I’ve just done Phoenix which is 90min tempo/sweetspot followed by a brick run. During the workout Chad mention the benefits of zone 3 Tempo rides which seems contradictory to everything we hear about Tempo training (it’s the grey zone, zone of little return, junk miles etc) I felt like a got a lot …

Not a coach but, hell yeah! I think tempo riding is amazing to bump up the TSS/CTL when appropriate. Training is a continuum. No one does one thing and sits on it. You have to train al three systems and if not overdone tempo rides are a part of training I think many new to training seem to be af…

There’s a guy over on slowtwitch that ONLY does Tempo and Endurance rides and his TT times are blazing fast.

I love my Tempo workouts. I use them as low cadence climbing practise. My favourite is Holt Hill +1

[image] davidsparkinson: So is zone 3 good as long as you don’t just do zone 3? Doing a lot of Z3 turned this rider into a pro… [image] The Making of a Pro Tour Rider “…a series of short, hard accelerations straight into a block of steady tempo…a workout we were able to do frequently and…

[image] davidsparkinson: benefits of zone 3 Tempo rides which seems contradictory to everything we hear about Tempo training (it’s the grey zone, zone of little return, junk miles etc) Those are very imprecise, misunderstood, and dated endurance concepts. I would forget about them and get the…

Thanks for the input, I’m following the Olympic tri plan and feel like I’m making really good progress so I’ve not problems following whatever the plan throws at me, even if it is 90 minutes of sweetspot on a Sunday morning :sob:. Those long sessions feel really productive so it was just playing on…

Post revival!! I have started to include Tempo rides into my week. Today I done Phoenix -2, week before I done Beech +1 I quite enjoyed the tempo workouts, never really doing them before. I have thought about now swapping my z2 workouts for tempo ones. After some research it seems you get a lot …

Looking at that plan, there is no way that I would replace the long Z2 with tempo riding. You’re already doing 4 days of SST/Threshold interval work. You’re ignoring the fact that your body needs recovery from the SST and threshold work in order to adapt. Replacing Z2 with Z3 is a sure-fire way to i…

Honestly I would add more Z2 in your plan, maybe on Sunday since you’ll probably be fatigued after those two long SS workouts.

Wednesday and Sundays are complete rest days for me. I sometimes reduce the 2hr rides, depending on how I am feeling but always aim to get at least an hour in. Or completely replace them with a z2 or z3 ride. This is is 100% an experiment for me (adding tempo in), I have removed the 2hr rides for …

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