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When riding long climbs, maintaining threshold intensity with out big fluctuations is the way to go. The effort should be the maximum that you can sustain without dropping power from one effort to the next. Nate Wilson describes this as the gold standard of FTP work due to spending 60 minutes riding at threshold. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
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Maintaining your Threshold speed is the key to swimming success in longer events of greater than 1,000m. This session works on further developing your threshold and your ability to maintain it. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Fast Freddie’s Favourite
VO2 Max efforts help to build your engine. A bigger engine means you can be more efficient at lower intensities, leaving more in reserve to go faster. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events from 10km out to a marathon.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 VO2max Booster
When riding long climbs, maintaining threshold intensity with out big fluctuations is the way to go. The effort should be the maximum that you can sustain without dropping power from one effort to the next. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Nate Wilson’s Threshold Climbing Work #2
At the end of an event when your body is fatigued is when you get tested the most. This session aims to build that fatigue early, so your body can experience and adapt to the stimulus making your more prepared for that stage of the event. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events from 10km out to a marathon.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 Long Course Race Simulation
When riding long climbs, maintaining threshold intensity with out big fluctuations is the way to go. The effort should be the maximum that you can sustain without dropping power from one effort to the next. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Nate Wilson’s Threshold Climbing Work #1
Completing the Ironman Swim in under 60 minutes is a significant achievement. Consistent pacing and sustained effort is the key to achieving this goal. This session tests your capability to maintain the pace and is a breakdown of a longer set. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: GTN’s Sub-Hour Ironman Swim Progression Set
As with any other intensity the more time you spend running at it the better your body gets at running at that intensity. This session exposes your body to time at your threshold intensity and as a result you will improve your ability to sustain the higher pace in a race. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events from 10km out to a marathon.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 Threshold Economy
Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). At this intensity you get the physiological benefits without the level of the fatigue of higher intensity sessions. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Nate Wilson’s Sub-Threshold/Sweet Spot Workout #2
Completing the Ironman Swim in under 60 minutes is a significant achievement. Consistent pacing and sustained effort is the key to achieving this goal. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: GTN’s Sub-Hour Ironman Swim Session #3