Intensive Cyclocross Block Plan with iLevels
written by Tim Cusick, TrainingPeaks WKO Product Leader and master coach with BaseCamp
Go beyond a plan and get a FREE webinar! Tim Cusick explains how to use your own data to customize and enhance your training plan, and you get free access when you purchase any of our cyclocross plans. Instructions provided in the plan.
This is an 8-week cyclocross plan designed to prepare advanced or competitive road or mountain bike racers for the demands of CX races. The plan includes many high-intensity, on-bike workouts. Start this plan 8 weeks before your goal race or season kick-off. Each week includes 6-14 hours of workouts, with rest weeks scheduled in. For best results, complete an 8- to 12-week base of training before starting this plan if you haven’t raced and trained throughout the summer. If you’re coming off a road or MTB race season, take 1 to 3 weeks of rest/transition before starting this plan. As an advanced level plan, this plan features both a block training format late in the plan and some two-a-day workouts. The plan is intensive and designed to push you to a peak.
This plan uses TrainingPeaks WKO and the Power Duration Curve. Your workout prescription will be individualized based on your data following the PD Curve as you gain fitness. iLevel plans are for the serious, competitive, power-training cyclist. You will need to have a power meter and the TrainingPeaks WKO software.
When performing workouts at higher intensities, we recommend that you refer to the Optimized Intervals report within WKO to find the exact intensity you should do the workout out. The Optimized Intervals report displays the optimal interval intensity for you as an individual, based on your actual training history and abilities.
Many of these new workouts are discussed in Coach Cusick’s FREE WKO webinars. Check them out!
Included with your plan:
- User guide
- Testing protocol
- Coaching comments and tips
- Free cyclocross webinar
- Free strength training routine from Menachem Brodie
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Tim Cusick has written dozens of training plans for many different areas of cycling: road, gravel, time trial, mountain bike, cyclocross, indoor training, and more.
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In addition to his coaching experience, Tim is the TrainingPeaks WKO product leader and the founder of BaseCamp.
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Tim Cusick is a world-class cycling coach, a leader in data analytics for endurance sports, an educator, and an innovative business leader.
As a coach, he’s compiled an impressive history of success and jerseys. His approach to coaching peak performance focuses on the whole athlete and the components of success for the whole athlete. Tim works with Olympians, world champions, and more, including Amber Neben and Rebecca Rusch.