Cross Country — Level 1
MTB cross country (XCO) plan
Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.
For the rider who races XCO, short XCM, mountain marathons or MTB rallies. The first cross-country-specific block.
When you buy, you unlock the week-by-week calendar with every workout.
How it's built
You get Week 0 through Week 9: the optional transition, the 8 work weeks and the closing week.
- Week 0 — transitionOptional
Just finished another plan from the collection (Base, for example)? Do Week 0. Coming off rest, vacation, or unstructured riding? Skip it and start at Week 1.
- Weeks 1 to 8 — the plan8 weeks
The full work block, day by day, with warm-up, main set, cool-down and goal.
- Week 9 — wrap-upIncluded
Plan wrap-up and instructions for what's next: how to evaluate what you gained and what to do after.
Prerequisite
Base. This plan sharpens, it doesn't build: it assumes your base is already done.
What's included
- 8 weeks
- Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
- Intensity by %FTP, with feel (RPE) as backup
Example (Week 1): Accelerations: 20 min warm-up and 3 blocks of 8×(25 s @ 130% / 35 s @ 55%), 5 min Z1 between blocks. Each kick from low cadence, seated, in a big gear, like coming out of an uphill corner.
How it works
- 1. You buy the plan (one-time payment).
- 2. Your account is created and you unlock the week-by-week calendar.
- 3. Every day you see your workout in plain language: warm-up, main set, cool-down and goal. Intensity by feel.
- 4. You mark the day as done and keep moving forward.
Other recommended plans
Other riders at your level also train with these.