| Track cycling exercise | | | | possible. |
| | | | | How this works ! |
| Beep test (whistle) | | | | Riders start in single file formation at the bottom |
| Team Spirit Cycling Camps track cycling coach | | | | safety zone of the velodrome track |
| Stephen Bonnici use this method as a warm up | | | | Riders use 1lap changes protocol unless told |
| exercise at the beginning of a cycling track | | | | otherwise by the coach when pace increases half |
| session while coaching experienced track riders. | | | | lap changes may be called for. |
| This method ensures that the track cyclists have | | | | Track cycling coach position them self at the |
| a strict progressive warm up, this stops the | | | | halfway line on straight part of the track |
| enthusiastic track cyclists enthusiasm getting the | | | | Track coach sounds a whistle at timed intervals, |
| better of them inducing an effort at a early stage | | | | starting with 25seconds apart |
| of the bodies warm up . | | | | Track coach reduces the time between whistle |
| The exercise also is a good way to keep a mixed | | | | blast to increase pace of the riders |
| ability group of riders together at the beginning of | | | | Riders pass the halfway point of the track when |
| the session, from a track cycling coach's point of | | | | the whistle sounds |
| view, it is a chance to observe riders styles and | | | | It is important that the rider do not get carried |
| techniques if good or bad and also the body | | | | away by picking up the pace and doing more |
| language positioning change as the pace increase | | | | effort than they need to at that time, remain |
| giving the track cycling coach an instinct of their | | | | patient and stay with the pace whistle as they will |
| performance, an indication what to expect from | | | | suffer later on when pace picks up to fast . |
| each riders level of performance. | | | | The intensity level is at the track coach discretion, |
| Be aware of warming up levels are different to | | | | not forgetting this is the warm up and leaving |
| individual riders, for example, a elite may be | | | | riders with energy for the actual track cycling |
| comfortable at 22mph while a rider at entry level | | | | session. |
| is their effort ! usually they can not warm up | | | | We hope you find this track cycling procedure |
| together, by using a beep/whistle test this is | | | | useful. |