Training Recovery and Visit to Sam’s Bike Shop




I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of the 2-in-1 concept, like shampoo  etc. Well this entry is no different, it’s a combo entry. My fingers need to rest. You'll understand what I mean as we go along. I’m going to start off with training recovery and then my visit to Sam’s bike shop.
 
The past few weeks have been very productive for my recovery program. I’ve managed to stick to the plan and I can see incremental improvements be it fitness level, cadence, average speed, power output and heart rate zones. Plus the wether has been amazing. It’s sunny and chilly during the weekends even though technically it’s the rainy season.

But these couple of weeks I’ve experienced a couple speed bumps. It’s easy to be demotivated when there’s an apparent lack of progress. It’s very important to stay focus and persevere during lagging moments. The fact is, more training doesn’t make you fitter. Getting fitter isn’t just about busting your legs by increasing your training intensity, it’s about recovering from the workouts too. Recovery or resting is important in order to avoid accumulating “tiredness” as this will impede fitness.

Training breaks muscles down. When we recover, our muscles ‘adapt’, become stronger and this is contributes to small ‘gain in fitness’. Adequate balance of training and recovery, is important to get fitter. But don’t wait ‘too long’ off the bike in recovery mode, because you could reverse your fitness gains and start to lose fitness.

As a general rule of thumb for every 1 workout , we need 1 day off. For  2 days training, then we need 2 days off. Again, this is just a general rule, you need to find your own rate of recovery.

Sam's Bike Shop

The shop is located in Seri Kembangan in Selangor. If you're looking for Giant and Lapierre brand,  official bikes for Giant-Alpecin and the French FDJ UCI's ProTeam. If you want choices, Sam has it. 

Rather than writing about it, please check these pictures below. 

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