Training in corona times: Training camp at home - road bike training without a cycling holiday

The long-planned pre-season training camp was cancelled. The short holiday in the mountains to gain some altitude - cancelled. But you can also get in shape right on your own doorstep. Our guide shows you exactly how to do this and what you should bear in mind when planning a training camp at home:

Tip no1: The right planning

If you want to train for several days in a row with just a few days' holiday, you will find plenty of opportunities, especially around Public holidays favourable conditions: Around Easter in mid-April or on Ascension Day at the end of May, you can have nine days off in a row, including the adjacent weekends with four days' holiday!

Tip no2: The right routes

But you can't do it at home without any effort either: if you Bringing variety to training If you want to try out unknown routes, you should do so. Unlike organised camps, there is no guide here who knows every turn-off and can therefore guarantee the predicted route length and average speed, so you have to help yourself: Work out the route precisely, rehearse the roads, take a map with you. The easiest way to do this is with the help of Planning tools such as Komoot or Strava, which help you plan routes that are particularly suitable for road cycling. Or perhaps now is the ideal time to familiarise yourself with GPS for the first time in your life?

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Tip no3: The right preparation

To ensure that no defects spoil the joy of discovery, the equipment also needs to be maintained and prepared. If you only have to visit bike shops in the middle of the training week to get special spare parts, you will lose valuable training time. However, the most important thing is to get your racing bike out of hibernation and check it in good time. That way, you'll be ready to go when the season really gets going.

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Tip no4: The right training content

So far, so good. All you need now is a Training planwhich helps you to structure your home training camp sensibly and plan sufficient recovery time. TOUR training expert Robert Kühnen has put together a plan for four days plus weekend and one for nine days of home training. Both plans emphasise volume, as winter training is usually rather fragmented.

You can find even more information about the training camp at home, including detailed training plans, as a PDF download below.

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