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Looks nice Pete. Certainly a lot better than Cumbria. or Wales. I haven't ridden outside since October at all! Crackers, I'm still too busy this year with my MSc course to be able to afford to spend time elsewhere, and in fact I haven't got the time to do much here either. Maybe next year, or later this year. Hope you are enjoying your time in Spain if you are still there. ATB

Taking me old mum out to Fuerteventura end of the month for 10 days... can't bloody wait, just gonna hire a MTB and keep off the roads as staying in the north, do the gravel/XC routes nothing technical. Could end up in trouble on the roads setting off with a trade wind pushing you along, the work section would be getting home and I like doing the work section as an "out" !!

What winter training tips do you recommend?

Both amazing !!! and very different experiences. Decsending Puig down to Soller is indredible, fast fast fast. Sa Colabra more technical I feel the views on Colabra are fab.

Beautiful 😍

It gives you power range for a workout, but evaluates your effort based on HR. And then everybody says HR is not suitable for bike workouts since it takes time to get HR up, and it can take some time to drop to recovery level. In my case, all this led to Garmin's FTP estimates dropping each week. That means it gave me lower values for the intervals. I really don't see a way out of this. It's the middle of the winter here with snow and ice and I live in a hilly area, so no way I could do 3hr base ride ever, especially in January. Also some workouts: 7x2 vo2max for someone starting trainig program. 1 hour at tempo. Ton of spring workouts... Quite weird and something that is obviously product of algoryth estimate. It looks like it is looking at HRV, sleep, stress and training load balance to put you in an optimal zone for trainig load.

Try Xert works well seems to have best adaptive ai

Hi Pete. Another great video. I use TR and I’m looking forward to seeing your results. Watts per kilo is a good leveller. Currently my FTP is 235 and WPKG is 2.4. (You can work out I’m 98kg from that 😂) What is your WPKG if you don’t mind me asking? Reason being I’m sure you’re a fair bit lighter than me so there’s probably not a lot of difference in our WPKG.

I’ve just started a 16 week plan to prepare for my first tour and a mont ventoux ascent. The first 6 weeks is base, then building phase. I’m planning to replace some rides with regular outside rides when the weather improves. I imagine this will increase the intensity over the training plan. I’m expecting gains due to increased activity……

Hey! If u want to improve your ftp please do proper performance test at some test site where they measure your lactate levels and oxygen usage. that way you gonna have your lt1 figured out as well as your lactate threshold. then just follow simple plan, like 6h at 90-100% of lt1, one vo2max and one threshold interval training per week. your ftp will improve

Back to back 4-5hr days of zone 2 and lots of sleep.

I'm curious, what does your Garmin say your VO2 max is, did that go up, down or stay the same. FTP really is only one metric. It's not my main metric.

How fortuitous. I am currently copying my Garmin workouts. However, I've just started to bump up the watts on the base rides. Before it 110 watts but i wasn't even in heart rate zone 2. So i have experimented and am now running those workouts at 30 whole watts more.

Subscribed. Thanks for sharing your experience and journey.

Your radio mic hasn't been edited into a stereo mix so all your commentary is mute on one side. I think Garmin only give you training advice based on maintaining base level fitness only. If you go for a hike or climb or play football and log all of those activities, they count toward your fitness too. They won't contribute to you winning a crit though and Garmin won't give you specific anaerobic training needed to make crit winning training sessions. I think the best approach here is to have an aim for your fitness, an event or simply maintenance and then let Garmin do its thing to monitor your acute training load. That'll give you specific info as you approach your plan and also give you feedback based on sleep, HRV etc.

Your HRV might be the clue as to why you didn’t imorove. I’m 54 with an average HRV around 65, FTP 270, VO2 max 56 - Garnin often pushes me hard. Although plenty of Base. Another thought is about improving vs maintaining FTP. You could probably improve with more high aerobic workouts but can you then sustain that? Maybe push up your FTP for periods in the year around events.

it's still a bit strange to see the Garmin connect app showing two different performance screens contradicting each other...

