Brick Sessions refer to a workout that includes two disciplines, typically swim-to-bike or bike-to-run. This workout helps you prepare for the unique challenge of moving from one sport to the next in a single race, such as in a Triathlon, Auquaton or Auqabike. However I also use a brick session of swim-to-strength. Since swimming is really all upper body this lends itself to doing a lower body strength workout afterwards, often this will be later in the day for me.
A mesocycle represents a specific training block within your season, such as a strength building or endurance phase. A mesocycle can also be defined as a number of continuous weeks where the training program emphasize the same type of physical adaptations, for example muscle mass and anaerobic capacity.
Direct from Wikipedia, thanks you.
This is the big picture being the whole season or indeed the whole year. Typically this includes your complete periodised training program – preparation, base1 strength, base2 endurance, build, peak race and transition.
A micro cycle is the shortest training cycle, often a week, but for senior athletes and indeed younger athletes as well, this can also by the micro cycle can have a length from 7 to 14 days and in some training plans the days might be variable for micro cycle to micro cycle.
Dose and density are often used together hence why I added them as one term.
- Dose is the difficulty level of a training session. This can be a high intensity training session such as interval training or it can be the duration of an activity eg a long run at low intensity eg level 2 but lets say 15km.
- Density on the other had refers to how often you’re training eg 5x a week is a higher density than 3x a week.
VO2 max, or maximum oxygen consumption, refers to the maximum amount of oxygen that an individual can utilise during intense or maximum effort. This measurement is generally considered the best indicator of cardiovascular fitness and aerobic endurance.