Hi Lynda,
Happy Holidays, sorry for the delay. Starting the 2nd block this week, the L3 work. I guess I just kinda continued on with the first block after reading the first sentence of your reply…
re: 1. Why do you want to increase your TSS? I need the answer to that before I can give you decent advice on the best way to achieve the increase. The content of how, has to match the reason why to achieve your goal.
Ok, perchance I was asking the question the wrong way. 🙂 Let's try again w/o my presuming that increasing TSS would achieve my goal. One of my goals this winter/spring is to work on a perceived limiter- the ability to generate high amounts of force at low cadence for sustained periods. The kind of power you need when you're grinding it out up the Shandys or gnarly rocky singletrack where you need to maintain momentum to push through. How do I achieve this?
To expand on this, I only use the power meter inside on the trainer (mostly during the week) , all outside (weekend) riding is done more or less free form. JRA if you will. So although I may not be training in 'zones' for these rides, there are other factors that weigh in that I deem just as important- the mental, dealing with averse conditions, nutrition, etc. But I do also mix in the prescribed intervals for a weekend day by doing them on the trainer after riding outside for part of the time.
Next round for the next block…
2. For the 2nd block of L3 work (2 x 30, 3 x 20, 4 x 15), should I aim for being in the 'sweet spot' (88-93% of FTP) for most all of these intervals? Also, in the quadrant analysis for these sessions, am I correct to assume I should be seeing my points in Quadrant II?
Thanks,
Jim