Case Study
DRILLS TO ENHANCE YOUR BIKE SKILLS
CASE STUDY PART III
By Cassandra Johnson A
As age-grouper Dustin Breese’s year-long case study advances, his skills and confidence have continued to grow. With help from top triathlon-certified coaches, Dustin has learned to train more efficiently and effectively—and he’s seeing results.
In his first two sessions, we put Dustin through lactate threshold, VO2 max and body composition testing, as well as a detailed swim analysis at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. For his latest session, we paired Dustin up with Carmichael Training Systems Pro Coach Lindsay Hyman for a 101 on cycling.
Although Dustin has been competing in triathlon for three years and is a skilled mountain biker, practicing basic handling skills on a road bike helped to improve body position and teach new drills to hone in on any weaknesses.
Dustin recounts his experiences in all three sessions and discusses how each test and skill has helped tailor his training plan and improve his racing. Visit
www.usatriathlon.org/magazine for behind-the-scenes video footage of the bike skills session.
ON THE WEB
Go behind the scenes with Coach Lindsay Hyman of Carmichael Training Systems to learn how to improve your own cycling from better body awareness to handling skills. Plus, listen to a one-on-one interview with Dustin on the drills that brought the most value to his training. Visit
www.usatriathlon.org/magazine to watch the video.
DUSTIN BREESE ON BIKE SESSION
The past eight months, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from the leading minds in triathlon coaching. I hired a coach and had three specialized training sessions to learn more about how an average age-grouper like myself can dramatically improve performance. I’ve achieved more than I thought I could.
The first session I had was a lactate threshold (LT) and VO2 max test at Carmichael Training Systems (CTS) in Colorado Springs, Colo. Over the course of an hour, I rode increasingly harder intervals until I reached failure. While riding, all breathing was captured and processed to measure how efficiently my body was processing oxygen. Every few minutes, my finger was pricked to see how my blood lactate thresholds were building up as the power requirement to continue at that effort increased.
42 USA TRIATHLON FALL 2013
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108