Sweet Spot Part 2: Boost Your Base

• Builds a Big Aerobic Base
  
• Complete 4 month Training Plan with 3 Power Tests
• new Professional Level with 18 - 26 hours / week

To begin your sweet spot base training you'll perform a Field Test to set your training zones, especially the all important sweet spot training zone!  A second test half thru your plan will measure your improvement and update your training zones and a third a final test will do the same. Athletes can expect to increase their FTP by 5 – 20%! 

This 16 week plan is all new for 2022 and combine workouts from Sweet Spot Parts 1 - 4 in a progressive optimized training plan design.  You'll start off gradually and progress in sweet spot volume each week.  

In the final mesocycle of this plan you'll be doing long sweet spot TSS rides on Saturdays and short structured 'wintertime intensity' during the work week. 

• Begin to Build Your Base
• Perfect foundation plan to increase fitness and output
• Home of Sweet Spot training
  

With this plan, you can "sweet spot up the whazoo" and raise your threshold power output! This periodized plan will have you progressing your riding time to increase your Chronic Training Load (CTL) 40-60%. You'll start with a field test will set your training zones, especially sweet spot! A second test will measure your improvement after following the plan! Athletes can expect to increase their FTP by 5 - 20%!

As a Training Plan athlete, you may want to add our Coaching Subscription to your Training Plan purchase. Our Coaching Subscription offers additional coaching services including monthly training plan adjustments, and power-file analysis. Click here to learn more. 

• 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.

• Get Fresh and Fast for racing
• The perfect plan before interval training
• Balance of Sweet Spot and VO2 Max work to increase aerobic fitness
  

Included in Optimize - our new training platform! Sweet Spot Part 4: Fresh and Fast is meant to be completed after Parts 1-3 or the 16 Weeks of Sweet Spot Training Plan. 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! 

As a Training Plan athlete, you may want to Hire a Coach for a more custom training plan and data analysis.  Fill out our new athlete questionnaire to speak with a FasCT Coach about your goals and events!