This is intentionally identical to last week. The session is the same, you’re different and can execute it even better.

Sweetspot w/ bursts – 4 x 8:00 intervals
1:00 @ 88-94%FTP
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0:05 @ SPRINT (high cadence)
1:55 @ 88-94%FTP
0:05 @ SPRINT (high cadence)
1:55 @ 88-94%FTP
0:05 @ SPRINT (high cadence)
1:55 @ 88-94%FTP
0:05 @ SPRINT (high cadence)
+
1:00 @ 88-94%FTP

– Easy recovery spin for 4:00 between intervals –

SESSION NOTES
Overview.
A high-volume “Sweetspot” session on the BikeErg. You will perform 4 sets of 8:00 intervals with 4:00 of active recovery between sets. This isn’t a steady-state cruise; every two minutes (at the 1, 3, 5, and 7-minute marks), you will hit a 5-second seated surge at maximum cadence before immediately returning to your baseline pace.

Effort.
The sweetspot: 88–94% of your FTP (Functional Threshold Power) from the bike power profile. If you don’t know your FTP, this is a pace you could theoretically hold for an all out 30 to 40-minute race. (If you’re wondering, the bike profile was done after the 5-minute effort which took some watts off the 20-min FTP test).
The Surge: 100% effort for 5 seconds. High RPMs, seated, explosive.
The Recovery: Zone 1 “Flush” pace (very easy). Keep the pedals moving to prevent blood pooling.

Feel.
The session should feel like a “comfortably uncomfortable” grind where you are constantly working, just where you’d like to ease the pace but you don’t really have to. The challenge is the sprint when you hit that 5-second surge, you’ll feel a sharp spike in leg burn and a momentary lift in heart rate.

The goal is to immediately settle back into your 90% pace rather than soft-pedaling. You should feel like you are “breathing through” the waste products, clearing the heaviness in your legs while still under tension. By the final sets, the sensation shifts from a cardiovascular challenge to a mental test of durability, holding the line as your muscles begin to feel fatigued.

Adaptation.
This session targets mitochondrial density and lactate shuttling. By surging and then returning to a high-power baseline, you are training your muscles to use lactate as a fuel source rather than letting it accumulate and shut you down. It builds the “stamina” required to maintain high power during long events after your initial “sprint” is gone.

Debrief. Take 2–3 minutes after the workout to reflect
– Did you successfully return to your 88–94% FTP immediately after the surges, or did your power dip significantly?
– Did your RPMs stay consistent during the “sweetspot” phases, or did they start to fluctuate as you fatigued?
– Did you stay seated and maintain a strong, open posture through the final set, or did you start to collapse/reach for the handles?
– How was your breathing through the intervals?
– What adjustment would help you better maintain your output across all sets?

KIERTOHARJOITUS

5 Kierrosta, 1:00 min töitä / :20s lepo
1) Pyörä
2) Hiihto
3) Vatsarutistus pallo suorilla käsillä
4) Rinnalleveto + kyykky käsipainoilla
5) Piinapenkki
6) 1-Käden kylkilankku (:30s+:30s)

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HUOMIOITA

Aloita kevyellä tahdilla, jotta saat hyvät lämmöt päälle ja pääset jyvälle harjoituksesta. Tähtää harjoituksessa siihen, että saisit tehtyä “ilmeettömän” suoritteen koko harjoituksen läpi. Harjoituksen kuormittavuus nousee väsymyksen myötä, mutta pyri säilyttämään hyvä ja tasainen suorite.

LÄMMITTELY
Liikkuvuus
1 kierros
• AKK - jalan vienti ristiin yli - alhaalla lonkankoukistajan venytys
• Elephant walk
• Hyvää huomenta kepillä + kyykky
• Ylivienti kepillä
• Pyöräytys ympäri kepillä

Lantionhallinta
2 kierrosta
• Vaaka + painon siirto käsissä
• Lankussa painon siirto
• Lantionnostopito + toisen jalan irrotus
• Nelinkontin bird-dog (kumppari jaloissa)

VOIMA
Liikeparina - 3 x 6+6
1. Askelkyykky etujalka korokkeella
2. TGU istumaannousu

KIERTOHARJOITUS
2 x 40s./20s.
1. Rdl + soutu kpt
2. Marssi lp suorilla käsillä
3. Vuorikiipeilijä

5 rounds for max reps:
90 seconds:
• 10/8 Row calories
• 10 Goblet Squats 70/53#
• Max Chest-to-bar Pull-ups
60 seconds Rest
Goal: 50.

EMOM 8 (0:30 work / 0:30 rest)

1) Chest-to-bar pull-ups
2) Strict handstand push-ups

Intent. Accumulate EXCELLENT repetitions of each movement. Aim for a single big set each minute BUT you can also chip away at smaller sets as wanted/needed.
Flow. Work for 30-sec, rest the remainder of the minute.

3 Sets, go every 5:00-6:00

6 Front squat @ 74+% (2-3 RIR)
12 Stiff-legged deadlift @ RPE 7-8 (2-3 RIR)
24m sled push*

• Choose a weight you can either push a continuous 24m (if possible) or 2 x 12m with only rest being the turnaround

– Perform all three (3) movements back-to-back with only a short rest.
– You can build up the squat weight across sets if they’re easier than 3 RIR (but fatigue accumulates here so you might not).
– Aim to go heavier than 2 weeks ago

Alternate A1/A2

A1. Bench press, rest 1:00 before A2
Build to heavy 2 (H2) @ RPE 8
+
3 x 6-8 @ 80-85%H2

A2. Strict chin up, rest 2:00 before A1
Build to heavy 2 (H2) @ RPE 8
+
3 x 6-8 @ 80-85%H2

Alternate B1/B2

B1. Seated DB/KB strict press – 4 x 8-12 @ RPE 8-9 (1-2 RIR), rest 1:00 before B2

B2. Seal row – 4 x 8-10 @ RPE 8-9 (1-2 RIR), rest 2:00 before B1

Block snatch (below the knee), Go every 2:00

2 x 3 @ 65+%
3 x 2@ 70+%
3 x 2 @ 75+%

– Drop the bar between each rep, reset and go.
– If you don’t have blocks you can stack plates for blocks OR go from hang instead (you might need to keep the weights a bit lighter).

Alternate A1/A2

A1. 3 Sets, rest 2:00 before A2
6 Strict dip @ RPE 8
12 Strict press @ 55+% (RPE 8-9)*
18+ Push-ups**

A2. 3 Sets, rest 2:00 before A1
6 Pendlay row @ RPE 8
12 Strict pull-ups @ RPE 8
18+ Ring rows***

• If needed, switch to push press to finish out the set of 12 unbroken ** You can do these as (from easiest to hardest) incline push-ups, regular push-ups, hand-release push-ups, deficit push-ups or ring push-ups. The aim is to get at least 18 reps and no more than 30. *** Choose a ring row angle that allows you to complete at least 18 reps and no more than 30.

– Perform all three (3) movements in A1 back-to-back with only short rest, then rest 2:00 before doing all three movements in A2 back-to-back. Continue to alternate between A1 and A2 with 2:00 rest in-between