From what I understand, DSW is tuned to be something like "stay fit program" with maybe some very little gains in performance. I kinda hated those steady 2h+ long base rides so didn't really liked DSW. Garmins coach, where you training for an event - is more like what you are seeking for. But honestly, for me it fits more to grab some of those heavy training sessions from the program, and to do short workouts from them. And start resulting short workouts during my riding when the road is fit for them and I feel like it.

To me, I think there is some truth in Garmin Training Status. When it's "Strained", all my hard workout that I know I can do feels like garbage. Now I rest until the status is no longer Strained. I don't think your body was ready to absorb the work you put in.

One question, have you adapted your diet to this workout days ? Keep in mind that a good diet for this effort is responsible of 80% ( minimum) of final results. Search youtube about diet and rest quality recovery sessions

Thank you for this very interesting test. From my experience with my Garmin device, I can say that the VO2 calculated by the algorithm was the same as the clinical measurement. I think the type of training proposed by the device seems correct, following the 80/20 model (base, tempo, threshold). However, the watts suggested for each exercise might be inaccurate. Personally, I use Assioma pedals paired with the 1030 Plus, along with a year of data to feed the algorithm. Maybe you should look into this; for example, Garmin might be recommending watts that are too low for you during base training. Personally, for an hour, I monitor my output without heart rate drift at 125 bpm to see what watts I can produce, which becomes my benchmark value. This value fluctuates depending on my fitness level, averaging around 150 watts in winter and 180 watts in summer for 125

Not sure but what you should do can be different from what you can do

Good effort and good video champ

I would consider Tacx Training App since is fully integrated in Garmin Connect ecosystem and FirstBeat metrics, of course you have to wear your Garmjn wearable h24 7/7

Have you tried racing indoors on TrainingPeaks Virtual to improve your cycling power? That is crazy good threshold/ V02Max workouts and super fun

We all like to see our FTP rise, but it is not simple as just do xyz and there is +20 on your FTP. That is not how your body works. After this period you might be able to ride at your FTP for longer and pushed your Time Till Exertion. Maybe you also lowered your resting hr and hr drift or even your T1 and T2. How about your load did this increase over time and what is it now. There are so many question to answer. FTP is also just a number and not the only metric that counts… You started this process already fatigued. Normally, I would suggest someone to work consistently for at least 6-8 weeks before you can see any improvement. Do this for 3 months and you will see a different you!

Hi. I have followed Garmin’s suggested daily workouts for the last 3 months. I found that it started with lots of base rides and nothing changed initially but it took around 8 weeks before sprint sessions etc were added. My FTP has gone from 204 to 235 and it now feels to be much more testing (still doing base but with much more frequent anaerobic efforts). Estimated VO2 max has increased by a similar amount. Perhaps 4 weeks was not long enough?

Have you tested your time to exhaustion at ftp? Both time you got the same power out of a ramp test, would be interesting to see if you’d gained any time at ftp I.e. your fitter but not more powerful which given the workout profile isn’t a huge surprise.

A couple of things you didn't mention or may not have paid attention to: Did your max HR go up or down at your FTP from your ram test? Did you notice during your Tempo/threshold efforts any change in cardiac drift? One could imagine that although your FTP did not change, that your LT1 is now closer to your LT2. These would all be improvements that will make you better in the future. Also, getting your load better balanced (even with the anaerobic shortage you see) will be a big benefit going forward and one could imagine that the anaerobic workouts would be forthcoming if you were to continue with the daily workouts. I often find that the daily workouts on my Garmin Forerunner 265 watch differ from the daily workouts on my Garmin 1030+ head unit, did you ever see such between your watch and head unit? btw: I'm not a coach so take what I say with a grain of salt but well done!

If I followed garmins suggested workouts on my 1040 head unit I would never actually get fitter! I wear a venu watch, all my metrics are correct. Most of my suggested rides are base! Then a tempo will be recommended, followed by 57hrs recovery time! And then guess what…and 3 more base rides and a tempo and it starts all over again. Followed it religiously and it’s like ground hog day. It clearly isn’t correct and I never got fitter. Body battery and sleep score always in the 90’s after sleep.

