So very, very often on forums, the podcast, etc, we hear about time crunched cyclists with kids, serious professions, school, etc. Asking for advice It’s not very often we hear people that have a lot of free time asking about training ideas. For instance: I’m currently on low volume, I tried mid v…

That’s what I’m thinking id like to add is at least one long z2 ride per week. I race xc mountain bike. My races this year will be about an hour and a half long.

I am time crunched but still manage to get in moderately high volume when I need to. I do so my adding 3-4 one hour rides at 40-50% ftp. I found this allowed me to still manage with hard workouts (both bike and run) on the same days. Typically I’d do these types of rides early in the morning. Somet…

This is what a usual week for me is more or less at the moment. I am doing basically a traditional base/build type of plan high volume. I split long workouts if I really have to but try not to do that. In January I’ll transition into a more VO2 type of stuff with maybe 1 SST or Tempo ride. Mon, We…

If the goal is being a better cyclist and you’re on a LV plan then the priority has to be figuring out how to spend more time on the bike. Which would include: Cutting back on the strength training, or at least reduce the amount of leg lifting you’re doing to leave your legs fresher for the bike S…

I have all the time in the world atm to spend it on training but have a hard time handling anything more than mid volume. I was curious what you guys think about splitting the endurance work into 2 workout throughout the day. 1 in the morning 1 in the evening. II have tried it in the past and hande…

[image] Scapewalker: I was curious what you guys think about splitting the endurance work into 2 workout throughout the day. Splitting Up Workouts

I guess I would qualify myself as pseudo non time crunched. I work from home so I’ve got time to ride during the week. I think 9-11hrs/week is the best I can do without digging too much into my work time, and on weekends I ride in the morning while my wife is still in bed and our son is old enough …

i’d make your endurance rides longer. If you added some endurance riding to make 1 midweek ride 3 hours and have two weekend rides 4 hours +, you’d get amazing aerobic adaptations and then can use the other hours to recover with foam rolling, stretching, and yoga! Also, core core core core. Good l…

Full time job, three kids, wife seems happy (well, she works strange shifts in a hospital). Despite this: [grafik] however, I don’t have any other hobbies. Actually, I’m not interested in anything else. Being super flexible and willing to leave the comfort zone is key. And the special circumstanc…

Jealous lol. When the kids were in MS/HS, doing 8-11 hours a week resulted in an unhappy wife and her calling my bike “your girlfriend.” Now that she is working a demanding full-time job again, and the kids are gone, I can do 8-11 hours/week. But beyond that I cannot keep up with my job (telecommute…

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