I also live in a hilly area and a friend of mind got an e-bike so he can do his endurance rides on any terrain he feels like. Expensive solution to the problem, but it seems to work well.
It looks like the plans are back to what they were originally. Or am I going crazy?
Just refreshed the 6wk POL page and it’s back to the original. No you aren’t going crazy. Maybe some alternative plans that shouldn’t have been released.
Yup, looks to be back to the original.
Can anyone explain these please?:
Week 7 TID %: 82/0/18
Week 7 TID Daily Intent: 2/0/1
I don’ tunderstand these numbers…
The first one is saying that 82% of the week is in Z1 (i.e. between 50% FTP and LT1), nothing in Z2 (between LT1 and LT2 or threshold) and 18% above LT2.
The second is the number of workouts per week in those zones, so 2 low intensity and one high intensity.
There’s a bit of discussion about whether polarised refers to “Time in Zone” or on a per session basis so the two figures cover both sides of the argument.
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Thanks. One more question, how many LT exists? LT1, LT2 and LT3?
Just two: LT1 and LT2.
I will begin Polarized Build plan next week… I hope to improve my fitness a little more comparing with Build MidVolume… 
And that leads to main question I ask myself.
What damage does a 8 minute effort do in an otherwise Z1 3 hour ride?
I am a little worried about the descending fitness line for first weeks (red square) of 8 weeks Build polarized plan (blue square) that I begin next week… Should I be worried or just be confident that my fitness will increase??
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Two LT’s: In the Three Zone system, LT1 defines the transition from Zone 1 to Zone 2. and LT2 defines the transition from Zone 2 to Zone 3
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Always learning something here – didn’t know you could do that display. Where is that data field in the menu options?
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I think it’s the cumulative impact on recovery - 8 minutes each time you go out over 5 rides in a week is 40 minutes of additional intensity. The theory is to batch this up into a short workout and go properly hard for that session rather than an 8 minute effort which although hard isn’t going to drive adaptations in the same way but will impact your recovery…
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Did the plans change? I’m doing POL Build HV and some of my workouts don’t match the ones in the plan any more. Did the plans change or did I make a modification and forget?
anyone else terrified of the San Pedro → Miller Peak jump? 4x8 → 2x16 @100% feels impossible given how tough the 4x8s were.
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4x8 at threshold with 5 minute recoveries shouldn’t be very though. Maybe your FTP is too high.
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Both of the session shouldn’t be hard at all with proper FTP. You test with ramp test? Those sessions on 100% should be rather moderate than hard - especially 4x8.
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Few days ago (maybe earlier but that’s when we noticed it at least).
2 min intervals switched to the original 4 min ones seems to be the biggest change, but there are a few other changes too.
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