Sweet Spot Part 1: Build Your Base

• Boost Your Base
• Increase aerobic fitness and power output
• Perfect continuation from Sweet Spot part 1
  

Build your base even bigger with our second six week training block of Sweet Spot and advanced aerobic training! Continue to work on increasing your threshold in about an hour a day during the week and 1 - 3 hours on the weekends. This plan begins with a 20-minute Field Test to set your wattage and heart rate training zones including Sweet Spot using the included FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet! Then you'll test again at the end to see the fruits of your labors of a 5-20% boost in your FTP!

• The transition from base to race
• Increase aerobic fitness and power output
• Perfect continuation from Sweet Spot part 2
  

Sweet Spot Training Plan, Part 3 for athletes who are racing soon but still need to build a base/ride more/raise CTL/increase threshold power. This 6-week plan is great to begin after you have completed sweet spot parts 1 and 2 or need to hit turbo with your sweet spot training. When we recorded our "Switch from Base to Race" the Sweet Spot Part 3 plan was exactly what we were talking about.

• ideal for summer training
  
• Increases FTP & Improves Endurance 
• Balance of Sweet Spot and VO2 Max work
  

Included in Optimize - our new training platform! Sweet Spot Part 4: Fresh and Fast is meant to be completed after Parts 1-3 or when you want to improve FAST.

The plan uses a “fresher is faster” approach with a progression of 3-, 4- and 5-minute VO2 Max workouts combined with long Sweet Spot rides on Saturdays and Zone 2 rides on Sundays. Listen to our podcast about the rationale behind this plan and watch the BigCat's video! 

• Perfect for the CX athlete that likes to plan ahead and build a solid base
• Includes structured Sweet Spot intervals + skill work so no watts are left on the table!
  

Each week you’ll progress thru structured sweet spot intervals and practice your skills while sweet spotting. On the weekends you'll have the option to join group rides (where we coach you how to sweet spot on the group ride). There’s also recommendations for riding longer/shorter for flexibility so you can stay on track when life throws a curve ball.

There are run workouts too! And we aren’t talking about ‘jogging’ – these are run workouts specific to cyclocross. And since its pre-season you’ll work on your explosive power with standing starts and plyometrics >> All in the name of accelerating quickly off the start line, after a bike remount, out of corners and slow techy course sections.

Once you finish this plan, you will be ready to move onto the harder stuff, aka cyclocross intervals!

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