Gravel Power Workout
Frank Overton
Gravel racing has changed and it has gotten much more competitive. Five years ago, I made a “Gravel Watts” video where I said, ‘There are VO2 max intervals in gravel training." But we are taking that back!! Because a gravel race usually starts with a VO2 effort as you are either trying to not get dropped or trying to make the best group you can.
Not only that, gravel is one long giant time trial! Its not what you can do for 60 minutes like road based training principles, its what you can hold for 5 hours 💥 Or longer.
Watch Coach Andrew and I talk this new gravel workout and 5 hour gravel power:
These workouts are featured in all our gravel training plans and phases and are also in the CoachCat workout library. The introductory 1 hour workout focuses on the power output:
Then the 2nd workout combines the power with the longer sweet spot endurance work in the form of a gravel power simulation
Try them out in your gravel training or build a gravel specific custom training plan with CoachCat.
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For the past 12 years, Frank Overton has raced gravel and coached gravel cyclists. coached cyclists. Thousands of athletes have used FasCat's gravel plans which are now available to you as part of the FasCat app, including the gravel power simulation described in this video and podcast.
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Road Racing Intervals
- Increase your functional and race-specific power output
- Includes Sweet Spot, VO2, Anaerobic, Threshold
Road Race In-Season
- Weekend racing and group rides with weekday training and recovery
- anaerobic efforts like criss cross, Over/Unders Sweet Spot, Threshold
Foundation : 3 Weeks
- Perfect for all cyclists beginning off season training
- Raise your CTL and the all-important muscle tension intervals
Phil Gaimon's Strava PR Plan
- Perfect Plan for Those with Less Training Time, starts at 15 minutes per day
- VO2's, 1 minuters, Tabatas, threshold, suprathreshold, and even Sweet Spot
