Hey FasCats,
I’m on my second training plan with FasCat coaching. My first training plan was the six week hill climbing intervals and it was great. I was able to greatly improve my climbing and overall strength on the bike. After the training plan finished, it was about 5 weeks before I started another training plan (I’m currently doing the 18 week sweet spot plan) and I felt like that was too long in between the two. I was actively riding those 5 weeks in between but nothing structured. My 18 week plan is coming to an end in a few weeks and then I plan to start Sweet Spot 4.
My question is: How much time off or in between time should I take? Especially since there are built in regeneration weeks already built into the plans?
Thanks!
Hey @casey.foust!
Since our plans include regeneration weeks, you dont need to take time off between plans (unless it is the off season and you are taking your 2 week post season break).
The exception to that is ensure that you keep your 3 weeks on 1 week off structure so that you have time to recover. So when you finish the 18 weeks of sweet spot, you can jump into SS part 4 and copy the rest week from week 4 to week 2. Then complete weeks 2 (which would technically be week 3 now), 3, and 4. Then use the rest week for week 5 and then jump into week 6. Then for the next plan you do you can go directly into weeks 1 and 2 and then take another rest week.
I know that is a lot to comprehend at once, so feel free to ask questions if you need 
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Lacey,
Thanks for getting back to me. So the last thing of the 18 week plan is a FTP test. Can I move that into my first week of the Sweet Spot 4 plan or should I do I start Sweet Spot 4 the following week?
Thanks,
Casey
Absolutely, always here to help!
You can finish the FTP test as indicated in your 18 week plan and then do a sweet spot workout such as 2 x 20 minutes at sweet spot and rest 10 minutes between in place of the FTP test scheduled in SS part 4.