I have been training in a structured way for several years and joined TR last November on the high volume plan. I started off at just under 3w/kg and after my first base blocks I broke through the 3w/kg barrier. Happniness so far. Then the yoghurt hit the fan. I did the next 6 week block and ftp st…

I feel fine to be honest. I sleep well and I’m not stressed. Even though I work a lot, I love what I do. I look forward to training too.

That sounds possible to be honest. Next week is a rest week so I’m gonna reset it after that. Are you suggesting the mid volume plan? And then I manually add easy aerobic workouts? Tell me more, this is worth a shot I’ve got nothing to lose and am willing to try.

I had lots of time off in September October last year. And now I’m obviously doing the rest weeks as per TR plan

Hmmm… I guess if I say my power reading is correct then that leaves me with option 2? :slight_smile:

Ok I hear you My readings are correct as I had a second reading on Magenbitter power pedals until I removed them a week ago. But the numbers always matched. So would you say medium volume? I’m gonna have so much time on my hands I won’t know what to do with myself… Any advice? Oh and yes next we…

Well done for answering all the questions! A rare thing on forums. Sounds like you’re ok psychologically, don’t sound run down from your posts. Just want to help you troubleshoot physical reasons whilst others help with the tech. Do you think you’re getting enough calories? How can you be sure? Ar…

Hi, interesting question about the ammonia - but no, all smells normal. I eat a varied diet with lots of veggies and plenty of low GI carbs, as well as legumes, eggs, fish and meat. I always have a big appetite and I’m never trying to contain calories. I have been the same weight between 52 and 55 …

I appreciate that you took the time to reply. Perhaps some more context to my statement. Quite often we see people here on the forum who nail base with their set FTP but then fail build. To my understanding it’s because base is generally fairly moderate in terms of intensity, build not so much. Th…

Thanks Realistically reducing the volume is the only thing I can try since I’ve basically ruled out all other reasons for my epic failure

Yeah, it’s because you said you haven’t finished a single workout in HV build. To me, there are about four broad reasons why: equipment malfunctioning, and you’re working at higher resistance than you think workouts too hard - either, they are too high in power (which could be your FTP is set too …

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A lot of good thoughts listed, and I’ll just add one more option you don’t explicitly state on #3. Reducing the number of intervals in TR workouts.

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