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# SWEET SPOT BUILDER

SWEET SPOT · 75 MIN

Sweet Spot Builder: each step's target, by time

LENGTH 75 MIN

LOAD 83

STEPS 9

HARDEST Z4

Ten, fifteen and twenty minutes of sweet spot, each a little harder than the last.

## THE STEPS

1. WARM-UP 10 MIN FROM 45 TO 75 % · 85 RPM, 2 MIN AT 60 %
2. BUILD 10 MIN AT 88 % · 90 RPM, 5 MIN AT 55 %, 15 MIN AT 90 % · 90 RPM, 5 MIN AT 55 %, 20 MIN AT 92 % · 90 RPM, 5 MIN AT 50 %
3. COOL-DOWN 3 MIN FROM 50 TO 40 %

Percentages are of your FTP.

## TIME IN EACH ZONE

- Z1 RECOVERY 23 MIN
- Z2 ENDURANCE 7 MIN
- Z3 TEMPO 10 MIN
- Z4 THRESHOLD 35 MIN

## THE COACH SAYS

- 12:00 Ten minutes at 88 percent.
- 27:00 Fifteen at 90.
- 34:30 Halfway.
- 47:00 The last one, and the longest.
- 57:00 Halfway.
- 65:00 Two minutes. Hold it.

## RIDE IT

In Pedal Mania: open WORKOUTS, then OURS, and pick Sweet Spot Builder.

[.ZWO](https://pedalmania.cc/workouts/sweet-spot-builder/files/zwo) [.ERG](https://pedalmania.cc/workouts/sweet-spot-builder/files/erg) [.MRC](https://pedalmania.cc/workouts/sweet-spot-builder/files/mrc) For other apps. .ERG is in watts at 250 W: sign in to have it at yours; .ZWO and .MRC are in percent.

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Source: https://pedalmania.cc/workouts/sweet-spot-builder