Had a good email come in after chatting about the mental benefits of Lactate Tolerance when riding at FTP. Here's the snippet:
Athlete: "There is something to be said for learning to tolerate the discomfort riding at threshold can produce. All of a sudden Tempo starts to feel easier.
One of the things I've been thinking about a lot is the physiologic "cost" of the session on future rides.
How much will a hard threshold day impact training rides later that week and is the benefit worth it? Ie. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Or is it better to go all out, ie. VO2max, to get max benefit from intensity - basically polarized. But then it's hard to do VO2 max all the time... So no easy answer.
This is where I can see one of the arguments for sweet spot/high tempo work. A lot of the threshold benefit, but recovery is easier, or at least that is what is often touted. But maybe it's not hard enough and this is just an easy way out."
This is actually the exact case where I wouldn't recommend Sweet Spot Intervals for Training.
Hopefully this video helps you find the right intensities at the right times so that you get faster!
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