What is the optimal way to progress sweet spot duration? Assume the cyclist has completed a couple seasons of structured training and is just coming off their current season and a couple week rest period. In other words, stating the base phase for the upcoming season. 3x12 > 4x10 > 3x15 > ? > ? > ? …

Ok that makes sense. [image] kurt.braeckel: The progression was a bit odd that you spent three workouts at 60min TiZ. [image] kurt.braeckel: physiologically there’s not much difference between 3x20 on 3 min rest and 1x60. Psychologically there’s a big difference. I think the big reaso…

Agree with the points above - these looong SST workouts catch up with you suddenly and I found they just floored me just after I had my 1x100 session! I think the other way to look at this is WHY would you want to schedule more than 2 long sessions like this a week really? The work you are doing du…

Another update…die my short efforts from my PDC last Thursday. mFTP still the same. FRC went up to 14.8 and %vo2max got lower now (82.7). So ok. All seems ok now. About progression…Finisher my 3rd higher volume week and really feels good. Tomorrow 1hr recovery and finish the week in 16hr. Today did…

Finished my 3rd week today. Managed to do 4x20 Monday and 4x20 again today. Was going to try to extend today out a bit but was pretty cooked so I called it at 80min TiZ. Learned some things from this thread that will help me next time I do an extensive block again. Got a rest week then some threshol…

What kind of approach is typically taken for the threshold block? Is there a thread here I can reference?

they’re more fatiguing than we think, especially if we’re good at them!! haha glad that helped. good luck with the training!! :rocket::rocket::rocket::rocket::rocket:

[image] Threshold Progression Training This is a complement to the Sweet Spot Progression thread which is starting to fill with a discussion about threshold and VO2 (or all things coming after one completes an extensive aerobic phase). When deciding how to structure my ne…

[image] kurt.braeckel: you want to be pretty aggressive with it Can you explain why this is? Do you have approximate weekly % growth targets for TIZ? I am a newbie to this space and have been following this thread for awhile. Started swapping my TR SS Saturday workout (on LV plan) with progr…

Here’s my quote from the Threshold Progression thread. Again, this is my opinion only, so take that for what it’s worth. IMO the preference for threshold training is (1) over/unders (a couple different ways to do those); (2) threshold training at 94-96% of FTP starting point depends on TTE, extendi…

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