Structured Training in 2018

[Heltor Chasca]

Very physical week at work. Thought I felt ok last night so climbed aboard the Kickr. Couldn’t even make it past the warm up. Fried. Physically fried. I’ll reassign my workout for an easier session.

TrainerRoad is great for this: Say you are scheduled to do a “CycleChat +3”, you can either go in and choose a “CycleChat +1” which has less training stress or you can drop the intensity %.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

For structured training to work you have to be flexible. My plans are structured around priorities. During each training phase there are priority areas and workouts to tackle those. If I find I cannot manage all of my workouts then I ensure I complete the priority workouts and drop the low priority ones. So for me, knowing what the priorities are in each training phase or period is key.

Structured training that is rigid will break, it needs to flex with you.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fitted in some speed intervals on the road tonight. They were meant to be tomorrow morning but forecast to rain. Did not fancy speed work in the rain. So swapped today's steady state for tomorrow's speed work. So steady endurance ride in the rain tomorrow.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Managed a good hour today. Had to drop the intensity % a bit and choose a slightly easier version of my scheduled workout. I really think I underestimated how hard I grafted at work this week. Onwards and upwards. At least I’ll sleep well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Managed a good hour today. Had to drop the intensity % a bit and choose a slightly easier version of my scheduled workout. I really think I underestimated how hard I grafted at work this week. Onwards and upwards. At least I’ll sleep well.

Good man. Important you pay attention to stresses and fatigue and not just from the workouts. If you consistently find you need to dial it down you may be overtrained or overstressed. Recovery is as important as your hard workout days. Skimp on either and the benefits will be reduced or even go into decline.

 

[Tin Pot]

Been in the garden too much, 12hrs today alone.

I’m slacking off training

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Been in the garden too much, 12hrs today alone.

I’m slacking off training

Nah, you have been working on your core, and strength build phase. Another important bit of training.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Forgot to add that I tried some podcasts during my recent training.

Sherlock Holmes - too hard to concentrate and follow plot during intervals
Adventure series, Kayaking the length of the Columbia river. Really easy to listen to, and keep the motivation through the hard efforts.

 

[HLaB]

Finally light at the end of the tunnel. After yesterday's ride I was in such a state that I went to see the emergency walk in centre doc on the advice of the mates I was cycling with. The doc reckoned my blood pressure, heart rate was good and my lungs sounded good too and they considered it was my stomach making me uncomfortable at one end and an an allergy at the other and the anxiety of both was making my heart race/ me breathless. I also think stress was adding to the melting pot. Anyway for the first time in ages I got a decent nights sleep and actually went a bit better today. I hope to get back on the training soon but may lower my FTP zones.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

An easy ride in the rain today, recovery day.

 

[Tin Pot]

First 2hr steady state turbo of 2018 in the bag.

Never ceases to surprise me at how ridiculously easy it feels at the start compared to the last 20mins

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Did 50 mins of intervals today and my average power was exactly the FTP determined from the last test. Spooky...

Will do some aerobic threshold work in the rain tomorrow. I don't think I could manage the steady state stuff for a few hours on the turbo. So I go on the road for those and leave the turbo for the shorter harder interval efforts.

 

[huwsparky]

Did 50 mins of intervals today and my average power was exactly the FTP determined from the last test. Spooky...

Are you including a warm-up and cool down in that 50 mins power?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Are you including a warm-up and cool down in that 50 mins power?

No.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Short session of aerobic capacity intervals today. Now more endurance intensity for rest of the week. Audax ride on Sat.