Following on from my last post on Dr Ferrari’s training zones, this is a three day micro cycle Dr Ferrari would get Lance Armstrong to do while training for the Le Tour de France.

Please note that I am not positive what time of year Lance would be doing these training blocks. Like most cyclists, Lance was on a three day micro cycle that looked like

• Day One: 4.5hrs done as 2hr @ Lento, 1hr @ Medio @ 30-40min @ Soglia
• Day Two: 5.5hrs with 2.5hrs @ Medio
• Day Three: 2.5hrs done @ Lento

This three day micro cycling was repeated over and over and over again. As you can see, Lance spent a lot of his training volume riding tempo and threshold.

It appears the most popular posts on this site is information regarding Dr. Ferrari and his training formula. In the past three posts I covered are

• Dr Ferrari’s Coaching Philosophies – Click Here
• Dr Ferrari’s Training Sessions – Click Here
• Dr Ferrari’s Training Base training program – Click Here

Before I post the training cycle Lance Armstrong would do under Dr Ferrari, I thought I would post his Zone list using Lactate levels.

Dr Ferrari’s Zone List

• Lento – Lactate level will be approximately 1-2 mmol/L
• Medio – Lactate levels will be approximately 2-3 mmol/L
• Soglia  – Lactate levels will be approximately 3-4 mmol/L
• Super Soglia Lactate levels will be over 4 mmol/L

It is clear from everything I have read regarding Dr Ferrari’s Coaching methods is he regards spending a lot of time in the Medio zone for his athletes.