![]() ![]() I'm using workouts directly from CTS, Hunter Allen and TP. I completed the Zwift 20-minute FTP test last November and all my workouts are tailored to that. Not perfect, but I don't think I need an absolute measure right now, just to establish and improve on MY baseline. I'm absolutely considering buying one, but it's not my first priority right now, however, I don't think that it needs to hold me back.Īnother reference point in Zwift is that I often ride with PM users, and I can hold a pace with riders putting out similar W/Kg numbers as me. I agree that not having a PM is less than ideal, and it's the reason I've not opened a TP account. Hence the focus on higher-intensity intervals. almost double what I've done in a day, to date. The part that I need to train for is the climbing they quote ~4,000 meters = >13,000' of climbing i.e. The 112 miles doesn't faze me, since our Saturday group ride usually averages 110-130 miles once the weather turns better. I'm planning on traveling to England for the Fred Whitton Challenge. ![]() Thanks for the feedback, guys, much appreciated. Is this is right approach, or should I abandon TSS and work using Hour-based training loads, which appears to be what many of the for-sale plans on Training Peaks use? half) will require me to reach 460 TSS per week by early May, which is still somewhat daunting. Scaling back the ramp to 18 TSS per week (i.e. I'm not sure I'll have the time to commit to such a training load. Is this correct?Ĭontinuing the above formula, I should be up to a weekly TSS of 660 in early May, which I find rather disconcerting, since it implies that I'll have to more than double my current 60-75 minute workouts (although I should also be doing more outside riding by then). I didn't find anything prescriptive about recovery weeks, so I updated my Excel formula to reduce the TSS by 40% every 4 weeks, and resume at the previous weeks TSS following the recovery week. So far, so good, and using that formula a month from now I should be doing 444 TSS per week in a month He quotes a maximum weekly increase of 6*rr, where Ramp Rate (rr) should be no higher than 6, so basically add up to 36 TSS points each week. So my first question is given the above, is 300 TSS about right, too-high or too low as a weekly target to start a training plan?Īccording to Hunter Allen, we need to ramp up the TSS each week to ensure the right adaptations etc. I also don't have a power meter, Zwift pegs my FTP at ~3.6 W/Kg which I feel is somewhat accurate since my HR matches the Coggan zone chart, so that pegs me in the upper Cat4 range. I don't have a TP account, and I don't know how to calculate TSS for the Saturday group ride. Thanks to Zwift's workout editor, I can see that my current indoor training amounts to ~300 TSS points per week. I've also been voraciously reading the Training Peaks, Hunter Allen and Carmichael blogs and since I'm a bit of a numbers geek (handy with Excel), armed with a basic knowledge of TSS, I'd like to take a crack at building a training plan. I've been doing 3-5 structured workout rides per week this month. With dark evenings and life commitments, I'm stuck on the trainer during the week, and discovered Zwift a few months back. last Saturday our group covered an 88 mile route with 4,500' of climbing in about 5 hours. I'm trying to make the most of the winter months preparing for a very hilly century+ event in May.
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