Hi all, Looking for some feedback on some plan modifications I’ve made. With nothing in particular to aim for at the moment I’m trying to get some good build work done. Current FTP is around 335-340. I’ve been feeling like I’m being let down a little at the higher end. My workable vo2 power is arou…

So you’re doing a VO2 max block? For the entire duration of the plan? I seem to remember the podcast recommendation for that idea but suggested that it be shorter, as in only 3-4 weeks. If you’re doing the whole build phase that way, I would probably recommend touching up on threshold occasionally.

Here’s what another user is doing: [image] Raise intensity on VO2 Max workouts Training Hey, Long time lurker here but finally have a question which I have not found an answer to… So, long story short. Ramp test 2 weeks ago 290w @ 78,5kg. Pretty happy with this since I…

Thanks for the response. I suppose it has become a vo2-specific block, with some anaerobic work in the second half as well. What would be the benefit here of touching up on my threshold? If I’m not aiming towards any particular event just now, just trying to drive up my upper aerobic limit, is it n…

I would just think that if you are going to do this for an entire 8 week phase you might want to do a threshold workout once every 2-3 weeks or so. What the user in the previous link is doing is much shorter, so less likely to see a significant decline in that threshold system. The trainer road grou…

[image] Koncorded: Also after this block I’m considering a couple of easy weeks and then moving straight on to building sustained power What’s your goal driving the “aim of bumping up my vo2”? Asking because those gains are use it or lose it, so your ‘high end power’ is naturally going to dim…

Will my high end power diminish even though I’ll be utilising it as part of the sustained power build? (VO2 work is incorporated once a week). What I was aiming to do is bump up the power I can maintain at VO2, not my VO2 max per say. As my FTP is already at a pretty high percentage of what I think…

[image] Koncorded: what I think my VO2 power is I can only direct you to this podcast: [image] Watts Doc #18: Why Everything You Know About VO2max Power Is Probably Wrong Copyright © 2023 That being said, with no racing at the moment, this is the perf…

In my experience, doing short power without including some threshold type steady state actually dropped my threshold evenn though short power increased. This is the give and take of changing anaerobic/ aerobic metabolism.

By ‘VO2 power’ I really just mean the power at which I can complete TrainerRoad VO2 max workouts… I’m not suggesting it meets the scientific definition. Just a functional one. Thanks for the podcast link, will give it a listen at some point.

Thanks for this. It’s certainly a balancing act. I think I’m going to stick with some threshold work. I have changed the progression in the second half of the block to include more specific threshold work rather than the large anaerobic/VO2 focused workouts such as ‘Richardson +3’ and ‘Xalibu +4’. …

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