The Sufferfest has announced the official world premiere of its latest video releases, The Shovel, Primers and Cadence Builds. With the three new videos recently shown via a sneak preview on the Sufferfest app, they add to the company’s library of 42 structured workouts. The new videos feature exclusive race footage from the Tour of Britain, Tour of Utah, Tour of Taihu Lake and the Abu Dhabi Tour, as well as footage of the Alps provided by the Col Collective.
The workouts were created by Neal Henderson, coach at APEX Coaching in Boulder, Colorado, and are available as part of The Sufferfest Training Centre App for iOS, Mac and Windows.
“Henderson trains some of the best cyclists in the world,” said David McQuillen, CEO of The Sufferfest. “When we asked him which workout his athletes feared the most, he gave us The Shovel. It’s one of our most challenging, result-oriented workouts to date.”
The Shovel is a 76-minute workout featuring two, 23-interval pyramids, designed to improve speed and the ability to sustain multiple hard efforts with minimal recovery. Two additional releases, Primers and Cadence Builds, are designed to accompany the comprehensive training plans developed by The Sufferfest, in partnership with Henderson and the sports scientists at APEX Coaching.
Primers is a 46-minute, moderate-intensity session designed to be ridden the day before a big event, ‘preparing the body for optimum performance without fatiguing it’. Cadence Builds is a 58-minute session that helps improve fast-twitch muscle recruitment through a series of six drills at ever-increasing pedalling cadences.
“The release of Primers and Cadence Builds will help athletes get the most out of the ten structured training plans that are now included with the app, further distinguishing The Sufferfest as the most comprehensive training platform available,” said McQuillen.
