# Base phase repeat and matching TSS-levels

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**Created:** [August 20, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/base-phase-repeat-and-matching-tss-levels/19858 "2019-08-20T09:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![cjjoefro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/cjjoefro/32/7721_2.png) [@cjjoefro](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/cjjoefro)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/base-phase-repeat-and-matching-tss-levels/19858/8 "2019-08-20T15:14:22Z")

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> [@Improve/increase FTP advice](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/improve-increase-ftp-advice/16547/9):
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> Ok makes sense. I had a similar situation last year where I couldn’t ride outside for 7 months. With no events and no outdoor riding to disrupt my training, I adopted the approach you’re describing. You can see my FTP progression here with the training plans I followed (I marked the data points for the FTP test I did after the completion of a training block, rather than at the beginning as it appears in the plans).

@julianoliver has a great example of how repeating SSB1\>SSB2\>Sustained Build without worrying about total TSS can bring big gains. Your body and mind will only benefit from the chance to reset and refresh during the lower TSS of SSB1, and you’ll probably be more focused each time you hit the build phase. Without a major target event, I’m planning to try something like this for 2020 and will eventually share my results as well.

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