16 week training plan

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May 21, 2021 at 4:29 pm #54212

Stephanie Porter-Scheinman
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I just had a great consult with Sam. I am climbing Rainier the second week in August with a guided service. Because I live in Colorado at a reasonable altitude (9200 ft) and have been backcountry skiing all winter and have been doing something like 12-18 hours per week in the backcountry, Sam recommended I buy one of the longer plans and then start in the middle of the plan. It looks like you have to say on the website when you are going to start the plan. Once you put a start date can you change it? Can you skip several weeks of the plan and then start in the middle? I have not done this before so want to make sure I can modify as I need it before buying the plan.
Thanks! Stephanie
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Shashi on May 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm #54227

Stephanie,

Welcome to the Uphill Athlete forum.

If you get a Training Peaks Premium account, you have the flexibility to modify your training plan (change dates, skip weeks, repeat, etc.) Last year when I purchased the 24-week plan I got a free month of Training Peaks subscription.

The Basic version will have limited flexibility. It should still allow you to choose a start date in the past so that you can start with the Base Period next week or so.

Hope this answers your questions. Let us know how it goes.

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Shashi on May 22, 2021 at 12:10 pm #54228

Stephanie,

You might find these Training Peaks article helpful –
https://help.trainingpeaks.com/hc/en-us/articles/204071974-How-do-I-apply-unapply-my-plan-

https://help.trainingpeaks.com/hc/en-us/articles/204072164-How-do-I-move-a-workout-

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Stephanie Porter-Scheinman on May 22, 2021 at 12:30 pm #54230

Thank you Shashi. I will look at those resources.

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Anonymous on May 25, 2021 at 11:24 am #54295

As Shashi said, in that first link, you can apply the plan based on the end date and then start with the workouts that are planned for the current date forward.

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Stephanie Porter-Scheinman on May 26, 2021 at 8:31 am #54320

I think this will make sense once I buy the plan and see how things are structured. I wish we could preview a week of the plan to see if it is going to work. I don’t want to do HIIT type workouts which for me, tend to get me injured. Also I’d like to put a reasonable amount of hiking at altitude in the weeks. Hopefully the plans allow for this.

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Anonymous on May 26, 2021 at 12:08 pm #54329

Don’t worry. Around here, HIIT-talk causes uncontrollable vomiting.

We do have some muscular endurance work in our plans, but you can scale them as required by using less weight.

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TerryLui on May 31, 2021 at 10:24 am #54485

Around here, HIIT-talk causes uncontrollable vomiting.

LOL

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Stephanie Porter-Scheinman on June 2, 2021 at 5:04 pm #54562

OK one more question. I don’t have access to a treadmill, stair mill etc. I have a spin bike at home. Options for doing the heart rate drift measurement are: Do it on the spin bike, don’t do it at all and just go with the plan anyway, or don’t buy the plan and workout according to how I’ve been doing it (some strength training, climbing at elevation only add increasing weight in the pack for the summer). What do you guys think?

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TerryLui on June 2, 2021 at 9:06 pm #54567

I don’t have access to a treadmill

1) https://uphillathlete.com/heart-rate-drift/

2) https://uphillathlete.com/step-by-step-diy-guide-to-determine-your-aerobic-threshold-outdoors/

3) https://uphillathlete.com/aerobic-anaerobic-threshold-self-assessment/

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Anonymous on June 4, 2021 at 3:37 pm #54609

A spin bike test will be useless. Fiber recruitment is lower in cycling than weight-bearing sports, so your threshold HRs will be lower on a bike than on foot. And if you used those HRs on foot, you’d be going too slow.

If you don’t have a treadmill, find a local track at a school or park.

Terry’s links will point you in the right direction.

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Stephanie Porter-Scheinman on June 6, 2021 at 8:07 am #54635

OK thanks for all of the information.

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