Off Season Gravel Training
Frank Overton
Fall and Winter is the time gravel cyclists can take their training and performance to the next level. For big long grueling races like Unbound, BWR, Mid South, Steamboat and the like, gravel cyclists need to step it up in the off season in order to ride faster come next Spring.
Got limited time to train? Join the club! In this podcast, Coach Frank and Jackson discuss their top tips and considerations for offseason gravel training for those of us with jobs and a busy life.
Frank and Jackson talk about:
- 10 Weeks Resistance Training
- Sweet Spot Base
- Gravel simulation rides
- Strength + Conditioning
- Periodization
- Gravel training camp for a long weekend
- And, of course, Winning In The Kitchen
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Zwift as a Training Tool

Foundation : 3 Weeks
- Perfect for all cyclists beginning off season training
- Raise your CTL and the all-important muscle tension intervals

Phil Gaimon's FONDO
- Complete similar workouts to what Phil does to prepare for all his KOM's
- Sweet Spot training, threshold intervals, and some anaerobic work

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

Road Race In-Season
- Weekend racing and group rides with weekday training and recovery
- anaerobic efforts like criss cross, Over/Unders Sweet Spot, Threshold

Road Racing Intervals
- Increase your functional and race-specific power output
- Includes Sweet Spot, VO2, Anaerobic, Threshold