I’ve got a question related to threshold/Z4 workouts and how long they should be. I’ll give a little background then lay out the question in more detail. For background, I’ve been training for 2.5yrs consistently now, and regularly do 11-15hr weeks of 600-800TSS. My A race(s) are 1:45:00 mountain b…

I would only do 1 threshold session/week - especially if you mountain bike where I would add a shorter VO2 max workout. I TT so I tend to go for 1 x over under and a VO2 session preseason and then go for 2 threshold sessions in my race build up. (Usually o/u, shorter 5-8mins intervals@102-108&FTP or…

[image] TheReasberry: My question can be divided into two parts: 1 ) How much time in Threshold/Z4 should I be aiming for; Your FTP is based on the power you can sustain for about an hour (or rather 40-70 minutes). Many people disagree in the term called FTP and the duration one can hold it f…

[image] Threshold Progression Training This is a complement to the Sweet Spot Progression thread which is starting to fill with a discussion about threshold and VO2 (or all things coming after one completes an extensive aerobic phase). When deciding how to structure my ne…

@jdman [image] jdman: I would only do 1 threshold session/week - especially if you mountain bike where I would add a shorter VO2 max workout I’m planning on putting in more VO2 work in later, but for my build a few months before the race, I figured I’d do just Z4 instead of VO2 since the VO2…

[image] TheReasberry: I figured I could do maybe three Endurance Rides and two Threshold or maybe Sweet Spot rides during my build until a month or so before the first race. Thoughts? If you want to use racing as training then this is smart. Doing all this threshold and SS won’t prepare you …

Thanks, that gave me a bit more detail that was helpful. I think I’ll start by doing 3x8 and work on increasing the duration and number of sets.

[image] KWcycling: If you want to use racing as training then this is smart. I am planning on using the racing as training since my A race comes a full 5 weeks after the first race of the season. I figured that a total of 8-9 weeks of VO2 and Anaerobic training would be plenty to get me into …

You can see gains in 2-3 weeks by doing VO2 and AC / NP work. Perhaps 3-4 weeks depending on how your body reacts to the higher intensity. Z5-7 takes long to recover from, which is why the concept of Sweet Spot was made popular. 20/40, 30/30, 40/20 are excellent ways to get the HIT in.

Don’t forget that it takes time to “base/build”, and might seem like you never get there. Patience. Consistency is key: as in add a little bit extra each week, recover after 4 weeks and go again. In the rest weeks, you can hit a max effort (15s, 1m and 5m) to feed your your power duration curve (In…

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