A workout should be specific for the goal that we are aiming for. You can train in different ways for different events and if you do so you need a goal, an annual plan. It is obvious that you train differently for a short 1-hour race than for a 4 to 5 hour race or an Ironman event. Workouts should reflect that. Stress applied during training should be similar to the stress in racing.

Our coaching addresses specificity by providing you with the best, most specific workouts. Specific for different types of athletes and or races/goals. It does not matter if you are a pro-cyclist, amateur, triathlete or duathlete, fitness rider or mountain biker, a marathon runner or do you want to run your first 10k, we will bring you to the next level.

The principles on which every periodization table is built are:
- Frequency - How often do you workout (per week/month/year)?
- Intensity - How hard do you workout (Heart rate, speed etc)?
- Duration - How long is the workout (or duration of an interval)?

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Frequency of the workout depends on your goals, age, and training age. Other than your goal things such as family, work, or study are important. So be realistic and see how much time you can spend training.
Training three times a week is sufficiant to maintain and/or increase fitness but won't make you a world champion.

Intensity is difficult to measure (frequency and duration we can measure easily). It is tougher to measure but it is by far the most important to get right. Heart rate is the best parameter for measuring intensity. That is why we do some basic fitness testing and calculate the different HR zones for you. So you can train specific with the right intensity. You can do these tests in a certified testing center near you or you do your own field testing (we tell you how and when) and we will calculate the results.

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Duration. We use minutes instead of mileage in our program. The reason should be obvious; when you do a 100 km ride it can take you 3 hours and for others it can take up to 4 hours. Not only the distance but also weather conditions or the terrain we are riding on can make a difference. Time is always the same for everybody that is why we use time in our workouts. The length of our workout varies from day to day and from period to period. Early in the year we build endurance by making our workouts longer. When we come close to our new season we decrease duration training and increase intensity training.