Combine Short & Sustained Builds

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If Short Power ( v02 ) helps to break your ceiling. Sustained Power helps you work at high % of your ceiling. Would it benefit you to alternate between Short & Sustained Power Builds. I see a lot of people doing multiple builds back to back. I wonder if it would a benefit to work like this example :
SSB 1&2
Build - Short Power
Build - Sustained Power

SSB 1&2
Build - Short Power
Build - Sustained Power

this for the purposes of increasing aerobic capacity ( ftp ). Personal gain not a Racer.

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As a idea - yes. But the sustained power consists 2 vo2 max workouts (mv & hv) - the same as short power build. So the main difference is focus during workouts on more shorter and “spiky” efforts. I would rather do HIT maintenance speciality, change anaerobic workout for vo2 max and then sweet spot base part 2 to achieve the result you have described.

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Interesting approach. Thanks

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It is basically doing some sort vo2 max block. You push your vo2 max during the block and then push from below focusing on threshold and tte. Mechanism is closer described in:

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I don’t think you really need two Builds. Either one will lift your ceiling, and subsequent SST and Threshold training will raise your FTP.

It’s more of a matter of specificity, and the fact that whichever one you’re better at will probably hurt just a little bit less.

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