weekly tss score

[Patchelicious]

Dr Evil and K2C week, with 2 lil training rides too, was a nice little tss 1300 week

[Jakkals.]

okay, lets kick this year off!

 

2015 was a terrible cycling year for me...2000km.

2016 will be better, sold powermeter early 2015 and now only have a powercal...will use it until I can justify buying a new DFPM.

 

Current FTP sitting at 245 per powercal, which I think is a tad too high...but will go on that basis.

 

Current CTL 37...long road back to getting stronger.

[Spinnekop]

Long road indeed.

After a decent stint in December I am able to brag about sitting on 110 CTL with FTP sitting at 320 (78kg). 

 

Feb and March looking rosy.........

[Jay_B]

Long road indeed.

After a decent stint in December I am able to brag about sitting on 110 CTL with FTP sitting at 320 (78kg). 

 

Feb and March looking rosy.........

 

Jeepers thats some good numbers... 

 

Ive spent 8 months with an on and off chest infection that limited high intensity training... finally got in a good 10 days over the Christmas period to start building off

[Patchelicious]

Long road indeed.

After a decent stint in December I am able to brag about sitting on 110 CTL with FTP sitting at 320 (78kg).

 

Feb and March looking rosy.........

That's awesome. Put in a few nice weeks and got to 100, then took a 6 day holiday. It's depressing how quickly that graph falls. FML

[Jaco-fiets]

CTL is fitness line? I peaked at 73 this past sunday and that was after 2 x 15hr weeks (LSD). I was rather stuffed to be honest. It is a far cry from the 6 to 8hrs I can normally manage in a week.

 

After 1.5 years training with the performance management chart find that if my fitness line (CTL) is around 55 to 60 and freshness at +10 (can't recall the real abbreviation, think TSB) then I am normally quit strong in a race (to my stds). I struggle to go much higher than 60 CTL with the amount of training I do. Respect for you guys bumping it over 100!!

Edited January 6, 2016 by Jaco-fiets

[fanievb]

current ctl is 77 

 

I need to start slowing down for 70.3 East London to get the other numbers balanced (TSB is -17 and ATL is 94). Doing a few easy sessions this week with a big cycle & run on saturday and sunday.

 

ps. I don't train with a powermeter, figures are based on TP hrTSS calculations and excel chart by coachcox 

 

http://www.coachcox.co.uk/2012/03/30/how-to-plan-a-season-using-the-performance-management-chart/

 

edit:  30 Dec to date TSS 863 & .75 IF 

Edited January 6, 2016 by fanievb

[Jono Waddell]

Currently CTL sitting at about 115 and FTP at 250w (last test done on road at 264w for 20 min).

 

Hoping to ramp by about 5 CTL points a week from now till ironman.

[Patchelicious]

Currently CTL sitting at about 115 and FTP at 250w (last test done on road at 264w for 20 min).

 

Hoping to ramp by about 5 CTL points a week from now till ironman.

Jeez, many hours a week are you putting in?

[Jaco-fiets]

Currently CTL sitting at about 115 and FTP at 250w (last test done on road at 264w for 20 min).

 

Hoping to ramp by about 5 CTL points a week from now till ironman.

That is a seriously high CTL! I have read somewhere that some of the pro's do major events at a CTL of around 100 but then their TSB is a fairly high + value

Edited January 6, 2016 by Jaco-fiets

['Kaze Pete]

As of yesterday:

 

CTL: 61

ATL: 115 (busy coming down from 177 on 31/12)

TSB: -49! (Improved from -115 on 1/1)

 

Still a way to go to improve CTL, but am OK with TSB being so low although it will improve towards the end of Jan as I'm not going to be chasing any stupid Strava challenges while being unfit

[Jono Waddell]

That is a seriously high CTL! I have read somewhere that some of the pro's do major events at a CTL of around 100 but then their TSB is a fairly high + value

Averaging around 15 hrs a week, but come to think of it that CTL is 3 disciplines and not just bike.

[Jaco-fiets]

Averaging around 15 hrs a week, but come to think of it that CTL is 3 disciplines and not just bike.

Interesting! Say I want to incorporate some trail running into my program, how do I work out what that accumulated effect is on CTL?

[Jono Waddell]

Interesting! Say I want to incorporate some trail running into my program, how do I work out what that accumulated effect is on CTL?

I think that within training peaks performance management chart, there is a setting.

[Frosty]

I took a complete break after the 947, for two weeks. In that time, my CTL dropped by 31.7% and took me the whole of December to get back to the same level (on 29-Dec). Currently on an active recovery week before I start phase 2, recover, then phase 3, recover again and finally phase 4 before I try smash the April racing calendar.

 

Phase 2 starts with Gauteng champs - that could hurt in the first week after recovery.

[Jracer57]

I think that within training peaks performance management chart, there is a setting.

Just add a planned workout and input expected TSS