It’s time in Zone not number of workouts
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His 80/20 was originally session distribution by workout target, but many elites workout 2 to 3 times a day and can easily separate their sessions. For most of us, using time works but dont forget to include recovery between intervals in the time.
Yes, 80/20 is sessions. If you ride 5 days a week then that is only 1 HIIT session per week. Cyclists often try to do 2 sessions and it becomes more if you include racing. If you do a LV TR plan you might be doing three HIIT sessions per week.
If you go on time in zone, 80/20 should be more like 90/10, 95/5, or 98/2 depending on the time of year (periodization).