# Struggling with sustained power build! Advice needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Tags:** plan-modification\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/struggling-with-sustained-power-build-advice-needed/48847 "2020-12-15T11:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ashman07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/ashman07/32/132273_2.png) [@ashman07](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/ashman07)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/struggling-with-sustained-power-build-advice-needed/48847/7 "2020-12-16T12:24:08Z")
This may not give you all the answers but you might find some helpful advice and at least some consolation you are not the only one who finds this hard! > [@Struggling with Sustained Power Build after FTP Increase](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/struggling-with-sustained-power-build-after-ftp-increase/35109): > > Hi all, I’ve only just joined the forum and this is my first post, though I have read a number of other helpful posts on the forum before so I know you’re a knowledgeable lot. I was looking for a bit of advice. I started using TR in the autumn. I started with sweet spot base, then Ironman base (both low volume) and they went fine. The pandemic lockdown started just as I finished IM base and my target race for the year was cancelled. I had been intending to move onto IM Build low volume but as … --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/struggling-with-sustained-power-build-advice-needed/48847)._