Failed last week's Lamarck and this should be a rest week.....which workout to do!?

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Hey guys,

I am at the end of my training block, I started out with SSB1 and then continued the next block with the workout trainer.
Last week should have been quite hard, but due to life I wasn’t able to do any workouts besides Lamarck.
During the first interval of the workout I realized that my HR was waaay to high and it felt really hard, so I quit the workout and decided to rest two days - didn’t feel well the next day.
Saturday I went for an outdoors gravel ride of 55km that felt quite hard, my heart rate was quite often way above my threashhold.

According to my training plan this should be a really easy week with an FTP test next week.
However, I’d like to get a workout in tonight…what do you recommend?
Just give Lamarck another go or something a bit easier? What do you suggest?

Thanks!

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Personally, I’d take the rest week. Your heart rate could be an indication that you’re not at 100%. Don’t let sickness set you back.

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Couldn’t agree more with @PusherMan.
Take the rest week and avoid a possible setback from getting sick.

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Thanks guys - but besids the outdoors ride past Saturday that’ll mean that I’ll go into the Ramp test next week with no proper training 2 weeks prior to that. Not sure what effect that’ll have or what it might mean for the test result?

How about an easy workout like Baxter -1?

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I would take the rest now, see how you feel this week, and do your “extra” workout at the end of the week if you’re raring to go.

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Only you know your body. Rather than focusing on the lack of training up to this point, imagine the effect a week off the bike due to possible illness could have.

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Reeeeessssssttttt :sleeping_bed:

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You might get a more sustainable training level out of it and be in better shape for build which is a good bit harder. If Lamark was a blow up and that was only workout for the week with multiple rest days going in, could be a sign that FTP is set a bit too high. My understanding and limited experience is that completing Lamark is a solid validation that ftp is set pretty well.