Since I started using TR in 2019 I would use the same off-season training plan. Sweet Spot Base, sustained power build and then Century. I’ve noticed SSB and Century plan are gone. Additionally every phase and plan has a much lower weekly TSS than it used to and no back to back high intensity workouts. Every hard workout is followed by an endurance ride. Am I missing something here? I like to grind and push myself in the off-season.
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In addition to the above, ‘Century’ has been renamed to ‘Gran Fondo’ since it covers a wider range than what Century stated and implied.
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I had a similar reaction at the weekend. Always used to do Sweet Spot Base High Volume (switching the Sunday indoor ride for a 4/5/6hr outdoor ride) but it looks like it’s been replaced rather than a new, lower intensity, addition created?
I also see value in back to back interval sessions for building robustness and day to day repeatability. Will see if Plan Builder can create something that tweaks the General Base plan. Hopefully that can give the best of both worlds?
i’m gonna be honest, the frequency of sweet spot in SSB is unnecessary. I used to do SSB HV and liked it, but I changed my approach to limit it to 2 a week and increase endurance and it’s just as good, if not better. This is week 1 of my current “ss base” block, at least based on pre-adaptive training plans I start my progression from a higher level than those plans did and my end goal is more sweet spot than the old plans capped off on (120mins for me vs 90 in old plans). Repeating SS days can be done, but ultimately I think they do more to make you tired as opposed to improving any repeatability.
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