We have just completed a successful experiment and proved to ourselves that with less training you can go faster. Sound too good to be true? Well you better believe it, its true.
But there is a catch, you have to train harder. It is just a piece of the training puzzle, but a very valuable piece. It is not a new concept and has been covered by many coaches including guru Joe Friel in his book The Mountain bikers training bible. Bottom line is that if you want to race hard and go fast then you must train hard and train fast. But it must be high intensity, when it feels like torture then you will know that you are doing it right. This is where the less comes in, because you do such high intensity you need to do fewer hours, to allow for recovery and then be able to put in the hard work when you need to. Training is the art of knowing your body mixed with the science of sound training principles. Learn the principles from a decent coach or read some mtb training books. The art will come from experience.
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