Load during sprint training (bike)

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Hello all

Not sure which category this question belongs to.

When I design a sprint training for an athlete the calculated training load seems way to high. This makes calculations form/fatigue difficult.

example:

-20m zone 2

10x
-15s 1000W
-4m45s zone 2

-20m zone 1

TOTAL LOAD: 250

same athlete performing a hard bike race of 2 hours => TOTAL LOAD: 150

Can anyone explain this?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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TSS falls apart with sprinting. Ever hear of NP buster workouts?

Xert is attempting to fix this with their magic buckets.

In my layperson opinion, use a different scoring system for sprinting. Which system? Good question.

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The simple version - design training load ramp rate around z1-z6.

For sprinters don’t design with actual power targets.

Instead for those 15-sec sprints use targets like 150-200% FTP or 175-225% FTP or 200% FTP.

Read this

For rationale and explanation. And a few more of my comments above that post.

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