I did SSBHV last season and it went great for me, but because I love experimenting I am planning on doing a modified version of SSBMV this season.
I intend to supplement the TSS by doing the following things.
- Swapping to + versions of workouts. For instance I’ll replace Taylor -2 with Taylor
- Adding a relatively easy Friday workout every week - possibly even easier than Pettit, something like Lazy Mountain. Will depend how I’m feeling as I progress
- Using extend cooldown functionality to add 20-30 minutes of endurance at the end of 2-3 rides per week (typically the harder interval sessions)
I intend to be fairly flexible with these modifications as I don’t want to overdue things. I may attempt to make things a bit closer to polarization by extending the easy rides significantly - particularly in SSBMV2 where you’re doing threshold and above work. In those weeks I want to make sure my aerobic base is strong so will be looking at things like Fletcher or Gibbs instead of Pettit on Wednesdays to really keep an eye on my aerobic decoupling