Load per hour info

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Hi,
Thanks for all the work put into intervals.icu!
I wonder if there is a way to have showed a load per hour score. Often, you look at hours per week or kms per week, but in reality it would be better to track ones load per hour in any given week. Ideally, I would like to have it:

  • included in the summary for each week under activities.
  • as a graph under fitness.
    Thanks,
    Morten
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Curious. Can you explain how you would utilise this info?

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sure, I am looking to up my intensity since I am out on hours for more cycling, unfortunately. So I am trying to ride harder when riding - and this would be one more metric to track this: What is your load/hour score at any given week and any given ride.
Morten

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Does “out on hours” mean ‘no more time’ for more cycling? Are you wanting to increase intensity to make up for volume? If yes, sorry, that’s not how human physiology works. It’s not possible to make up for volume with intensity. I recommend reading and listening to everything you can from Dr. Seiler and Dr Iñigo san MilĂĄn. They’re very clear on this point.

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Sounds like a recepy for disaster

Try to make your hard sessions a little harder but keep the easy sessions easy or you will quickly burnout.
And remember that TSS hunting isn’t the ideal solution. If you are out of time, look for small things that can improve efficiency of your training sessions. Minimize “junk miles”, play with work/rest ratio


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Thanks for your replies and concern. I beg to disagree, however. Plenty of research and coaches recommend HIIT-intervals two and even three times per week. Sure, you need low intensity/recovery rides in between as well.
My point is: Load/TSS is a metric that is designed to reveal how you spent your given hours on the bike. For that reason, it is a really important metric.
My question is: Is it possible to display the load/hour-ratio already (haven’t been able to locate it) - or would it be something to consider?
Morten

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You should NEVER do HIIT for extended periods of time. If you have limited time available and want to go the route of HIIT, read carefully “The Time Crunched Cyclist” by C. Carmichael and follow his advice. After one cycle of those programs, he strongly advices to take 4-6 weeks of unstructured LIT to recover from the load heavy training.
If you want to follow up on load/week, follow up on “Work done” and not on TSS. You can’t keep increasing TSS with limited hours. But if you improve on FTP, you can increase “Work”.

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Thanks, I appreciate - and have just ordered the book.

I would still value, nonetheless, the metric asked for.

Morten

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Doing HIT intervals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time, and as a supplement to the primary aerobic work below LT/VT1 is very different than doing HIT to make up for volume of aerobic training.

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I remember when (during the lockdown) I subscribed to zwift and was “racing” nearly every other day. That was basically my downfall w/ the high number of “HIIT” rides.

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You can’t do that currently but looking at CIL (chronic intensity load) will do something similar.

Chronic intensity load (CIL) is a 42 day exponentially weighted moving average of the intensity for each activity. It is similar to fitness but removes the weighting for duration. It is a useful measure to look at when you are trying to reduce volume and maintain or increase intensity - Chronic Intensity Load

You can add a custom chart on the /fitness page:

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