SWEET SPOT 3X12
SWEET SPOT · 60 MINLENGTH60 MIN
LOAD67
STEPS10
HARDESTZ4
Three twelve-minute blocks just under threshold, with four minutes between.
THE STEPS
- WARM-UP7 MIN FROM 45 TO 75 % · 85 RPM, 1 MIN AT 95 % · 95 RPM, 2 MIN AT 55 %
- SWEET SPOT3 × (12 MIN AT 90 % · 90 RPM, 4 MIN AT 55 %)
- COOL-DOWN2 MIN FROM 50 TO 40 %
Percentages are of your FTP.
TIME IN EACH ZONE
- Z1RECOVERY20 MIN
- Z2ENDURANCE4 MIN
- Z4THRESHOLD37 MIN
THE COACH SAYS
- 7:00 A taste of what's coming.
- 10:00 Sweet spot. Settle in.
- 16:00 Halfway.
- 22:00 Recover.
RIDE IT
In Pedal Mania: open WORKOUTS, then OURS, and pick Sweet Spot 3x12.
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