I failed a VO2 workout the other day. Didn’t even make it through the first 4m30s interval, so I stopped ymthe workout and responded “training fatigue” as the reason, but it wasn’t one bike training.
I did swap out the workout for a 4x 2m at 120% VO2 and only paused in one interval,but it didn’t change the adaptation triggered by the first failure.
The lesson for me is don’t schedule a VO2 the day after Wukarfit leg day. So that’s a scheduling issue for me, but adaptive Training swapped my following two endurance workouts with recovery days.
Are there any plans to allow us to input strength training days into the calendar so they can be considered for adaptation?
TR doesn’t incorporate any off the bike fatigue into their plans and AI/ML won’t adapt because of it either. You’re your own coach and you’ll have to plan around strength training. Ideally, you would have done your Vo2 workout then strength trained later in the day.
If you are lowering your bike workouts because of strength fatigue, then just know you’re limiting potential cycling gains. This is generally why heavy/hard lifting is done during base when cycling workouts are less demanding.
Strength training legs isn’t necessarily a benefit (to on-bike performance), especially when your target event is 8-12 hours of endurance, tempo, and Sweet spot. And, it can hurt your progress if it impacts your bike workouts as opposed to helping.
So, If leg strength training is impacting your on-bike workouts, it’s too much. You need to scale one back. Do less. For example, I am under strict coach’s orders - NO STRENGTH TRAINING during my VO2 block. It’s just too much.
For me, I do upper body and core. And, VERY LIGHT range of motion oriented squats and deadlifts right after a harder workout. Any amount of leg strength work I do isn’t going to help my Leadville time this year, and could hurt, so I’m pretty careful with it.
Well, it may not be “Put it in a better place.” It may be, get rid of certain exercises, or tone them way down and make them less frequent and lighter, replace with bodyweight only, etc.
That is, if getting faster on the bike is your priority as opposed to general health and fitness. Strength training isn’t automatically good or appropriate for getting faster on the bike, it depends.
Yep, 100 deep walking lunges the day before long interval VO2 probably need to move those lunges to a different day and cut down the reps.
This year’s target is XCM and I’m on the Master’s MV plan. Currently in 2nd to last 4 week block of build. Specialty hits then end of this month and it’s just training until Sea Otter (A Race for Leadville Corral) on April 19th.
Next week is the last week of the Wukarfit block I subscribed to last year. So I know the movements just need to slot them into the week in such a way that they complement rather than adversely impact on the bike training. Lots of core, light upper body, light body weight legs. I can probably fit that last one in on Wed which is the day after VO2, but is also an endurance day. Good day to double up on legs without causing issues for threshold / course sim day on Saturday.