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Threshold + Tempo–VO2 Overload, a Threshold cycling workout from Juliette Berthet

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Threshold cycling workouts

Sustained work at the edge of critical power, to move the edge.

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The Workouts

Every Threshold workout in the library

Juliette Berthet | FDJ United–SUEZ

Threshold + Tempo–VO2 Overload

110 min

High intensity

RPE 8

Thanh Vo

The CP Stable

100 min

High intensity

RPE 8

Threshold Builder - Over-Unders, a Threshold cycling workout from Michał Pustuła

Michał Pustuła | MPCC

Threshold Builder - Over-Unders

70 min

High intensity

RPE 8

Matteo Cigala

Sweet Spot Cadence Mix

81 min

Medium intensity

RPE 7

David Van Orsdel

Stochastic Threshold

120 min

Medium intensity

RPE 7

Pinnacle Performance

3x10 Over/Unders

65 min

High intensity

RPE 8

Pinnacle Performance

30/60's

60 min

High intensity

RPE 8

The stimulus

Threshold, explained

What it is

Intervals of eight to thirty minutes at or just under critical power, the highest intensity the body can hold in a steady state. Over-unders, stochastic threshold and long sustained blocks all belong here; what unites them is time close to CP without draining W′.

Why it matters

Critical power is the number every other target is written against. Raising it by ten watts raises the ceiling of every climb, time trial and breakaway, and it is the adaptation that responds most reliably to structured work.

If you ride it

These sessions feel controlled rather than desperate. If you are gasping in the first block the target is too high; the goal is to finish the last interval at the same power as the first. Two a week is plenty.

If you coach it

Threshold work is where an accurate CP pays off: a stale CP makes the session either a tempo ride or a VO2 session. Vekta recalculates CP from every ride, so the targets track the athlete's current state rather than a test from spring.

In Vekta

In Vekta the intervals are set as a percentage of the athlete's live CP and converted to watts on their head unit. After the ride the session is classified, and the CP model updates if the effort showed a new ceiling.

Common questions

What is the difference between threshold and FTP work?

How long should threshold intervals be?

Can I do threshold work on consecutive days?

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