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Better Base, Better Peak - 6-8 hours per week, 4 days per week

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Better Base, Better Peak - 6-8 hours per week, 4 days per week

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


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Author

Tim Cusick

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Length

16 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


Learn More about Structured Workouts.

Plan Description

training plan

Elite athletic performance involves the integration of muscular, cardiovascular, and neurological factors that function together to efficiently transfer the energy from aerobic and anaerobic ATP turnover into velocity and power. This means that your training plan needs a multifaceted approach to building your fitness, focusing not only on your cardiovascular capabilities, but also on developing your metabolic and muscular systems and improving your fatigue resistance.

Click here to watch Coach Tim's video introduction to this plan.

What does multifaceted mean? Basically, this plan integrates a science-based approach to progressive overload focused on improving your cardiovascular and metabolic fitness while integrating specific training protocols to simultaneously improve your neuromuscular capabilities and fatigue resistance. The whole-athlete approach will allow you to establish a high aerobic fitness, which is crucial for pushing through your build training phase.

Why is this important? Well, your base training should be focused on training to train with the output goal of being better prepared to train harder in your build/peak training phases, which will push your ultimate peak. Think about it as being able to do “one more interval” every hard workout.

About this plan


This 16-week winter foundation plan has been developed by BaseCamp head coach Tim Cusick and is designed to follow the schedule and format of our popular BaseCamp Community training. The core focus of this plan is to focus on the core principles of better base building and build consistency in training through an optimized training rhythm while progressively building training load and intensity throughout the plan. The goal is not complex secret training tricks or hacks, but rather science-based, principle-driven training that will set you up for success in your season: mastering the art of simple.

The plan is designed using a general three-days-on, three-days-off progressive format. A typical week has Monday, Wednesday, and Friday off, while Tuesday and Thursday are shorter workouts, with longer workouts on the weekends. Performance testing and zone setting occurs at the start and then in four-week increments throughout the plan.

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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. Click here for a full list of his current plans by sport type.


In addition to his coaching experience, Tim is the TrainingPeaks WKO product leader and the founder of BaseCamp.


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How it Works

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x4
07:38:00 03:30:00
Day Off x3
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Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
07:38:00 03:30:00
Day Off
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Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter

All supported devices

Tim Cusick

BaseCamp

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.


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  • Completed workouts sync with popular apps like Garmin and Wahoo. Learn More
  • If plan includes Structured Workouts, then planned workouts sync to compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time. Learn More

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