Minimum Effective Dose — Level 5: Durability
Low-time maintenance plan
Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (+ Sunday in the 4-hour option).
Same rider as always: 3–4 hours and no more. But with a long event on the horizon, or a specific problem: falling apart in hour 3.
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? 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
Minimum Effective Dose Levels 1 to 4.
What's included
- 8 weeks
- Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (+ Sunday in the 4-hour option)
- Intensity by %FTP, with feel (RPE) as backup
Example (Week 1): Muscular endurance, no gym. 12 min warm-up. 4×6 min @ 78–82% at 55–60 rpm seated, quiet upper body, with 3 min Z1. You're carrying yesterday's fatigue: that's the only kind you get for free.
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.