The article has a table of ‘much much SS’ vs level for road cyclists. In the article it says that these are ‘daily’ numbers, but I am not sure what that means. Does that mean some kind of average? It is a quantity measured on longer SS days such as a 4 hour (243 TSS) “Sweet Spot Group Ride”?
With the widely varying (for good reason) SS time targets but the quite fixed TSS targets in the 18 week plan, I am not sure how to put those two sets of targets together.
You do not need to adjust your plan based on the training tip and podcast, #FtFP.
This training tip and and all podcasts are talking generally a large audience. If you are on a sweet spot plan keep following that - we in no way meant for these general guidelines to be used to change the plan.
A good training plan is like an onion - there are many many layers. In the training tip Frank was talking about one layer - a daily sweet spot workout.
You are doing 18 week Sweet Spot you’ll achieve the amount of sweet spot you need by simply following the plan. Stick to it!
FWIW, I was not trying to ‘adjust the plan’. I was trying to figure out what following the plan means in terms of quantity of SS for those days where that is not stated.
i tend to be a #'s guy so might be obsessing a bit here. FWIW, I am a solo rider so it is the mix of efforts in the plan’s ‘SS Group Rides’ that I am focused on here (where I have complete control within the limits of riding in rolling terrain).
As a fellow #'s guy, know that the sweet spot we prescribe correlates to TSS. And that is a number you can monitor in real time during your workout and use a carrot to dig deep and keeping sweet spotting even tho your legs are getting tired.