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Track Cycling Exercises

 Track Cycling Exercises

Track cycling coach Stephen Bonnici uses many different training scenarios to simulate racing conditions, here listed are some common track exercises along with some that Stephen Bonnici designed and use on his track cycling training session and talent camps.

Since the last Olympics track cycling has gained in popularity and more and more cyclist are taking to the track or velodromes.

Listed are some popular commom and not so common track cycling exercises that you may come across when riding a track cycling session.

These track cycling exercises are used for training track cyclist athletes for peak fitness and track skills what is generally know as trackcraft.

To an untrained eye track cycling may only appear to some poeple as riders mearly riding around in circles, but infact that could not be no further from the truth, track cycling is full of tactical mind game battles along with survival of the fittest !

Lap or half lap changes

Pairs lap changes

Taking laps or half laps

Beep(whistle) test

Slalom

Follow the leader/Humps & Bumps

Get out of jail

Train stations

Human Derny

Chain gang/through & off

Chain gang lap taking

Killer (Handicap points scenario)

Stacking

Stacking jump across

Stack race

Intervals

Back to front

Ride the wall

Spitfires

Workhorse/Bell &Whistle

Jump across (solo & partnered)

Find-out who your friends are

Tag

Dome of doom (solo & partnered)

Search online for these track cycling exercise and learn about each one by visiting articlebase.com or by visiting  Team Spirit cycling camps .

Stephen Bonnici

www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk

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