VO2 max workouts post<\/a> for a couple other awesome options.<\/p>\nFTP intervals: \u00a0Building functional threshold power is more a case of building endurance at high percentages of VO2 max.<\/p>\n
The standard “FTP interval” is a 2×20 minute interval set. \u00a0Starting off, intensity should stay around Sweet Spot intensity (for repeatability sake.) \u00a0Work your way up to 100% FTP, or the traditional FTP interval intensity. \u00a0As you progress, move towards 3×20 and 2×30 minute intervals. \u00a0When you change interval durations, switch back to sweet spot intensity and work back to FTP levels.<\/p>\n
Frequency should start at 2x\/wk in the base phase, increasing to 2x to 3x\/wk in the build phase. \u00a0If your specific goals dictate it, you can perform 1 interval workout per week in the peak phase.<\/p>\n
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FTP is one of the major metrics that define your potential as a cyclist. A big FTP is not only impressive to talk to your friends about, but it means you can lay down some hurt on the bike. But how do you go about building that big FTP? In this podcast, I’ll explain why it’s NOT all about the 2×20 days. You’ll also learn why you should be paying attention to your VO2 Max if you want to see your FTP grow.<\/p>\n
Check out the episode show notes at www.tailwind-coaching.com\/77 to read any of the posts I’ve referenced in this podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,106,38],"tags":[175,178,183,68],"yst_prominent_words":[926,227,219,217,254,223,215,258,248,377,250,235,229,256,252,233,221,260,225,231],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Two-Keys-to-Building.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13416,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823\/revisions\/13416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10823"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}