So everyone seems to recommend to do only two high intensity workouts per week. Three high intensity workouts is already pushing it and only recommended for short periods of time. Why does Trainerroad not offer a training plan with two high intensity workouts? I’m currently doing the climbing road …

The 6 Week plan is the Base, the 8 Week plan is the Build. [image] I asked TR to add the “Base”, “Build” terms into the actual POL plan names, because this detail from the description text gets missed frequently, but they have not updated to improve clarity. :frowning: For Specialty, I am pretty…

that looks like one of my outdoor rides. Due to the number and slope of all the hills, pure Zone 2 is impossible.

Did not know this, was never sure where the polarised plans were supposed to fit in, thank you! FWIW I’m in a fairly similar place to the OP. Trying to follow a LV plan as best I can but while doing 10-12 hours/week with a lot of outdoor riding and quite a bit of racing. In my case I’m ditching th…

[image] pnzr: Yea, I can see that. It’s a bit unfortunate though, since these hard unstructured outdoors ride are the reason I train as I don’t race (yet). What’s your yearly periodization? Do you have any? Your outdoor group rides are your races. You might not want to do so many hard workout…

I agree with your premise generally, but are you suggesting making every weekend group ride an A race?

For reference, I suspect that anyone wanting to add a regular group ride as a “Race/Event” should do so as a C Race. A is super limited and requires 8 weeks between A events at a minimum. It also includes a taper which makes no sense for a regular series of rides. B can work, but don’t seem to me…

Slipped by Chad. B or C, whatever works the best. Some guys race a crit every weekend and want to perform at their best. It’s essentially the same if you want to do a group ride every weekend and want to smash your mates to the best of your ability. You’ve got to go in rested and ready to rock and…

[image] AJS914: B or C, whatever works the best. Agreed. I was just going to say the same thing Chad said :rofl:

I don’t do group rides, these are solo efforts. The terrain around me doesn’t allow for easy Z2 rides outside. So the only time I get outside I get very excited and end up doing solo race efforts. I’m only in my second year of riding, so yearly periodization was not really on my radar. Basically I …

The LV sprint and Olympic tri plans are 2 bike workouts a week

Why is there no two high intensity workouts per week training plan?

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mcneese.chad June 3, 2022, 4:24pm 30

Just to make sure it’s not missed, the TR Experimental POL plans in Mid and High Vol’s are 2 “high intensity” workouts and either 2 or 4 “low intensity” workouts per week. Worth a look at least for anyone wanting a more direct option from TR and not having to do swaps and such for the typical TR Low Vol plan.

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