As others have commented on the recovery RIDE thread, I don’t wholly trust TR’s approach to recovery weeks. It seems like there is just too much recovery/detraining in them. I also question there not being any intensity in their recovery weeks. I’m used to having one intensity workout, albeit not…

@Caro.Gomez-Villafane Color me a bit confused on the two items above: I am all for merging when appropriate, but I see a distinct difference in discussing an entire week like this OP vs the singular ride focus of the one you merged/linked. That in mind, I think there are likely better topics …

I see what you mean @mcneese.chad ! I’ve reopened it :slight_smile:

I’ve done a lot better following the approach you outlined. Although my adaptation weeks usually have two interval workouts. Mentioned the PMC (performance management chart) in a reply to Nate about red light green light. I’ve been reliably using the PMC based “rlgl” since late 2016 (after getting p…

It depends! Depends what I was doing the month before, during base, my recovery weeks might have a workout on Friday or Saturday after a couple days of very easy riding. During a build/ vo2 work, I probably won’t do any intensity, if I do it would be something like openers. Also depends if I did a…

Starting with a copy/paste on my comment that may have been a related spark to this new topic: I just finished the last work week in Mid Vol of phase 2. Feeling good overall but wondering what people think about one detail. They have apparently really dropped the time & TSS for the recovery weeks…

[image] BrianSpang: What approach do you use to calibrate recovery weeks? Or do you just trust the TR plan? I trust the algorithm. The n=1 evidence is that when I treat the recovery week as TR prescribes, I’m ready for a hammerfest the following week. When I add in extra volume, the first few…

At this time of year (Northern Hemisphere/ UK/ Winter) I think my recovery weeks are how TR plans (but substituting my 2 commutes for workouts). In the summer though I often fail to meet a complete rest week it’ll often have mid week chain gang (which tends to be tempo with bursts), weekend TT’s (t…

I recently got a new coach so my recovery weeks have changed a bit, but not too much. Now they look something like: Mon. - Off/Recovery Spin Tues. - Easy Lift (RPE 2-4) lower reps, lower weight Wed - Recovery Spin or Easy Walk/Jog Thurs - Recovery Spin or Easy Walk/jog Fri. - 2-3 hr of SS/Tempo…

Monday and Tuesday off, recovery spin Wednesday, 1h of Z2 Thursday, Friday off, then ~6h over the weekend at mostly endurance pace.

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Caro.Gomez-Villafane January 11, 2024, 2:06pm 4

I merged this thread with this thread, to keep the subject in one place

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