" activity sex is OK if performed while in the recliner as long as your feet are above heart
level.........

I have a hard time keeping my activity low enough to have max

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recovery. So maybe I should not ride at all and receive maximum rest. Thanks Scott

spin to a yoga class, and back home.

Michael Hoyt said:

Twenty minutes in an easy gear with fairly high cadence and then stretching afterwards seems to
work well for me.

M

Scott Downie said:

I know this has been discussed here before, but what was the general consensus on rest days, no
activity at all for maximum recovery, or light activity? I have a hard time keeping my activity
low enough to have max recovery. So maybe I should not ride at all and receive maximum rest.
Thanks Scott