4 times a week (Including one interval session) for me plus one high intensity strength workout and recovery stuff thrown in for good measure. There is absolutely no events happening due to the pandemic so I have no short term goals other than fitness. Fitness is too broad for me. I do my best when surrounded by others who are equal to or better than me. Structured training with a coach and a bunch of motivated athletes works for me but grinding out miles and TSS just not so much if at all.

I do not think about age and training volume/intensity. And I am careful to listen to my body when it makes sense such as an injury. And I match the volume and intensity to the planned events. So I am not a big mileage 7 day per week guy because a long event for me is 20K time trial.

Maybe the anti aging formula is a volume block, week off, another volume block , week off, then intensity block with a light volume block then week off. Power and strength increases. Why not assume that there is a custom formula for all of us that allows performance increases versus assuming an aging decrease? And I am not being Pollyanna. I see the same aging decreases in some of the time trial stats as one ages. However, don’t look at them. Today, we have old masters racers at the track and time trial that are killing world records. Look at those guys.

IMO, volume week after week after week doing the same thing generates a plateau and stale mental attitude that leads to decreasing strength and endurance. Keep it fresh and interesting.