Originally Posted by
aaronmcd
Any recommendations on number of days to do a good workout? I'm thinking Tuesday & Thursday plus weekends. That leaves MWF for ~1 hour of commuting. Probably commute easy/recovery on Monday and Friday for a beneficial weekend. Wednesday I might just do a "hard commute" meaning around 80% to 85% ftp and powering out of the stoplights. Also, do you guys who race all the time do a real workout after getting home from a crit?
Since you have a power meter, you might benefit from taking a look at "
Training and Racing with a Power Meter". It seems a little bit more current in its methods than the training bible. Hell, you can borrow my copy some time if you're near San Jose.
In particular, understanding the performance manager chart and the concept of chronic training load, stress balance, etc, may help you figure out how big of a training dose you need on a given day/week, because the answer to your question is really "it depends".
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/a...nagement-chart