Maximize Your Training Time Effectively! #cyclingcoach

Zone 2 training only works best when the volume is high. But if you're limited to 4 to eight hours a week, zone 2 alone becomes a poor use of your most precious resource, which is your time. As you are base training and sweet spotting, it's very important to measure how much base you've been doing. Miles and hours per week don't tell the full story, but using a power meter allows you to track your base training much more accurately with metrics like OTS and level.

OTS quantifies how much training stress you generated in a single ride. And level is a rolling 42-day average of that training stress. It's our version of CTL and training load.

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Riding only Zone 2 all winter doesn’t work for cyclists with less than 8 hours a week to train. Riding hard indoors doesn’t work either.

In this video, Coach Frank Overton (aka BigCat) breaks down how to build a REAL aerobic base on just 4–8 hours per week, using the Sweet Spot training methodology he has pioneered for the past 20 years.

You’ll learn:

1️⃣ Where base training actually fits in your annual plan

2️⃣ Why Zone 2-only training fails when volume is low

3️⃣ The biggest base-training mistakes cyclists make indoors

4️⃣ Why Sweet Spot delivers more aerobic gains per minute

5️⃣ How to measure base fitness using OTS & Level

6️⃣ What a real month of base training looks like (calendar example)

This is the same approach we’ve used for over 20 years to help time-crunched amateur cyclists get stronger, more durable, and faster without burning out.

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👉 Start your free trial here: https://www.FasCatCoaching.com 00:00 The Biggest Base Training Mistakes 04:43 The Science: Zone 2 v Sweet Spot 07:35 Example Base Training Plan 09:01 4 Base Training Guidelines 10:22 Win a Year of the CoachCat APP ‼️