I've touched on this before in some of my other posts, but I wanted to create a post dedicated to this topic. I'm coming up on my last race of the season - back to back TTs on a weekend. I've worked hard to get my FTP where it is today. If I go by what I read in many books, it's telling me to put the bike away for a few weeks, go jog, swim, etc. And, then I pick back up and start doing endurance zone 2 miles.
Dave mentioned doing a couple days of threshold intervals during the winter. I really like this idea. I would like to maintain and even increase FTP over the winter so I can more effectively compete in TTs next year.
How do you play with the numbers game of TSS during the winter? I've read others talk about early peaking. I'm really not 100% sure what that means and how it affects performance post-peak.
Any advice you can give a newb on how to do this over the winter months would be greatly appreciated.
Dave mentioned doing a couple days of threshold intervals during the winter. I really like this idea. I would like to maintain and even increase FTP over the winter so I can more effectively compete in TTs next year.
How do you play with the numbers game of TSS during the winter? I've read others talk about early peaking. I'm really not 100% sure what that means and how it affects performance post-peak.
Any advice you can give a newb on how to do this over the winter months would be greatly appreciated.