This is more a question for the TrainerRoad folks (Chad), but maybe somebody else knows. In one of the earlier podcasts this year it was mentioned that Chad was working on making masters specific training plans, however I haven’t seen them on the available plans and there hasn’t been any more menti…

Thought I heard a while back that they scrapped those plans, figuring that either LV or MV reduced to -1s or skipping “fillers” could suffice. Maybe I’m just remembering part of the conversation…

It’s buried in many other threads, but several of us have had nice success with TR plans and shifting the build plan work : rest from 3:1 to 2:1 That is a very easy modification and adds only 1 week to an 8 week build program. If that still isn’t enough rest, take one of the weekend rides from swe…

How do they come up with, or how would they come up with the Master’s plans? Theorycrafting from studies, feedback, or actual data science from their rather envious database? Combination of it all I guess, though would love to know how they go about developing new plans.

[image] DarthShivious: For SSB, that is 5:1 for a six week block and MV1 and MV2 can be pretty tough. You can make these 3:1 or 2:1 fairly easily. I wrote a 4:1, 3:1, 3:1 version based on Nate’s 3:1, 3:1, 4:1 version. Both are covered in this post. Alternate Sweet Spot Base, Work : Recover…

My solution to the need for recovery is to do 2:1 for work:recovery, which gives 14 workouts every 3 weeks rather than 15 under the MV plans. The I add 15 minutes in Z2 [endurance] to each workout to make up the volume.

@mcneese.chad I just started your 4:1, 3:1, 3:1 version this week. Many thanks for posting the instructions.

Good deal. Please report back in the main thread when you get into it a bit, and maybe at the conclusion. I’m curious to hear how it works for others. I was very happy with the progression and my improved feel through the full SSB cycle.

These really begs for an enhancement to the plan setup where plans would be built (re-built / tagged) with weeks tagged as “build” and weeks tagged as “recovery”, and when selecting a plan you could select the build:recovery ratio (e.g., 2 weeks on, 1 week recovery), and the plan would automagically…

have you tried doing just 2 weeks on and 1 week off, or fiddling with the training : recovery ratio?

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mcneese.chad August 13, 2019, 7:07pm 4

I do think the “Master’s Plans” have been ditched in favor of a different solution. There have been a few hints about this along the way. This is the only one I can find at the moment. I also remember similar hints in one of the podcasts a while ago.

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