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Post by bberk1 on Feb 4, 2008 17:29:07 GMT -5
I know the importance of brick training. My question is what is the minimum you can do to get a good brick workout if you're short of time. Would 10 minutes bike and 5 minutes run be ok or is it a waste of time. Would it be more efficient to just do 15 on the bike. Hopefully I'll never have only 15 minutes for a workout but more like 30 minutes some days.
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Post by Aussie Rob on Feb 4, 2008 20:50:48 GMT -5
People are raving about tabatas at the moment. You could do those.
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Post by bberk1 on Feb 4, 2008 21:17:19 GMT -5
not sure how that would work here. bike for 20 seconds then run for 10?
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Post by Brandon on Feb 4, 2008 21:54:25 GMT -5
What is a tabata??
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Post by Aussie Rob on Feb 4, 2008 21:59:30 GMT -5
not sure how that would work here. bike for 20 seconds then run for 10? You could do tabatas on the bike, then go for a 10min run. Leaves you 1min for transition.  |
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Post by Steve Yutzy on Feb 5, 2008 10:03:40 GMT -5
So in my mind, the purpose of the brick like this is to teach your body to turn your cycling legs into running legs. It also seems to me that the limiting factor here would be how quickly you can get your cycling legs to the point that it's even worth bothering to work on the transition (which of course is different for everyone).
If I only had a half hour, I'd probably just go for a run, but you might be able to get some sort of brick benefit if you rode 20-25 and ran 5-10.
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