Cycling Base Training: 20 Hour Week, Is It Worth Doing Just One?

Can you do too much base training with 20h weeks? What about a lot of only zone 2 endurance riding? great question from the discord! Let's see what's best for Stijn, and hopefully you can apply this to your upcoming training!
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Hi Brendan, I got some info from you in the past and that was super, But now I am in my 2 last weeks before my last peak and I want to start 16 weeks of base training from December. In the discord channel I also asked you about some 4 weeks of Z2 training. I have alot of time in December and I want to try this:
week1 15h
week2 15h
week3 8h
week4 20h
rest week
Is this a good idea this month? Because it is not a progressive based base building period...and Z2 only (longer rides 65%), shorter rides below LT1).
Do you have short advice? I don't want to screw up my base period.
greetings
stijn
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Brendan:
remind me, what's your current weekly volume like again?
this month is good because if you do a bit too much, there's plenty of time to recover from it.
tons of z2 would be great!!
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Stijn:
I have now a CTL around 85-90. Weekly between 11-15hrs.
My goal in 2023 is a very hard century (220k, 5500m+).
I want to increase my aerobic endurance.
Increase power at Z2 first with same HR (LT1).
Maybe train more in blocks of 2-3 weeks. Z2, fatmax, SS progression, Treshold, vo2 block.
But starting first with Z2 endurance high volume december...maybe one shorter vo2 2 times.
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Brendan:
yeah if you're honestly doing 15h, hit the 20h week, it'll be good! just make sure you foam roll and stretch and sleep as much as you can.
honestly, scratch the sweet spot. It's not doing anything but making you tired. Tempo, okay a little. Threshold as over unders. VO2max....those will take you to the promised land!
Wrap up:
how much are you currently doing? Add a few hours to that. If you’re doing 10h, is 15 even worth it? Maybe, maybe not.
Look to build consistency versus just ONE BIG WEEK. people get sick.
Once you do this, can you add more hours to normal training?
Have fun and recover hard:
1. eat right
2. sleep right
3. stretch and foam roll
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