Pod cast keeps mentioning that a higher ftp is the cure for most things. I don’t race anymore so I’m not bound to peaking for events. I however am interested in trying an experiment over the course of a full yr to raise my ftp as much as possible within my time constraints. I lift 2 days a week get …

I would say B) or some variation of it is your best bet. If you’re not racing I don’t think you need to do the Specialty plans. And if you just do an unmitigated diet of Build plans (option A) I think you’ll plateau, you need to do some Base work to build a bigger foundation and mix things up. A yea…

My suggestion to build ftp AND not burn out would be: Ssb1, ssb2, build (sustained), ssb2, build (general)…then repeat starting with ssb1 again. Nice mix with some v02 stuff to stop plateau. Don’t think makes much difference if do general or sustained build of no particular event so mix them up fo…

I would probably do some base work, and then build. And then do 2 weeks of vo2 max intervals 3 days a week, and then recover week, and start base + build again

Thanks for the suggestions. Strava goals ( even beating my self sounds like good motivation and benchmarks ). I would consider racing again if I get over 4 per kg. Not to be snobby but at 3.2 I feel way under powered to race. At least compared to how I use to approach racing. I’m surprised that no o…

Depending on the region, you might be fine at 3.2 with strong race sense. It’s not always about winning, but, being in the game.

[image] Jclarkiv: I’m surprised that no one thinks that any speciality plans would help drive ftp better than build plans. According to Coach Chad, the Specialty phase is all about honing fitness to a particular focus. FTP building is not a goal or priority at that point. Not to say it can’t…

I wonder if adding in a small amount of VO2 work in SSB1 might help keep the FTP trending up. Like if your doing the medium volume, maybe add in a short VO2 workout one time a week in addition to the other work. I’ve done SSB1 a few times now, since I’ve been using TR for a few years now. And the …

As much VO2 work as you can stomach, rest, extensive threshold work working up to 40 minute intervals, rest. Repeat. If you have really awful endurance you could start with tempo work trying to get up to a 1x80 in z3 before you go into the VO2 work.

I had the same experience the second time through sweet spot base. FTP dropped 16 points after SSB1 (though, to be fair, I subbed a LOT of the workouts for outdoor rides, as the weather just got nice at that point). Then…FTP went right back up 17 watts after SSB 2. Go figure haha.

[image] Jclarkiv: B) ssb1,ssb2 sustained power build then repeat ssb2 & sustained power over & over Haven’t had time to follow this advice, but its one of my favorite bookmarks: [image] What if I only did Sweet Spot workouts? Training I had very similar thinking to …

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According to Coach Chad, the Specialty phase is all about honing fitness to a particular focus. FTP building is not a goal or priority at that point. Not to say it can’t or won’t improve, but he did not design plans in that phase in that way.

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