Ok so I’ve made 2 posts in the past about failing workouts and looking for the reason why, see those here: [image] New user struggling in 2nd week of Sweet Spot Base Training Ok so I just finished my 2nd week of using TrainerRoad and I feel like I’m struggling in a couple…

[image] pwandoff: 2 on / 1 off makes sense but I also wonder about outside factors possibly influencing @Grasschopper 's workouts, i.e. work, family, sleep, etc. +1 for this. I’m a family man myself and know that I can’t handle more at the moment with kids (= less/poor sleep) and busy days at…

This is just my own experience. Last year, just before Christmas 2017, I started structured training for the first time. I went immediately into the SSB MV and destroyed the first 6 weeks. Did not miss an interval, let alone a workout. Then I retested and improved my FTP a bunch. The next six weeks…

[image] Mauroj: and incorporated 3 strength training sessions into each week with mostly full body exercises but very little leg specific stuff. This has done wonders for my energy levels and it is much more sustainable for me. When life and time permits I add in an additional endurance or recov…

I didn’t see anyone mention it yet but I found Matt Fitzgerald’s books “Race Weight” and “Endurance Diet” to be both enlightening and very very helpful. His DQS revamped my entire way of thinking about diet, weight loss, and performance increase. His book Racing Weight talks about caloric deficits …

[image] drkpolo: What does failing mean? you have to move the % down to 95, or you give up? Hopefully not the latter. If so, I would look past the FTP and keep rolling along. I assume you were in unstructured training and now are not. Failing more meant not able to complete at 100% but quickl…

[image] Grasschopper: Thanks for those…someone else posted the thread by @mcneese.chad about the 2/1 setup. I may give that a go next time SSB come around. trpnhntr: Chad has summarized and given examples, you may want to also refer to original source of plan adjustment info from my Reddit …

[image] Grasschopper: Failing more meant not able to complete at 100% but quickly became not able to complete even 10% down and having to go to 20%. I think I actually gave up on a couple all together. Yes that sucks. I’m going to strongly agree with the people saying this sounds like a fatig…

If this is truly your first foray into structured training I strongly suggest giving a low volume plan a try. Far easier to be consistent More ability to recover - less fatigued Allows you to manage calorie deficity/dieting a lot easier and more forgiving Even if it “seems” easy, it will boost mo…

+1 to this. You will still get faster on Low Volume plan. Better recovery and less fatigue. You can still ride more if you want, but make them recovery rides, lower intensity.

[image] RONDAL: If this is truly your first foray into structured training I strongly suggest giving a low volume plan a try. Far easier to be consistent More ability to recover - less fatigued Allows you to manage calorie deficity/dieting a lot easier and more forgiving Even if it “seems” ea…

Why isn't this working? I'm getting...slower using TrainerRoad? How do I get this turned around?

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bbarrera January 3, 2019, 7:48pm 16

Chad has summarized and given examples, you may want to also refer to original source of plan adjustment info from my Reddit post:

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