Further More - What's with "Leg Opener Workouts"

To prove I didn't make this crap up, I have attached the link to Cyclingnews http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/cyclingnews-fitness-q-and-a-june-22-2011

but sometimes you see a heading and wornder, what the hell were they thinking! And how funny is a response that starts "There are a variety of exercises that could be described as leg openers....."

Take it away Doyley!

Leg opener workouts

Panel,

Please tell me how to perform the "leg opening" workout, which you say should be done a day before a race. Intensity, duration, etc.

Ziggy

Scott Saifer says:

There are a variety of exercises that could be called leg openers. The general concept is a long, gentle warm up followed by a short bout of hard work and then a long gentle cool down. For my clients, I usually make the total exercise about one hour and the hard work a 3-9 minute interval near LT, with the length depending on their strength and experience. Sometimes I'll have them do a few short but all-out jumps instead of the LT interval, depending on what sort of race is coming up and what has worked for them in the past.