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Agreed here. Those are good repeatable numbers for that many anaerobic intervals.

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Hi Steve, what is FRC in WKO?

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Functional reserve capacity, which is analogous to anaerobic work capacity.

Essentially an estimation of the size of your glycogen battery that you deplete when going above threshold.

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How many repeats and how many sets?

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It depends on a lot to the point where itā€™s not really relevant for me to tell you what I was doing back in September :slight_smile:

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Thanks Steve. Not read or heard about this at all. Is there a thread / Podcast on this - as it sounds useful to know - unfortunately I think I deplete my battery at a pretty fast pace in that zone!!
If not - donā€™t worry and Iā€™ll do some Googling!!
Thanks again.

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Found it. Thanks again.

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I just jumped into this thread which I noticed is quite old but hoping someone picks this up. Today I attempted Wattbikeā€™s " 10 phases of Attack" workout. Basically 10 x 30/15 of 200% FTP/40% FTP. I failed on the 3 rd effort.

Question: isnā€™t this effort set far too hard for any kind of benefit? All the talk here is of 150% FTP max for 30secs. This had me doing 500watt repeats with my 250ftp. A bit optimistic from the Wattbike people??

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30/15s??? Ouch.

Hereā€™s what I would do ā€“

Start with 30s on / 60s off. See how you like that a couple times a week.

Then try 30/45s ā€¦ 30/30s ā€¦ 30/15s ā€¦ and even 40/20s if you want to get nuts.

I wouldnā€™t just jump into a workout doing 30/15s ā€¦ depending on how developed, or undeveloped, your aerobic system is you might not be recovering at all in those 15s. 30/15s are a pretty advanced workout.

Also ā€“ for very short intervals like this, I would put tape or a towel over your power meter and just look at the timer. Donā€™t ride by watts, ride by feel. Go as hard as you can sustain for 30s and then barely pedal during your recovery.

Good luckšŸ¤˜

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Thanks Batwood14. Iā€™ll give that a try. Iā€™ve been doing a reasonable amount of winter training and doing ok on the club ride. I was trying to get a bit of extra HIIT before a CX race at the weekend but 30/15 at 200% was just silly!