Question regarding shifting workouts

Good morning all,
I’m new here having done some years with Sufferfest. So far I am really enjoying TR. it gives me great motivation and definitely offers key aspects I was recently missing in other platforms.

My question: next week will be week 2 of harder workouts, which will then be followed by a week with lighter endurance workouts.
I won’t be able to complete 2 of 3 harder ones (work trip), but TR’s auto-adaption recently ramped up my workout levels (so I am on the rise;).
What is the best way forward now: replace those week3 endurance rides and revisit the missed hard workouts or skip the week2 hard intervals and go into that easy week before the intensity goes up in week4 again? Or keep one endurance/one hard each ?
Hope this makes sense…
Thanks!
Phil

I’d recommend keeping some structure while balancing recovery. Maybe swap one of the week 3 endurance rides for a missed hard workout from week 2. That way, you maintain progress without overloading before the intensity kicks up in week 4. Missing one hard ride won’t ruin your flow, consistency matters more in the long run.

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If you are feeling pretty fresh after Week 2, then I would have to agree with @Dexy23 :slight_smile:

You can skip the workouts you will not be able to do, complete one of those interval workouts on Week 3, and follow everything else as normal.

For Week 3, you can switch out the Endurance workout on the 28th for an interval day so that you can take it easy for the remainder of the week before going into interval work on Week 4.

Thanks everybody for your advice.

OK. Still learning and trying to figure out how adaptive training works and its limitations. I would have thought it would make or suggest these types of changes automatically. How would it respond to this situation without input from the athlete?

yeah, the question is, if I remove 2 hard intervals, will it then increase the intensity of the next workouts (or replace an endurance w/o with another VO2max for instance)?

I do not believe it will do that. It’s a step by step program and does not encourage you to advance too rapidly.