トレーニング
Get the most from your ZULLO
Training, the right way.
A custom frame deserves a custom programme. These are the training platforms and writers we recommend to ZULLO owners — the same tools the professional peloton uses, available to anyone willing to do the work.
Section I · Platforms
Where to train.
Three platforms that have re-shaped how cyclists train. We've tested every one. These are the ones we recommend without reservation.
Periodisation · Coaching
TrainingPeaks.
The platform behind a generation of WorldTour podiums. Structured plans built around TSS, IF, and CTL — the metrics that turn a season into a curve. Best when paired with a coach. The most serious training environment on the market.
Indoor · Adaptive Training
TrainerRoad.
No frills, no avatars, no chat. Adaptive training plans that change as you do. Ramp tests, science-led intervals, and a culture built around getting faster — not entertainment. For winter blocks indoors, nothing comes close.
Virtual Worlds · Group Rides
Zwift.
Cycling's social arena. Structured workouts and racing inside virtual worlds — Watopia, Innsbruck, the cobbles of Richmond. Where January meets community. We use it on rainy weeks when the lake is closed in and the legs still need turning.
Section II · Read & Watch
Tips from the road.
Three sources for everything else — technique, nutrition, equipment, race craft. The journals we keep open in the workshop browser.
Video · YouTube
Global Cycling Network.
Daily videos on training, technique, kit, and the pro peloton. GCN's training series is the best free education in cycling — from threshold intervals to bike-handling drills.
Long-form · Editorial
Cyclingnews.
Race reporting and deeper feature writing on training, recovery, and the science behind modern racing. The Cyclingnews training section is a quietly excellent resource.
Science · Method
The Cycling Independent.
In-depth analysis written by riders and ex-pros — nutrition, periodisation, pacing, mental preparation. Reading that holds up to the demands of a real season.
Section III · From the Atelier
Four things to do first.
Before you subscribe to a platform, before you buy a power meter, before you book a coach — do these. The advice we give every ZULLO owner who arrives at the atelier asking how to get faster.
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Get your fit right first.
No amount of training compensates for a bad position. A frame measured to your body and a saddle height set by feel are the cheapest gains in cycling. The fitting is included with every ZULLO commission — use it.
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Ride a long Sunday, every week.
Three hours minimum, conversational pace, no power numbers. The endurance base is the foundation that makes everything else possible. The hardest training plan in the world is undone by skipping the long ride.
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Two hard days, never more.
Threshold or VO2 work twice a week — Tuesday and Friday, Wednesday and Saturday, whatever fits. Three hard days breaks most amateur riders. Two is the magic number.
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Eat enough, sleep enough.
Most fitness plateaus are recovery problems, not workout problems. Carbohydrates around the ride, eight hours of sleep, one full rest day a week. The boring fundamentals are the ones that compound.
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