Now there's no more mercy: facts about the peak area, the most intensive training area
Torture yourself, you bastard!" There is a lot of cycling truth in this famous battle cry by Udo Bölts, with which he drove Jan Ullrich to peak performance at the 1997 Tour de France. Because racing cycling is not a wellness sport - at least not if you want to have a say in races. Instead of a feeling of well-being, the highest level of intensity at the top of the sport tends to be a feeling of displeasure: The "sports engine" runs under full load in the red speed range, i.e. close to the maximum heart rate. The lactic acid, which then flows abundantly through the veins, makes the legs feel heavy and puts the nerve centres on alert. The heart beats at breakneck speed and drives the blood primarily to the organs that are stressed and important at the moment. The cyclist realises that this obviously does not include the cerebrum when his field of vision narrows: he can no longer see the clouds in the sky or the trees at the side of the road. Instead, they only perceive the course of the road and the throbbing in their temples. There is no longer any question of conversing with training partners as in the basic area; continuing to ride at this speed requires extreme willpower and concentration. If you feel this, you know that you are riding at top speed.
So much for body awareness. But what does training science say about the peak area, or SB for short? Just like in the other training areas, there are a number of fixed goals, load specifications and methods.
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