TrainingPeaks Annual Training Plan (ATP) Tutorial - How to set up your season 

Weak has a long and good Base period, while Strong shortens preparation base period and enters Build phase faster.

Alex nailed it. I always bet on base when it comes to building athletes. When you have capacity you can pivot into almost any specific physiological adaptation, without it - you will make short progress but plateau. Base is the place!

@@lifelongendurance7695 that was and still is my biggest problem: powers of 700-1100 watts are easy, but the HR rises into Z5 in seconds. FTP is only 225. Last month started to 80% base training and God (!) it feels much better now, HR got lower. Keeping doing it. Question: is there a "too much" base training in my case or I can keep doing it for months and months?

Your ATP won't update your workouts. Your workout zones will only update when you change your threshold for Swim, Bike, or Run

Alex - Not used to replying to RU-vid - Sorry this took so long. Aerobic development by majority requires a redevelopment of true base work. You have some great questions but the #1 question to first ask - are your zones set correctly? If you're struggle to do simple zone 2 efforts consistently for 2-3 weeks without tempo or anaerobic work - you may not truly be in zone 2 so, check your zones do an FTP test or get tested in a lab. I'm not the worlds leading cycling coach but what's never failed is moving from basic to specific in terms of fitness - what are your goals and where are you compared to where you want to be right now (how do we go from A to B?) - Base - Hills - Threshold -Anaerobic Development - Racing is a very general but safe transition. If you stall out at any block - try to take another 3-4 weeks to develop your physiology. - I would encourage you to work with a coach. More often than not - people need guidance from a coach to prevent themselves from sabotaging their true training. They may be less aggressive than you like at first but ultimately will get you to your end goal. On our team - Coach Laura Bruck and Katie Whidden are great coaches - you can e-mail the team at - coaches@lifelongendurance.com

@@lifelongendurance7695 huge thanks for reply! 1. My zones are correct. Last week's Zwift Ramp test brought 256watt FTP (i still think it's too high, will do 20 minute test later on). Coach, i found the root cause to my 120watt suffers - it's a Trainer. Yesterday tried to do morning endurance at 130watt and after half hour legs died, it was as hard as 200w (i use Assioma DUO and Neo2T, so the numbers are verified). After 1 hour i stopped, took a rest of 2 hours and went outside: it was great 2 hours of ride, good HR, legs felt great !! So it's just different tension that comes from Trainer at low-continuous wattage. Solution for me: to ride more outside. p.s. it took me months of investigation to pin the reasons. Wanted to share with you :)