Maintain Aerobic fitness

What would be the minimum amount of training to do per week to maintain aerobic fitness? Soon I want to do a strength phase in the gym 4 times per week. I thought about dropping the riding down to bare essentials in order to focus on the gym. What would be the best focus, sweet spot, threshold, VO2 max?

This covers some aspects of the fitness decline over time and some tips for maintenance.

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Awesome! Exactly what I needed, thanks

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Posting for feedback, comments, suggestions etc

In a couple of months I’ll be shifting the focus from riding to a) strength training and b) emerging from my pain cave into the beautiful British summer. I’m putting together a plan to maintain as much cycling fitness as possible on 2 or 3 rides a week. Assuming it’s 3, here’s the first draft. Thoughts?

Week 1

Tuesday. 2 × 20 Threshold

Thursday. 2 × 13 30/15s

Saturday. 3hr steady(ish) Z2 ride

Week 2

Tuesday. 1 × 45 Sweetspot

Thursday. 10s / 30s / 60s Anaerobic Power Intervals

Saturday. 6 × 3 VO2 Max Intervals