Threshold training.

[MTBc]

I decided to give a formal training plan a go, instead of the regular "just hop on and ride" stuff I usually do.

 

So signed up for Strava Premium, picked a plan and referenced their glossary at https://www.strava.com/athlete/training-plans/cycling-training-glossary. Didn't heed the footnote about "% heart is of CTS field test avg". Created the workouts on my riding computer, basing the heart rate percentages on "% max".

 

I thought the zones were a bit high, but was happy to get a plan that pushed me a bit. 

 

Tuesday - 90m endurance. Glossary says 50% - 90%. Ride for 90m with 3/4 at close to 90%.

Wednesday - 4 x 12m steady state intervals. 92% - 94%. 48m at 94%. This training plan is hard.

Thursday - 1 x 25m and 2 x 20m tempo intervals.  60m riding at 90% - 92% max. My hands have pins and needles by the end of the workout. I'm really looking forward to rest day tomorrow.

 

 

[Thomo]

If you're doing all those sessions @ % of max hr, be glad it's just hands experiencing pins and needles. LOL

[NordicElf]

I decided to give a formal training plan a go, instead of the regular "just hop on and ride" stuff I usually do.

 

So signed up for Strava Premium, picked a plan and referenced their glossary at https://www.strava.com/athlete/training-plans/cycling-training-glossary. Didn't heed the footnote about "% heart is of CTS field test avg". Created the workouts on my riding computer, basing the heart rate percentages on "% max".

 

I thought the zones were a bit high, but was happy to get a plan that pushed me a bit. 

 

Tuesday - 90m endurance. Glossary says 50% - 90%. Ride for 90m with 3/4 at close to 90%.

Wednesday - 4 x 12m steady state intervals. 92% - 94%. 48m at 94%. This training plan is hard.

Thursday - 1 x 25m and 2 x 20m tempo intervals.  60m riding at 90% - 92% max. My hands have pins and needles by the end of the workout. I'm really looking forward to rest day tomorrow.

haha

 

I got my new zones a couple of weeks ago, after a much improved ftp test. So when writing out my session from training peaks - I don't like to take my phone into the gym, I incorrectly wrote my heart rate zones in to my power zones, they were about 20 watts higher than they should have been. I was disappointed that I couldn't maintain it! I only realised later when I was moaning to my coach about how hard the session was!