Gran Fondo Plan

• Builds a Big Aerobic Base
  
• Complete 4 month Training Plan with 3 Power Tests
• new Professional Level with 18 - 26 hours / week

To begin your sweet spot base training you'll perform a Field Test to set your training zones, especially the all important sweet spot training zone!  A second test half thru your plan will measure your improvement and update your training zones and a third a final test will do the same. Athletes can expect to increase their FTP by 5 – 20%! 

 In the final mesocycle of this plan you'll be doing long sweet spot TSS rides on Saturdays and short structured 'wintertime intensity' during the work week.   Weeks 13, 14, & 15 have the 3 > 4 > 5 minute VO2 Max Interval Progression to push your threshold even higher 🚀💪

As an Optimize Subscriber, you will receive a FREE  Coaching Consultation after staying subscribed to Optimize for 3 months.  You will receive a coupon code to redeem the consultation for free and then be sent a calendar link to schedule. 

Our Coaching Consultations offers additional coaching advice on your data, which training plans to follow along with real world practical expert coaching advice from the FasCat Coaches!  

• instant workout analysis from CoachCat
• Training Plan Revisions
• Custom Training Plans, Workouts, & Meal Plans
  

Plan out your entire year with unlimited access to all our training plans including 300+ workouts to design your own training plan or use ours as a template.  

As long as you stay subscribed you'll have unlimited access to all our training plans and 300 workouts.  Includes in App and a private Facebook Group for coaching support! 

Your subscription also includes a daily Optimized Score from your ride AND wearable data (sleep & HRV) to let you know if you are training too much, not enough or just right.  

Your optimized metric is a 24/7/365 measurement of your stress - from riding and from life (the other 22.5 hours of the day if you ride 1.5 hours)

Compatibility: You do not need a wearable to follow a plan but it helps to leverage our technology!

Wearables: Whoop, Oura, Garmin, Fitbit and Apple Watch.

Bike Computers: Wahoo, Garmin  & Hammerhead

Buy 1 year & save 43%  !

**This subscription offers you the option to pay on a month-to-month basis or save 43% when you purchase a full year. 

An introductory Coaching call is included! Our Coaching Consultations offers additional coaching advice on your data, which training plans to follow along with real world practical expert coaching advice from the FasCat Coaches!  

• Increase power and endurance 
• Combines Weight Lifting then Sweet Spot Base Training

Complete Off Season 30 week training plan that includes 3 all new re-designed plans for 2024 / 2025 that are optimized when done in this order:

1. 3 week Fall Foundation (new for 2024 / 2025 💥)

2. 10 Weeks of Weight Lifting (new for 2024 / 2025  💥)

3. 16 Weeks of Sweet Spot (new for 2024 / 2025  💥)

Weight lifting for cycling ‘works’ and we’ve been coaching cyclists thru our 4 phase, cycling-specific resistance training program for close to 20 years.

There are four phases of the resistance training with accompanying neuromuscular sprint work to accentuate the lifting to make the weight lifting cycling specific.

You'll sweet spot up the whazoo for 16 weeks with 4 mesocycles (4 weeks each) to increase your aerobic fitness. This is your all-in-one plan for the Off-Season! Listen and learn more about the 30 week plan from the training tip and podcast here.

As a CoachCat Subscriber, you will receive a FREE  Coaching Consultation when you start a FREE Trial !

Our Coaching Consultations offers additional coaching advice on your data, which training plans to follow along with real world practical expert coaching advice from the FasCat Coaches!  

• Begin to Build Your Base
• Increase FTP by 5 - 20% !
• Home of Sweet Spot training
  

With this plan, you can "sweet spot up the whazoo" and raise your threshold power output! This periodized plan will have you progressing your riding time to increase your Chronic Training Load (CTL) 40-60%. You'll start with a field test will set your training zones, especially sweet spot! A second test will measure your improvement after following the plan! Athletes can expect to increase their FTP by 5 - 20%!

As a Training Plan athlete, you may want to add our Coaching Subscription to your Training Plan purchase. Our Coaching Subscription offers additional coaching services including monthly training plan adjustments, and power-file analysis. Click here to learn more.