Great instructional video. I really enjoy many of your videos but I also miss a few more scientific approaches to the training video, especially data driven videos that actually shows improvement (as promised in this video). I know that makes the video-recording and planning a bit more time consuming but there are sooooo many instructional training videos and only few of them actually uses data to prove their point. So please - if you can find the time - include som data in your video. Best wishes!
Test your FTHR (30 minutes all-out, av. HR for last 20' is FTHR). FTP is intensity at FTHR. SS around FTHR minus 5-10 beats. With RPE, it is a bit harder to differentiate FTP from SS intensity: but say that FTP keeps your mouth open and your breathing rate quite high while not maximal, SS elicits less breathing but the leg burning sensation is quite similar after 10 minutes or so.
Yes. If you can measure any of one (or any combination) of power, heart rate, or cadence and shift your gears to fine tune resistance you can do sweet spot training on simple rollers. This is how we did it in the 1990s and into the 2000s. That "medium hard" pace where you can talk but not talk too long is sweet spot and quite frankly it feels more natural to do long sweet spot training on the rollers as you need to keep your speed to keep balanced.
I just got a used tri bike for a spectacular price, and it's the same size as my road bike. I slammed the stem as far as it would go only to find that I need to go 3-4cm lower to be a position I would like. Any ideas?
I wonder why triathlon bike don't put the brakes on the aerobar and just delete that "wing". Mechanical groupsets could also put the STI shifters on the aero bars. Shouldn't that be more aero?
Do you include sweet spot training in your weekly training plan?
only if zwift plan says so
I eat sweets after a spot of training, yes?
My computer will only tell me speed, so "sweet spot" to me means in pain.
Of sounds meaby stupid, but can you use, sweet spot training olso for running?????
When short on time, sweet spot over under training is all I do!
Nice to see you got me in the video at 2:55. Thanks GTN and GCN
Sorry to hold you up on your ride Adrian, but thank you for waiting. I hope you had a nice ride :)
I love how sweet spot covers the top of my tempo and the bottom of my LT so I can you the sweet spot for just about any workout I do.
Nothing beats that sweet spot
I love these sessions. I find that a 10min foam roll to be the cherry on top
Nice addition!
Great video, I will add this to my training
Thanks Owen!
How much of these should we do in a week?
Yet another great video, thanks mates
Thanks, no worries!
Sweet video!
Thanks!
its called tempo run.. runners...:)
Can you compare aerodynamics and comfort of cervelo P5x vs. Diamondback Andean or other top triathlon bikes?
Horoscop
Nice video.. should we have to keep in mind any specific cadence for this workout?
Nice scenery, where was this shot?
A place called Tetbury, not too far from Bath in the UK
Great instructional video. I really enjoy many of your videos but I also miss a few more scientific approaches to the training video, especially data driven videos that actually shows improvement (as promised in this video). I know that makes the video-recording and planning a bit more time consuming but there are sooooo many instructional training videos and only few of them actually uses data to prove their point. So please - if you can find the time - include som data in your video. Best wishes!
I see you've flipped your bars after the James Cunnama interview..
How much time do you allow between sweet spot sessions?? A week? 2 weeks?
A weeks break between sweet spot sessions is a good starting place and you can then see how your body feels.
Is there an easy-ish way to work out our FTP or Sweetspot using RPE or HRM without having a power meter?
Test your FTHR (30 minutes all-out, av. HR for last 20' is FTHR). FTP is intensity at FTHR. SS around FTHR minus 5-10 beats.
With RPE, it is a bit harder to differentiate FTP from SS intensity: but say that FTP keeps your mouth open and your breathing rate quite high while not maximal, SS elicits less breathing but the leg burning sensation is quite similar after 10 minutes or so.
Can this training be done on rollers that have no resistance?
Yes. If you can measure any of one (or any combination) of power, heart rate, or cadence and shift your gears to fine tune resistance you can do sweet spot training on simple rollers. This is how we did it in the 1990s and into the 2000s. That "medium hard" pace where you can talk but not talk too long is sweet spot and quite frankly it feels more natural to do long sweet spot training on the rollers as you need to keep your speed to keep balanced.
I just got a used tri bike for a spectacular price, and it's the same size as my road bike. I slammed the stem as far as it would go only to find that I need to go 3-4cm lower to be a position I would like. Any ideas?
-50 degrees adjustable stem. Or just change frames.
If I can hit 3x30’ at sweet spot, I know I’m 70.3 race ready!
Exactly, such a good session
I wonder why triathlon bike don't put the brakes on the aerobar and just delete that "wing". Mechanical groupsets could also put the STI shifters on the aero bars. Shouldn't that be more aero?
Not very Aero when you crash because you can’t corner
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