I am seeing everywhere that a larger portion of your training should be done in zone 2. Yet my TR workouts have none. This week for example I’m doing one sweet spot, one Vo2 max, and one threshold workout scheduled. Is it maybe because I’m on a lower volume plan?

[image] WombleHunter: Zwift and RGT have long endurance rides at the weekend, and these have high attendance, Do they? I mean yes, getting 4-500 people to show up for the BMTR Saturday 160km ride is impressive in terms of raw numbers for a group ride… but across the whole Strava population o…

[image] WombleHunter: I expect you don’t ? I handle these long rides in two common ways: TR app running a long workout in ERG mode and then watch a streaming video for fun. I also run Zwift in the background just to get my virtual km’s and my Z experience points. This is the most common …

I agree very much with this sentiment. I got into TR with the plan of riding only 45min sessions. I could knock out five or six days of VO2 in a row and then take a day off. Then I started to follow the plan, spend time at Sweet Spot, and eventually Threshold. Got a bit stronger and started to look…

[image] mcneese.chad: As to the others that do long rides in Zwift and such, they sure do exist. I’ve been in a number of those groups over the years. Those are good examples of people going above the typical 60-90 minute range we see from many riders. Even with those riders, I suspect they are …

[image] Larzi: I wish TR would try to go through the training intensity of their own MV and HV programs with the same rigor. What makes you think they haven’t? If anything, their deep dives know that TR has the institutional knowledge to design very sophisticated training plans. They have pu…

[image] Larzi: Around same age as sweet spot training. Also a shiny new toy? The term “sweet spot” was first coined by cycling coach and author Andy Coggan in the early 2000s but coggin himself had research papers around that topic in the 90’s. We have to remember that power meters weren’t in…

This hasn’t applied to me but i’m a sample size of 1

My training plan said that I needed 4.5 hours endurance last weekend, so I did it (as I couldn’t get outside) on the turbo, got a badge as well Good for you but after 90 minutes on the trainer I’m bored and my ass hurts a lot. I think there’s probably a LOT of people in that category.

[image] Power13: across the whole Strava population Vast majority of Strava user base is outside most of the time.

[image] txrr9876: The term “sweet spot” was first coined by cycling coach and author Andy Coggan in the early 2000s The term ‘sweet spot’ was first used in training in the late 1970s. It is used to describe a point of optimal performance that takes into account a range of variables, such as w…

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mcneese.chad February 15, 2023, 10:50pm 45

Yup, existing feature request we use, and Nate mentioned more than once on the cast and in the forums that it’s something he wants added to the feature set:

Time limit options in Plan Builder [Feature Request]

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