Why Sweetspot Training Feels So Difficult - Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 194

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[kevinlyons]

I loved that you split this up into smaller segments. Please do that to all the podcasts? Its hard to find time to get through the whole thing. Smaller Segments make it easier to watch/listen to the sections that I'm interested in.

[demencler]

Great idea guys to split the long video on certain topics

[Lilmain]

Holy cow. This is a revelation to me. For a year now I’ve wondered why I suck at Sweet spot. This was a great video, at least for me. I will definitely approach SST differently. On another note, how often should I be doing a sweet spot session?

[DEAR]

Ivy provided me with a mantra to get through Sweetspot, "Let's see what happens." Even at the same power and cadence, the misery tends to ebb and flow; just maintain form and let it pass - - if you're lucky.

[cuauguizarurena]

This video has been very enlightening, Sweet Spot has been for me the toughest of all, and I thought that it had to do with the fact that I try it off season. Great work splitting the video, also you can post the index so we can go directly to the important subjects.

[eterlizzi]

As a new user of TR, this is relevant. I’m in sweet spot build week 4 high volume and I take a can of coke after the 1st or 2nd interval and it makes all the difference. If you don’t eat enough carbs that day you will TANK!

[aiyaaz]

Trainerroad with sweet spot training and this podcast is simply the best investment an amateur cyclist like myself can make. I laugh when people need stimulation when doing IDT...how does one focus on anything other than trying to hold the target power and breathing when doing SST??? Keep up the great work with the podcast and training programs!

[DianaY]

Love this topic! I have been a big fan of sweet spot workouts because they really helped me to perform my best in races. Nevertheless, I still have to prepare myself mentally and physically every time before a sweet workout as this type of workout challenges me the most! Thank you! Love TR app and TR podcast! ❤️

[dflyer]

Anyone else remember when the guys were basically saying that carbs are the devil a long time ago in the podcast? I'm glad they saw the light and now encourage carbs for endurance athletes!

[-JonathanDeBruyne-]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who's really underfueling himself. I've done way too many 3 or 4 hour rides and not eaten anything but 1 or 2 powerbars. Needless to say that the first few weeks of the sweet spot base high volume were hard. I also just started using caffeine gels and they really take the edge off for me.

[RonaldBeirouti]

Great podcast, just did a long 2 1/2 sweet spot workout yesterday and the last hour was HARD.

As for the format, it would be cool to vary the host once in a while so that the host is not the one talking the most. It would bring a better dynamic to the podcast. I think a host's role is to get the others to share what THEY think rather than the host sharing what he or she thinks.

[stefanhelwig]

Well, that explains why I bonked on the third interval in Antelope yesterday. Should have eaten more than a few eggs for breakfast 🤣

[richardmid]

Sweet spot is fairly easy even fasted! If it feels THAT hard you are either not rested enough or you have over estimated your FTP. Also it will feel harder if you start too hard. Start at the lower end (85% FTP) and work up from there IF you feel you can. Or you just need to do more long zone 2 work. I will also add that although pros might sit at sweet spot in cyclocross between surges, that is still probably 400w! For amateurs we sit at vo2 power levels between surges! Sometimes you are at sweet spot just to keep moving in mud!

[jaykarandikar]

Just like so many who commented earlier, I too have been struggling and not completing my SST workouts. incredibly hard. This is my first 4-5 months of training with TR. And I have been trying to loose some weight as well, and started all my workouts not fully carbed up. So going forward - I am going to carb load, and use gels to get though my planned SST. Thanks.

[cucuit]

"Never diet on the bike"... let me write this in my wall

[paulignacius]

Glad this video came out, Just had my sweetspot session yesterday and barely finished the last 2 intervals of it. I really thought I sucked. Tomorrow I'll be at sweetspot for 90 minutes. Any tips on how I can survive that duration in sweetpot? (I'm referring to the Antelope workout btw)

[frogskocinq]

You helped answer a few of my open questions: how to eat for sweet spot, how to control negative self talk during learning curve, how to improve muscular endurance (really haven't done much sweet spot in the past). Thanks. Like the clipped format, too.

[JT-fneu]

What an amazing channel, it’s like they are telepathic and know what burning questions are on my mind constantly. Thank you very much 😁😁 big shout out from port Macquarie NSW Australia 🇦🇺

[robertblakeley]

Durianrider would appreciate this video.

[s-ultracycling]

Great stuff. So Sweet spot is the king