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First off that Café Ciclista jersey looks great. I will see it soon on the road. Pete, the base maintenance of your FTP over the past winter month is great. If you want to build it now is the time to hit the HIIT sessions. You've a solid base which you've just proven. A few HIIT sessions per week over the next couple of months will make a massive difference. There are plenty of great resources out there. Having been coached by Alan over a few years I now know what to do and when and you will too after a while. It's habit forming. Plus you'll never forget that feeling of "riding in someone else's body" when you fly up a hill in a couple of months time. Have fun. See you soon :)

I recommend Dr.Stephen Seiler…! Ride your Zone 2 Base Training at 140-150W. I had the same FTP of 210W! One time in that week you do 3x13x30/15 VO2Max at 280W! I promise you will get faster ! I ride in Zwift

Great vid.

My take Pete is that 30 days isn't long enough unless you are just starting out cycling from being an "untrained" rider. As you say at the end, we plateau our FTP at some level and then it takes a lot to break through. I personally haven't tried the Garmin recommendations. However, I have recently gone back to scratch if you like and I'm rebuilding my base currently which in a way looks similar to the workouts you have done. (There is a big difference however, but I won't put that on here - you'll figure it out I'm sure if you look at my Strava....I'm going back to the sort of training I did 2007-2016 ish) My suggestions would be, follow for a longer period.....and also add weight training in to gain power. Merry Christmas.

What training platform would you recommend I try next ?

No. But I always hear coaches say we train to hard and too easy!! Easy rides too hard, and hard rides too easy, due to fatigue. Enjoy 🚴🚴🚴

There’s nothing wrong with doing lots of base this time of the year but if the volume didn’t increase from what you have been doing before then it’s not going to improve you. Maybe if you carried on with it it will keep increasing the weekly volume and/or intensity and that should force adaptation

To have a relatively easy month and to maintain your FTP is a great result. I think most people overload and don’t gain power. Maybe with a longer stretch it will give you more recovery time and the add in more VO2 sessions?????

Thanks loved it

Thanks loved it

Why do a lot of these riders don't tell you the gradient percentages and for how long are the hills? Also what gearing do they use. That's wise that you mention not to go too fast descending, not unless you're experienced at it. Who is "He". Yes some fantastic beautiful views.

Great video and glad you fixed the problem! Have you found that the squealing has returned over time and/or riding through wet/dirty conditions? Or have the brakes remained quiet over the long term? I'm wondering if the abrasive material in the paste wears out the discs and pads faster, leading to earlier replacement. Cheers!

Which bike maintenance tasks don't you do but leave for the professional?

You did well not to fall off in that mud pit Pete. Looks like a good area for off tarmac activities of all types.

Well done. That does look like a very nice ride on a good day.

The Cotswolds is great to cycle in as long as you can stay away from the traffic. One of my favourite, 100 mile rides when I live down in North Warwickshire was down into the Cotswolds. Looks like you had a nice ride out Pete. Nice one.

Had some great bike rides from loads of caravan sites. Got us to lots of different places. That was in a different lifetime, before I moved up to Cumbria. I used to not mind towing at all, but didn't like the hastle of setting up, packing away, cleaning the caravan, servicing it etc and then finding every season that something new had always broken. The way I figured it, it would have been cheaper to hire a cottage or hotel.

Hi Pete. Hope you are well. We have just got back from Mallorca staying in the south. We did a very similar loop, but clockwise. Ours was essentially less the dog leg. I am just about to re watch your video.

Hi Pete, I have emailed you before and said I would give you feedback on my trip. So just back from Denia, stayed at the Hotel Daniya Denia just down the road from the Cafe ciclista which was great for the bike hire, I did 4 rides two including your day 1 and 3 rides as day one in the heat got to me (Plus just had Covid an excuse I am using) so hats off to you for doing the 3. Others asking is it better than Mallorca I am replying its different and cheaper with Denia being urban but a nice urban and once out the cycling is great and like you pointed out in your videos quiet and challenging the only thing it lacked was cafe stops which nearly caught me out as the water fountain on day one was not working, would I go again yes I would but may be even a bit later and cooler. Thanks again and keep the videos coming. Mark