I did Carson yesterday and it seemed too easy. I had no leg burn or heavy breathing. I am not sure what I was meant to feel. The ramp test was only last week so I assume my FTP is correct.
Should I just add a few % next time? I assume with the low cadence you should feel this more in your legs.
This is an easy sweet spot workout. You should not feel any burn in legs or experience heavy breathing. It should be a little bit uncomfortable but nothing more.
@bazcurtis go ahead and do Eclipse+3 at your current FTP. If you still have âmagic legsâ during that workout bump up tunnabora by a couple percent and go from there.
That is really spooky, I have just finished Eclipse+3 and now read your reply. I normally ride 2 hours outside on a Saturday so I am going to set the Saturday workout to the two hour version. I made it through on target, but it was mind over legs
@max_chan This is week 2 of SSB Low Volume. Next week is Tunnabora, Geiger, Warlow. Warlow has no two hour version, I assume for a good reason
If youâre doing sweet spot work and feel like the intervals are too easy, you can always swap the workout for one with longer intervals (instead of X x 10â like antelope go for a 3 x 20â like galena or the 30â variants of Wright peak). Thereâs also a bunch of custom workouts in TR with various lengths all the way up to 1 x 120â.
Itâs important to remember that the plans are guides geared towards as wide a group as possible. So itâs ok to tweak them in order to get the stimulus you need. Also smashing Wright peak/etc. is a good sign you may be due for an FTP bump.
Remember the plans build TSS every week and youâre not just doing harder workouts but also carrying fatigue from prior days/weeks. Donât rush the process, there will be plenty of pain to come
I have a leaky heart valve so it tends go high at the best of times, but it did not go high in this case. From the answers on this threat, I think all was good.
Remember that some of these workouts during base are about building a better pedaling technique, not just smashing you into the ground. For workouts where I feel they are a bit too easy, I really focus on my âpullâ motionâŚthat usually starts to cook me and FAST!
I just did Baxter FridayâŚshould have been super easyâŚwasnât.