weekly tss score

[fandacious]

 

Your FTP is wrong or you racing every time you ride your bike. .850 / ride is not correct. Have you got rides of .9 or 1? If so, change your FTP. Your readings are false.

 

not really. I've had my FTP lab tested. Thats not to say its 100% correct. But .850 avg isnt very much.

 

You should pedal harder

[fandacious]

Correct. But you shouldn't be scoring more than 100TSS in an hour, especially during training. If you are getting more than 100TSS per hour, your FTP is set too low, which means it wasn't setup/tested correctly from the start or your ftp has gone up and you need to test to see what your new(higher) FTP is.

 

not always, but generally yes.

[fandacious]

roughly how many hours give you that 400/week??? At what sort of intensity? I know it will differ day to day.

 

±5hrs - theres only one way to train. flat out

[Bianchisti]

Okay so I have a 20 minute all out effort file which I've imported into Power Agent but I cant find this "Summary Tab" or "Work tab" in which I have to adjust the FTP value till the TSS calculates as 35.

 

Have I got the correct poweragent software?

 

Okay! So I figured it out. When I eventually found it my TSS was at exactly 35.2 for the 20 minute all out effort. What's the chances of that being absolutely correct??

[fandacious]

Yes

 

nev, most people arent as hardcore as you and the thought of training 40hrs a week doesnt even enter our heads.

 

I know you were on the bike @ 430am every morning in winter, even if it was hailing outside.

 

kudos dude

[stringbean]

I think you putting in more hrs/week than Sauser.

[fandacious]

that should put you at 105.6 tss for an hour. theorhetically you should adjust your FTP higher so that you hit 1 at an hour, but it's probable that you would not sustain your 20 minute effort over the full hour, if you depreciate your 20minute tss by 10% you would do a 95.04 tss and that means you need to lower your FTP.

 

Open to correction on the % drop over 20minto 1 hour.

 

my understanding is that you take 95% of your 20min power to get your ftp. So your calculation above would be spot on

[fandacious]

Those massive TSS scores may only happen once or twice a year, so it's more of an exception than a rule.

 

Over winter I was riding about 750 - 850 TSS weeks, but with a lot of MTB that may have been underestimated due to the powercal strap. Awaiting Quarq Quattro to sort that out and plan my CTL better with dual disciplines.

 

"only 850tss/week in winter"

 

slacking dude. I hope you're making up for those lazy winter weeks

 

wtf..

[Bianchisti]

±5hrs - theres only one way to train. flat out

"only 850tss/week in winter"

 

slacking dude. I hope you're making up for those lazy winter weeks

 

wtf..

 

Please excuse the noob questions but with all that TSS and the above reference to hard training, how do you okes ensure your training balance is the correct mix of hard and recovery sessions?

[fandacious]

Please excuse the noob questions but with all that TSS and the above reference to hard training, how do you okes ensure your training balance is the correct mix of hard and recovery sessions?

 

haha.. when your tss is only 400, its pretty easy to recover

 

2500 - well thats a different story

[stringbean]

I take my hat off to you Zilla.Been struggling to hit 500 thru winter.Any more than that and those divorce papers will be in front of me before I can blink.

[stringbean]

I think the number is over 400/week for marginal gains.

[Velouria]

Does TSS mean:

 

Total Strava Segments

Tosser Stealing Segments

Turquoise Septic Sitbones

Twitchy Short Sprints

 

I did steal one of Fand's segments last week, and I have been spending plenty hours in the saddle. Unfortunately my sprinting sucks...

[fandacious]

Does TSS mean:

 

Total Strava Segments

Tosser Stealing Segments

Turquoise Septic Sitbones

Twitchy Short Sprints

 

I did steal one of Fand's segments last week, and I have been spending plenty hours in the saddle. Unfortunately my sprinting sucks...

 

tequila super shots

 

bastard! I'm so unfit @ the moment i'll never get another strava segment again

[Velouria]

tequila super shots

 

bastard! I'm so unfit @ the moment i'll never get another strava segment again

I think my TSS score is about 6 before I pass out then

 

Don't worry - the South Easter will start soon, and then you can claim all segments in your new neighbourhood from the other side!

[RABUBI]

Anyone else using polarpersonaltrainer?

 

Also uses similar to TSS, but called training load, really works well,

 

Shows you nicely when you really need to have a rest if you go into the red

 

Green = Give it horns

Yellow = Go, but not that hard

Red = take a day off