gsteinb

Recovery week. Put up an all time best FTP test. Dug a little deeper today than perhaps ideal, but I was having fun. 11 hours - 500 TSS

wens

2 hours on rollers in the morning, hour of pretty much recovery pace with my gf xc skiing. Definitely better fun than workout, but awesome date!

aaronmcd

An hour Z2 to the training crit, 45 minute race, sprint clinic (which was actually a decent workout), Z2 home, protein shake and burrito, 2 hour nap, small bowl of cereal, 13 miles with a lone 6 minute effort at 107%. (My plan was race, then do 5-6 minute repeats but the plan didn't count on how extremely exhausted I would be at this point).

76 miles for the day, ~215 TSS
Week: 18 hours, 300 miles, 940 TSS

mattm

rode this morning, it was chilly. well I was chilly anyway!

build 2 begins.

TheKillerPenguin

Rest day like a mofowka.

JohnKScott

My 52nd anniversary of my date of birth was on Saturday. In honor of that I rode 52 virtual miles in the Zwift beta in around 3 hours. I have a saddle sore.

furiousferret

First weekend with no cycling in over a year. Weekends are soo much longer. I did get a ton of stuff done, solved the energy crisis, global warming, found the most feasible way into space, am now an expert on pro cycling in the 1960's, amongst other things. Unfortunately I do not have the political support or funding to get any of that stuff done, which is good because then I'd have no time to cycle when I heal up.

Ygduf

imo, this is the worst part of getting hurt. time stops.

gsteinb

isn't time stopping what keeps us alive forever, which is the ultimate goal of exercise?







boom!

TheKillerPenguin

Thus are the allure of intervals explained and the riddle of life solved; if only everyone on the planet would read the Training Status III thread.

hubcyclist

i bought a 20" fan at lowes today, the "cyclone" interesting to see if/how it helps compared to the much smaller fan I've used so far. I must have looked odd carrying a fan as others were in blizzard prep mode

Ygduf

I'm trying to find that chart which indicates what returned you get from different length intervals. i.e. 3min intervals help all ranges, 30s target sprint, 20min threshold, etc...

help me bf33, you're my only hope

mattm

I think you pretty much summed it up..

But it isn't more about the zone (endurance/anaerobic, etc) that determines what the interval is helping, rather than the length? I guess there is an obvious mapping between interval length and zone, but still.

Ygduf

find me the chart and it's all clear!

hubcyclist

Power Training Levels | TrainingPeaks

table 2?

bbbean 

You da MAN!

aaronmcd

That's what I did again today. It's hard work on recovery day!

So, that feeling on Friday morning, knowing only one day until the weekend... it's the same feeling as Monday night with only one week left in build.

Ygduf

that's essentially what I was looking for, yes. thanks!

furiousferret

1 hour on the trainer, quad felt ok. Easy week to make sure, Boulevard still a no go.

Enthalpic

I used to really like that chart but now I'm indifferent. I still like that it focuses on a physiological adaptations but a scale of 0 - 4 check marks for each zone despite huge variations in potential volume decreases it's usefulness. Now I think of it as pretty much propaganda for SST / time crunched training which was very popular around that time. There is a lot of evidence that polarized training is more effective if you have a lot of time to train and that low-intensity exercise is worth more than "0 check marks."

shovelhd

If I had lots of time to train I would ride lots too. I'm hoping more guys jump on this polarized training bandwagon and end up not having the time. Then I'll crush them.

Wesley36

Last round of force reps this morning (next week is recovery/ testing). Legs hurt.

Also, I seem to have my first saddle sore.

TheKillerPenguin

Volume is king if you've got the time, fitness, and can stomach the workload and occasional boredom. IMO it's better to do consistent 12hr weeks than do a handful of 20+hr weeks and hate your bike/burn out. That said, I've got SO MANY NEW MUSCLES.

TheKillerPenguin

Volume is king if you've got the time, fitness, and can stomach the workload and occasional boredom, but it's better to do consistent 12hr weeks than do a handful of 20+hr weeks and hate your bike/burn out. That said, I've got SO MANY NEW MUSCLES.

shovelhd

Maybe I'll be in the comm car when you crush Hilltowns. Smile for the camera, and stay away from the yellow line.