How long will it take to lose your fitness if you stop riding your bike? Could taking a break from training actually make you faster in the long term? I delve into the science on these two questions as well as what happens physiologically during detraining, what you should do if you have less time to train, and chronic intense training's effects on your blood values and hormone levels.

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The studies I used in this video:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200030030-00001

https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200030020-00002

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244005800428

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-2008-1038842

https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1984.57.6.1857

https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/3747802

https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/8371654

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-2002-35532

https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1985.58.2.492

https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1982.53.1.225


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