The last really good training block I had was in 2021. Some life changes, stressors, COVID, etc… everyone knows the story. Things have settled a bit so I’m back at it. The last couple of attempts at SSBLV, I started coming down with cold symptoms during week four. Which knocked me back to square on…

Welcome back! A lot has changed since 2021, I would recommend using the custom plan builder and let TR recommend and adapt to you. Perhaps choose a conservative approach.

Hi Joe! Right, I think I’m misunderstanding what the various plans and options are. My thinking was: I want to avoid the previous cycles of low volume SS plans where I end up doing 3 days a week for 1 hour each of SS / Threshold and burn out as I have in the past. which means I should pick a …

[image] ibcoleman: If I choose a plan builder with more volume will it automatically drop the intensity? Play with it a bit, see what happens - you can start/amend/delete custom plans as you want. It should also warn you if the work you actually did was a bit too much and needs some rest. N…

Take a look at Traditional Base, Mid-Volume. It is all endurance work, 4 days a week. It can be a little tricky to find the older plans on the TR sire now. When you go into Training Plans, underneath the Custom Training Plans, click on “View Phases” and you’ll find them. You can also do the Low …

Another solid option is to simply find the right Pacer Group in Zwift (or training Peaks Virtual, etc) and just start logging the hours. So if Z2 equates to 2.0 w/kg for you, just select on the “D” pacer groups that matches that. Adjust as necessary for your given ability…could be one of the “C” g…

[image] ibcoleman: My thinking being doing three one hour Z2 sessions a week seems a bit pointless. I’d agree. Unless you’ve never exercised in your life this will not do much for your after a week or two. How much time are you looking to train? If for example, you’ve got 7 hours to train.…

Hey @Power13 ! Thanks, that was my thinking initially: thought maybe I’d just loop over TBMVI a couple of times and reevaluate. At this point my TR FTP is set to an “historically” low value, but I’ve been using HR as a guide. For these 2 hour Z2 workouts like Eoin , for example, I’ve seen my HRmax st…

Thanks, this aligns with what I was thinking. TBMVI is ~8 or 9 hours per week of Z2. I’m seeing pretty good HR response over the last week or two. Last workout was Eoin and HR was stable on the “overs” and recovered on the “unders.” May swallow my pride and drop the intensity by a few percentage po…

[image] ibcoleman: May swallow my pride and drop the intensity by a few percentage points to put myself a bit more solidly in Z2… feel like I’m right at the top of the zone at my current power. Honestly, this is probably something that most people riding more than like 7 hours a week should d…

Great recommendation. I’m loathe to do it because my AI-detected FTP is comically low but I’ll swallow my pride. :slight_smile:

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Found this thread, which seems like it’s relevant. Overtraining whilst following plan - #6 by huges84

Thanks everyone

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