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 next phase of training that would come on the tails of completing an…

Not to be a pedant but I think you mean complement.

[image] John_Hallas: Not to be a pedant but I think you mean complement. Let’s keep it on topic please

[image] Threshold riding for beginners Training Introduction: I decided to write this post because there is a lot of beginner cyclists that are new to training, afraid of threshold riding and they can find it helpful. The intention of this post is not bragging,…

Fantastic contribution—should be a sticky. What you said in that thread about how threshold workouts should feel is spot on. Honestly, not to bag on TR, but this is something that is never mentioned on the podcast, but seems to be a prevalent occurrence for newer TR users. I think most if not all …

I have done weekly Threshold workouts for 1.5 years now, in the beginning following this structure: Week 1: 2* 10‘ Week 2: 3* 10‘ Week 3: 2* 15‘ Week 4: 2* 20‘ Week 5 (increase power by 5W and start at with 2*10‘ again) … Week 9: FTP test for new power target I adjusted the durations over ti…

@Aeroiseverything What does the rest of the week look like?

Basically chips and beer… :sweat_smile: On a serious note: I do 6 rides a week, but structure changes throughout the year. In winter I do basically base miles, threshold and weights. The closer to racing I get, the shorter the intervals get (4*8‘ or 30/15‘‘). A typical week atm looks like that: …

Thanks for that. Simple and no complicated periodisation

What length of rest periods are you folks targeting between the intervals? During my sweet spot progression I’ve been doing 3 minute rest which is optimal for me both physically and mentally, and I wonder what would be the good first approximation for threshold. 5 minutes?

For threshold work, I’m usually making my rest periods 5 minutes. I like keeping things short. 3 minutes would be a tall ask for threshold work and the extra 2 minutes of rest would be beneficial w/o affecting adaptation.

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Here is the part of my experience with threshold. There are some progressions I have used and still use.

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