- Beginning of first week in four week block
- Beginning of first week in three week block
- End of last hard week before recovery week
- During recovery week
- Some other time in a training block
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The last day of my de-load week for me.
This is how it started for me in TR and I like it.
I have even postponed AIFTP updates to get them to fall back on that last day of de-load week.
Currently Friday of recovery week. It was the second week of a 3:1 cycle on a Friday. I didn’t intentionally change it. Just what happened after rebuilding after time off for surgery.
Ah, that’s what I’m thinking of doing. I’m not sure why, but I feel like it should best at the end of the recovery week.
Did you notice any difference once you shifted? Less fluctuations maybe?
I like to think I’m keeping a lid on the detection increases by setting it towards the end of a recovery week, with less hard work done immediately before it, perhaps even the slightest hint of detraining that comes with almost a week off the hard stuff. Not sure if it really works like that, but it does in my mind anyway. 
Mine is currently the first week of the block, which I really don’t like, I feel it is making me game the system, There is 100 mile ride on saturday (day of detection) but if I remove the workout the day before my FTP drops from a 2% gain, to keeping even … the 100 mile ties in with my event goals, and want to do it, feel that the system is encouraging me not to do it (know that somebody is going to jump in with “leaving gains on the table” but I’m just joe average, and I’m using TR to improve and make my cycling, not suck all the joy from it)
Going to try to move to the end of my next rest week so that, the last week / workout doesn’t have suck a big influence
Not sure if there’s a difference as I always had the detection at the end of a recovery week but mentally I really like it.
Once you get over the hump of those hard workouts the recovery week work feels like it’s I the bag.
Also there’s been times where I had to miss a workout, with the recovery before the detection I’ve swapped out a recovery day at the beginning of that week for the hard workout that I’ve missed.
The AIFTP seem to like it and at the end I feel like I still have enough days left in the week to recover.
Yeah sneaking in another workout would be the temptation but also less pressure to get my last hard one done before detection day when I don’t want to.
Does the FTP change depending on when it is? Mine is currently after first week in the block. If I could get a lower AI FTP by changing to end of recovery week I’m in! 
Yeah, I only do it when I’ve missed a previous workout and even then I have to be up for it.
There’s been some blocks where I can’t wait for that de-load week feeling that I really need it.