Cycling Fitness / Training Advice

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ewanmac in reply to @skinny

Mostly hard as 10min efforts and then pooling.

Sorry to pry but roughly what would you say your average time in each zone is (thinking seiler 3zone model of below and above ventilatory thresholds). I ask because I’m interested if you keep the same absolute amount of intensity when you drop your volume, or whether you keep the same proportions of high/low but just do less of each?

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skinny in reply to @ewanmac

To best honest it personal. I dropped a lot of volume to help.me out of a fatigue hole I was in, but kept the intensity to try maintain or grow my speed. It worked thankfully. I kept 2-3 sessions at 4x10min a week. I did 4 weeks of that and it was hard.
Another way to look at it is some sort of extended taper.

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Acliff in reply to @skinny

10 minutes max effort x 4?
Sounds grim. Though if you’re used to a higher workload, then the workouts might be hard, but easier to recover from?

I planned to do 1h at high zone 2 today, but rode with a mate on zwift so ended up doing 40 minutes of that around threshold.
Good start....

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