From all of the reading, it appears that 2 or maybe 3 “high intensity” sessions a week is about all you can/should manage (++caveats/exceptions, etc) Looking at the General Build MV I , Im seeing the second week as: Vo2, Endurance, Threshold, Anerobic, and SS. To me that seems like 3 (maybe 4) hig…

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It depends. VO2 and Threshold are definitely intense. If you follow the Polarized discussion then Seiler also considers SweetSpot and Tempo as intense. I don’t think there is consensus in the Pyramidal camp about whether SweetSpot and Tempo “count” as intense. I think the real thing to consider …

IMO- It’s probably more than you need, but keeping it ‘fun’ is important for keeping people going through plans consistently.

By its definition sweet spot should feel intense but also something easily recovered from, if a 90 minute sweet spot feels too hard your FTP is likely set too high

Seems a little broad strokes - there’s a lot of different 90 min sweet spot workouts

I see it from a different point of view. I try and stick to two hard days a week. My view being that if I’m continuously raising stress hormones in my body, it won’t be good for my long term health. Thus a short high intensity session, anything from around VT2 and above = hard Anything that is…

What qualifies as a "High Intensity" workout?

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mcneese.chad April 13, 2022, 3:55pm 2

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