larry
March 14, 2019, 4:54pm
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It’s possible that this much training load isn’t working for you and you’re getting fatigued. You may want to look into adjusting your training plan to allow for more recovery. Take a look at these existing discussions:
The following are some possible adjustments that can be made to the Sweet Spot Base plans. The goal is to shorten the number of “Work Weeks” between “Recovery Weeks”.
It can be helpful for those who find the default 5 Work to 1 Recovery schedule too taxing. This may include Masters riders and anyone else looking to reduce the fatigue between recovery weeks. It adds one total week to the typical cycle and makes the full Sweet Spot Base a total of 13 weeks (instead of the default 12 weeks).
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Nate was kind enough to respond to that same question I had on reddit, and the following has been Coach Chad™ approved:
SSB1 week1
SSB1 week2
SSB1 week3
SSB1 week6 recovery
SSB1 week4
SSB1 week5
SSB2 week1
SSB2 week6 recovery
SSB2 week2
SSB2 week3
SSB2 week4
SSB2 week5
SSB2 week6 recovery
Build week 1
Build week 2
etc
And Nate’s principals of rearranging recovery.
never skip ahead in the plan by removing a “work week”. The weeks build on each other so if you miss one it gets really hard.
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