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 second time around my FTP dropped during SSB1, but not much, so I didn’t worry. I just wonder if we need a little bit of work above FTP during the early base in the periodization cycle.
Like I said, I’m curious about this and to date only have an n+1 opinion.