Tired of VO2Max; Shift To Sweet Spot Cycling?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2022
- Had a good email come in after chatting about the mental benefits of Lactate Tolerance when riding at FTP. Here's the snippet:
Athlete: "There is something to be said for learning to tolerate the discomfort riding at threshold can produce. All of a sudden Tempo starts to feel easier.
One of the things I've been thinking about a lot is the physiologic "cost" of the session on future rides.
How much will a hard threshold day impact training rides later that week and is the benefit worth it? Ie. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Or is it better to go all out, ie. VO2max, to get max benefit from intensity - basically polarized. But then it's hard to do VO2 max all the time... So no easy answer.
This is where I can see one of the arguments for sweet spot/high tempo work. A lot of the threshold benefit, but recovery is easier, or at least that is what is often touted. But maybe it's not hard enough and this is just an easy way out."
This is actually the exact case where I wouldn't recommend Sweet Spot Intervals for Training.
Hopefully this video helps you find the right intensities at the right times so that you get faster!
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I'm avoiding sweet spot like the plague now as well. Can definitely see the improvements in aerobic fitness by doing majority of Z2, and intensity once a week. Only once due to time constraints, but I'm working to add that second intensity session a few days later. This is working well for me, to train at opposite ends of the spectrum, and avoid the middle sweet spot and high tempo zones.
Love the RUclips and Spotify Brendan. I left a review on Spotify. 😀
so glad you're finding a program that works for you! keep crushing! and thanks for the review!
Welcome back to youtube Champ. Somehow I hate sweetspot. As far as I remeber I did sweetspot for 2 weeks and it was 25 x 2. That was it and never went back to sweetspot ever again. 3 x 10 and 4 x 10 climbs I enjoy for torque work. I really enjoy tempo for sure and around 76% or 80 to 85% when the time is right. 75 76% is stock for me after efforts if I have left in my tank. Vo2 work 3 to 8mins I enjoy and play with the time - love them as well.
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Is sweetspot the training zone you should use for a TT/triathlon bike ride?
honestly it is hard to give a blanket rec like that not knowing your strenghts and weaknesses. You definitely want some threshold work for TT and even triathlon, but depends how long the tri, how good you are at them, etc etc. Maybe sure you are riding ABOVE threshold as well!!
@@EVOQBIKE i’m a 62-year-old triathlete, competing in half iron distance events, with an FTP of 210. I am bicycling 3 to 4 times a week. One of my rides is a long 3 to 4 hour ride at 65-70% FTP outside. One ride is a 90 minute VO2 ride, usually indoors. And one ride is a 90 minute sweetspot or tempo ride, also indoors. If I do manage to get in a fourth ride it is usually a 60 minute easy endurance ride outside. More often than not I bike three times a week, two indoor rides with some intensity and a third outdoors.
that sounds reasonable! I wouldn't add more sweet spot though
@@EVOQBIKE thank you