BLOCK 4: STARTS TO GET VERY INDIVIDUALIZED, JANUARY:
Gym: Can either shift to Plyo work (more fast twitch, sprinters) or continue Strength (diesels, one day races, all rounders)
Midweek: Start Vo2Max if racing starts in Block 5 or FTP / Intensive Aerobic if racing starts in Block 6
Weekends: Townline sprints every other weekend (This means 10 sprints, not an all out smash fest for 2 hours)
More animated riding on climbs
Overall focus still on aerobic fitness building. It’s a LONG season
Overall: max 2 hard days
So I'm going to present a lot of different scenarios here. And hopefully you can find one that's applicable to you.
We never would have thought of really doing a block of VO2max this early because all the elders were telling us that you "don't want to be a January superstar. You don't want to peak too early."
You're not going to peak unless you're doing a massive overload and tapering in or if you're overtraining, or if you're going to Team camp and doing you know 20 hours and then you've got a week off work and you're doing 20 hours and then you kind of crumble. The peaking too early things so rarely happens. And it only happens to the person that just rides too much. So if you set out a logical schedule with progression, you're going to be fine with that. And when I say progression, in this sense, just talking about hours, keep yourself in check.
Check out the video and comment below on how your training is going!
Thanks,
Brendan
https://youtu.be/Xgn63mGww_0