I’ve come to realise (finally my wife is saying) that at 54 I’m struggling to recover enough to complete Geiger today after a VO2max session on Tuesday and then an hour endurance session yesterday. I just can’t seem to recover in time no matter how well I’m eating and sleeping. The joys of ageing. L…

I find your comment logical, consistent and well-reasoned…AND ENTIRELY IN CONFLICT WITH MY OCD WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SKIP ANY OF THE PRESCRIBED WORKOUTS! :wink: Seriously though, a fair point. I think I (and perhaps others) am underestimating the engineering burden that would come with implemen…

[image] Todd_Palmer: AND ENTIRELY IN CONFLICT WITH MY OCD WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SKIP ANY OF THE PRESCRIBED WORKOUTS! :wink: totally understand LOL, and I felt exactly the same when getting started with structured training!

I think the advice to skip a workout only makes sense when it is a rare occurrence. If the issue is that you need a bit more recovery but can still do the prescribed workouts then I think pushing the plan makes more sense. For example, you may be a person that needs 2 days off after a three day bl…

Thanks, Landis. I think it’s a no-brainer, too.

PhilSJones: Pushing a day won’t push your events. If you’ve used the week push or pull, your events stay put. The point isn’t that one would CONSTANTLY push a day. The rider thinks about their condition on this day–the one you’re living. Pushing a day causes the least perturbation of the program. As…

Right, nickster–that’s a perfect example of where a push day would be fantastic. Way, way less complicated than choosing a plan and manually moving every workout back–that’s not very practical.

[image] Ehrpower: If, for instance, I skip a VO2 Max day, I won’t do another one for a week. Doesn’t happen for me, following the advice in coaching books and TR article posted above. Skipped vo2max on Monday this week, due to other obligations. Since vo2max workouts are my highest priority,…

I am also an “older rider” (60). I also appreciate the need to recover as that is where the benefits come from. I too have days when i go “oh crap!” not that today. Glad you say not shifting the races and outside events. However, if you are doing any racing at all, or any regular group rides, p…

There’s some reason behind the seeming madness of sticking to 7-day training schedules. Most endurance sport training plans include a once-a-cycle longer, endurance workout, and it’s a lot easier for most people to schedule that on a weekend than during the week. Like most people, I’m neither retire…

rocourteau: The feature request is to be able to push or pull a day at a time, just as they added the ability to push or pull entire weeks. (Again, pushing or pulling a day wouldn’t disrupt rider-added events such as races.) Adding 8, 9, or 10 day weeks would be too extreme, although might be good f…

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