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Should you progress your VO2 workouts?
We want to personalize the training program as much as possbile. A little analysis on your VO2 workouts will help you make it your own.

Sans Chaine
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Rest weeks: your legs might not feel that great
What happened to my legs?!? I just took a rest week, I should feel amazing.

Sans Chaine
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Rest weeks: rest when you can, so you can do the work when needed
Don't make the common mistake your rest week of doing too much work.

Sans Chaine
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Manage your warm-up based on how you feel
You aren't going to feel amazing every day but it is important to try. Manage your warm-up by feel, you may end up having an amazing ride.

Sans Chaine
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Choose your own adventure: analyse your testing to decide how to train
Use your testing results, and some insights into what sort of rider you are, to figure out where to take your training.

Sans Chaine
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Training hours: you can always add time at endurance
You can always add time at your endurance pace. Cycling is a sport that rewards time spent training, just be sure it doesn't fatigue you.

Sans Chaine
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The workouts don't change: who you are as a rider changes how you should do the workouts
Each ride has unique physical characteristics. Let’s look at how different types of rides might approach the same workout.

Sans Chaine
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Training Peaks: using VI to keep an eye on your pacing and control
Why are different rides with the same average power leaving your legs feeling so different? Pacing. Keep an eye on your variability index.

Sans Chaine
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The biggest training mistake that we all make
We all like to feel like we are training - but but that leads to fatigue and stagnation.

Sans Chaine
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Threshold is racing
You might not think so but if you are riding at threshold it is like racing.

Sans Chaine
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Determining FTP: a brief history of FTP and how to do it the Sans Chaine way
For many FTP has become the primary measure of a cyclist’s ability but no one number can define a rider. Determine FTP the Sans Chaine way.

Sans Chaine
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Pacing: can you find the climb?
Learning how to control our wattage using cadence and gearing is an important part of improving as a rider.

Andrew Randell
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Feel it: apply your perceived exertion to the workouts
In all the workouts we have to manage the efforts based somewhat on our perception of the ride and make a decision based on how we feel.

Sans Chaine
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