Howdy all, I’ve used TR to extend myself up to an FTP of 320W and a W/kg of about 4.1. My riding is primarily solo expeditions or long gravel races (where there’s a distinct possibility I’ll still be riding solo) with a heavy focus on riding at a high percentage of FTP for a long time. I’d like to …

I would take the long workout progression from the SSBHV plans and fit it into the MV plans. So effectively swap out 1 or both of the 90 minute weekend workouts in MV and replace with the 120 minute weekend workouts from HV. Other option would be doing MV and swapping out one of the weekend rides …

Pick the workouts you like from HV that fit your needs. If you really want to focus on the SS, in my personal opinion, the plans have to be customized. Try this progression or do threshold workouts like 3x15,3x20,2x30 etc. This will improve your muscle endurance and you will be able to hold your SS…

I was doing a lot of sweet spot work beginning of this year with goal of really extending time in zone. Believe my profile is open, you can see the work I was doing end of December and January. It was all progression of gradually building interval duration and worrying less about driving power up …

Is it really possible to extend your ability to ride at LT without also increasing your power at LT? Or are you simply boosting the power you make at a given lactate level, thereby reducing RPE at a lower power? As the supposed quote goes, it never gets easier, you just go faster (which isn’t reall…

Interesting thread, wanting to do this as well. [image] BT-7274: Is it really possible to extend your ability to ride at LT without also increasing your power at LT? That has been exactly my thought as well! If you’re just increasing your power at LT you’re able to keep up longer intervals b…

You should be able to hold 90% of threshold for an hour… at least once… if you stay on top of your nutrition and hydration.

[image] BT-7274: Is it really possible to extend your ability to ride at LT without also increasing your power at LT? Both. If you are not maxed out you will probably gain watts and also be able to hold your LT for longer due better muscle endurance and lactate tolerance. 3 months ago I was a…

This is exactly what I’m trying to do right now. I was looking at my power numbers on Intervals.icu using the comparison chart and noticed my short power was great, but anything 20m and longer was abysmal. So I’m focusing on extending my time at SS/Threshold. I like the progression @bbarrera posted,…

There is a study about this, though the subjects are Masters runners. Long story short, they test MLSS at T1, start to run at that intensity twice weekly. Progression is attained by making the intervals gradually longer. On average, the subjects improved both tte and mlss pace (ie power) when retest…

Yeah, I can keep it once for an hour, but I could not do it 4 times in one ride with only a (fast) descent between the climbs.

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I have written short post about my experience with riding qt threshold. I am a completely noob to cyclingo so maybe not everything will be relevant but maybe you will find something helpful:

Topic		Replies	Views
Would love your help on sustaining a greater percentage of FTP on longer rides Training	63	4338	May 29, 2020
Muscular Endurance and TTE from Threshold Efforts Training	13	1459	October 7, 2022
Working above vs below FTP vs time Training choosing-a-plan	54	8718	May 14, 2019
It's been a great year but this forum has me thinking about sustainable power...a lot Training	58	8589	February 19, 2021
I went from SS 1.9 to 8.3 with this one easy trick Training	63	3214	October 31, 2022

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