Sweetspot- how long how hard?

Bozabyka
Bozabyka Posts: 252
edited May 2016 in Training, fitness and health
I am trying to ride at sweetspot.
Read about it but cant establish how hard to ride.
Should I ride as hard for one hour as I would for three hours?
I have worked out my seetspot zone and usually aim to ride as hard as I can within this zone.
Is this a bad idea?

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  • poynedexter
    poynedexter Posts: 283
    if you know your sweetspot zone then why are you having trouble?

    why do you want to ride at sweetspot anyway? how long is enough for any zone?

    i'm not trying to be smart btw.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    how-much-sweet-spot.jpg
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • 06dhewett
    06dhewett Posts: 79
    Sweetspot is ~90% of your Function Threshold Power / ~95% of your Functional Threshold Heart Rate. Typical interval durations are 15 - 45 minutes. I would recommend starting with 2 x 15 minutes and then increase the number of repetitions week-on-week, before resetting at a longer duration and repeating. For example:

    Week 1: 2 x 15 mins
    Week 2: 3 x 15 mins
    Week 3: 4 x 15 mins
    Week 4: 2 x 30 mins
    Week 5: 3 x 30 mins
    Week 6: 1 x 40 mins
  • AK_jnr
    AK_jnr Posts: 717
    Not sure what you mean by you trying to ride as hard as possible in your sweetspot zone. You are either in it or not. Go too hard and you will be up at threshold.

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