Hi I know this is gonna sound really stupid but I was planning to go from SSB > TB. Reason being for this is that I’m trying to bridge the cold winter months without having to do long indoor workouts. And than transitioning from inside to outside workouts when I’m starting TB. At first I thought t…

My current season ends in a few weeks time, and am contemplating TB> SSB> SusPB, but sprinkling in a few minus variants of SS and VO2Max workouts into TB (LV) just to maintain my higher end fitness without adding huge amounts of TSS.

Hi, Many of us discuss this step intensively, have a look: [image] Any benefit to Traditional Base vs Sweet Spot? Training Good luck! I hope it works out well for you. For me it is a lot easier now with less spikes overall. Sure, during the work out blood sugar is slowl…

I finished SSB LV just at the start of January and now doing traditional LV2 I also add in a SS workout Half Dome which Im increasing the intensity each week from lower to upper sweetspot and move the 2Hr session to the weekend so it’s pretty much two sweetspot and two endurance sessions.

[image] GlennBigLegs: Will I just lose all my fitness if I do this? If you keep the hours relatively the same, yes, you will unfortunately loose fitness, but not all of it. Also depends how long your block is. If you are going to do a traditional “Trad Base” — 100% Endurance rides — then you…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: If you keep the hours relatively the same, yes, you will unfortunately loose fitness, but not all of it. Also depends how long your block is. Thanks for the tips, the hours will definitely be upped during the spring. I’ll also sprinkle in some V02 efforts and othe…

Definitely very interesting to read, thanks!

[image] GlennBigLegs: my aerobic base is really poor and really need to work on it Thumbs up. There’s more to bike like than FTP. Considering that almost all of what you do on a bike is aerobic, working to develop your aerobic system (in a low stress manner) is always a great choice.

Going from Sweestpot to Traditional base

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airteluser January 16, 2021, 7:17am 3

Hi,

Many of us discuss this step intensively, have a look:

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Going from Sweestpot to Traditional base

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