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Old 02-03-09, 01:39 PM
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TSS/hr

How much TSS per hour do you guys usually rack up, on average, over a week's worth of rides? Including any recovery, etc...
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500-600 this time of year. When DST hits it will go up by at least 100

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Originally Posted by wfrogge
500-600 this time of year. When DST hits it will go up by 100
500-600 per hour I need to HTFU
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400-500 but i don't train hard/much
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400/500 TSS PER HOUR?!

you're doing it wrong.

edit: ok umd your OP is confusing. The title asks TSS/hr, the post asks TSS/wk. Which is it?
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TSS pissing matches are not useful anyways.
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Oh Noes! not another pissing match? Don't we pull out our things enough already?
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tss/hr is going to be pretty close, rides are going to be 50-100 tss/hr? with most people probably averaging around, what.. 80? per hour in a weeks time..
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Originally Posted by dmotoguy
tss/hr is going to be pretty close, rides are going to be 50-100 tss/hr? with most people probably averaging around, what.. 80? per hour in a weeks time..
100 tss in 1 hour = FTP ride
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exactly... so rides are probably going to be between .7 and 1.0 IF... but rarely at the far ends of that spectrum.
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Originally Posted by OC Roadie
500-600 per hour I need to HTFU
You need to RTFU


How much TSS per hour do you guys usually rack up, on average, over a week's worth of rides? Including any recovery, etc...
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Originally Posted by dmotoguy
exactly... so rides are probably going to be between .7 and 1.0 IF... but rarely at the far ends of that spectrum.
Yeppers...



What are you trying to figure out UMD?
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
What are you trying to figure out UMD?
+1. Not all TSS are created equal.
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
You need to RTFU


How much TSS per hour do you guys usually rack up, on average, over a week's worth of rides? Including any recovery, etc...
I guess so, but the title asked TSS/Hour. Anyway, I was just poking fun. Right now my weekly is about 650-750, which comes to about 54 per hour.
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Guys, you are making it more difficult than it has to be. Total TSS for the week divided by total hours per the week. I'm not trying to start a pissing match, I'm just trying to see where my average intensity falls in the spectrum. I've been riding less overall, and doing higher quality workouts and my average TSS/hr has gone up.

Nothing nefarious here, just curious.
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Originally Posted by umd
Guys, you are making it more difficult than it has to be. Total TSS for the week divided by total hours per the week. I'm not trying to start a pissing match, I'm just trying to see where my average intensity falls in the spectrum. I've been riding less overall, and doing higher quality workouts and my average TSS/hr has gone up.

Nothing nefarious here, just curious.
Well, there you go.
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I'm doing a hell of a lot of strength work and running. Not nearly as much riding. I have seen there are threads about estimating TSS and IF for those activities, but haven't made myself familiar....

...so ...just riding....form my short experience with power and TSS I am seeing that I have averaging out at an intensity factor in the .8-.9 range. I am doing a lot of threshold intervals and indoor TT's so i usually have at least one ride per week that is slightly over IF of 1.0

If it's not threshold it's recovery right now.....so no telling where I will end up.

because of the amount of other time I spend in the gym my total TSS for the week (only bike) is about 300-ish at best. My time split is about 60% riding 40% gym right now....
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so then you're wondering about our ATL?
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
so then you're wondering about our ATL?
No, ATL is TSS/day. It's still a measure of volume. I'm just curious about intensity. More like average IF.

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edit: ok umd your OP is confusing. The title asks TSS/hr, the post asks TSS/wk. Which is it?
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Originally Posted by umd
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The FAQ on trainingpeaks.com says between 50-75 TSS/hr is "the norm". I'm currently at 51.3 since Oct (end of last season to now and mostly base). Last season all-in I was 65/hr.

Its so sad to see an entire season reduced to 2 data points in a graph. Two very painful, very lonely data points in a very sad, very empty graph...
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Originally Posted by Psimet2001
...so ...just riding....form my short experience with power and TSS I am seeing that I have averaging out at an intensity factor in the .8-.9 range. I am doing a lot of threshold intervals and indoor TT's so i usually have at least one ride per week that is slightly over IF of 1.0
That's inclusive of all riding, including warm-up, cool down, etc or just the work intervals? Not saying that's wrong, just wondering. I seemed to be at .8 (exactly) last year including racing and everything.
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Originally Posted by umd
No, ATL is TSS/day. It's still a measure of volume. I'm just curious about intensity. More like average IF.



The post asked:
i read good.

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The FAQ on trainingpeaks.com says between 50-75 TSS/hr is "the norm". I'm currently at 51.3 since Oct (end of last season to now and mostly base). Last season all-in I was 65/hr.
That's the kind of information I was looking for, thanks.
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