Sweet spot just rebranded steady state?

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Are these the same thing? Steady state is usually longer efforts but SP can be as well. Is there much of a difference?

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What is steady state?

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“example of an interval set might be three 10-minute SteadyState intervals separated by 5 minutes of easy spinning recovery. During the intervals, ride at a steady pace that is 90-95% of you FTP.”

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@BillyWaldman steady state is aerobic exercise. I’ve always associated it with Z2-ish and/or basically not HIIT.

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@Lennyeddy SST is between high Z3 and low Z4 or 84-97% FTP. I suppose steady state can be used with SST but, SST is definitely a specific %FTP.

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Thanks. Everything about them looks the same to me but I’m definitely not smart enough to understand the different nuances between the 2.

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Well, you can do steady state Z1, Z2, Z3 etc…but, SST is not Z1, Z2, Z3 etc…make sense?

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That’s CTS lingo.

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Gotcha, for some reason every steady state workout I’ve noticed are all in the 90-95% range but they can be done at any zone. Makes sense. Thanks.

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May be. Just copied and pasted from Google.

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Direct quote from here:

And definition here:

https://www.strava.com/training-plans/cycling-training-glossary#steady-state-intervals

Basically the same as Sweet Spot. The phrase sweet spot was coined by Frank Overton of FasCat coaching. He uses a wider power range than TrainerRoad. CTS uses a narrower power range for SteadyState. But pretty much the same.

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