I am a young professional, a 23-year-old male, who has been cycling since 2018 and has been riding with power for almost 5 years. I have been using TrainerRoad since 2019, but haven’t been consistent with it until recently. I am someone who has “unlimited” time to train, as I do not have a stressfu…

Pretty much everything I read from people I respect suggests that intensity should be limited to 2 and maybe 3 days per week. Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t recover from 3 intense days per week while logging 12 hours. Sometimes I can. Right now I can’t either. And the mental stress of dread…

Try going to 2 intense days per week. 2 high quality intensity days is all most need to drive the adaptations (assuming you are doing significant Z2 volume). Keep the rest of it Z2 and make it lower/mid Z2 if high Z2 is creating too much fatigue. Over time, the Z2 will get easier and you can push…

After watching a few interviews with David Seiler, I decided to abandon 3 intense rides per week in favor of five intense rides over a 14-day period. On “Week A” I do a VO2 max and a threshold ride, and on “Week B” I do the same plus a sweet spot ride. 5 intense rides total, but it is very manageab…

While I agree that going to 2 high intensity days may make sense… are you eating enough (I know you said you are, but, like… are you sure)?

Lots of good advice already. Here’s what I would do… Just ride. Take three-ish months (more if you need it) and work on increasing your volume. Ride in the forest, on trails, on the road… You have unlimited time, get on your bike and just go. You mention the long endurance ride is a struggle and th…

This recommendation really clicks with personal experience. Did even less intensity: 1st month: 6xZ2 2nd month: 1xSS + 5xZ2 3rd month: 1xSS + 1xZ4 + 4xZ2 Z2 capped at 80% of LTHR (~57-60% of FTP for me), volume ~15-18h/week, occasionally ~20h+/week. Never any stress, always hungry to ride more. I…

Four Horsemen, huh? Here’s my graph for that. 254 TSS! :joy: [image] If you have the corresponding screenshot for your ride … please share with the group. :wink::sunglasses: Hopefully you didn’t start dying a thousand deaths a third of the way up AduZ. As you can clearly see, I did. :grimacing:…

Some of these have been covered above but just some thoughts: Make sure your Z2 rides are truly Z2 - don’t be afraid of altering the power on these so they feel comfortable, and remember this will be different day to day depending on what you’ve done previously Drop one of the intense days, re…

[image] ChainDriven: TrainerRoad says that a masters plan is for those having high-stress lives and older athletes, but I might be missing out on my PLs. What would your approach be? Switch to the masters plan. This will keep your volume and lower the intensity by one ride. PLs are a reflec…

3 intense workouts per week + long rides = too much! Strategies to Increase Volume?

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Gnome March 16, 2024, 1:46am 2

You can increase volume by lowering the weekly intensity. Hope this helps!

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