Weekly training volume will be 6 hours, with the option to increase workout duration and accumulate up to 8 hours.

The workouts in this program are hard. Very hard.

4 workouts per week.

The Time-Crunched Training Program (TCTP) is a new approach to training that takes a different path to endurance fitness. It works around busy schedules by systematically applying greater intensities to achieve bigger gains with fewer and shorter rides.

We had found the point at which the classic endurance training model breaks down. Once you get below 8 hours of training a week, the old tried-and-true methods derived from pro-level athletes no longer work.

Our relationship with our sport may have changed, but our desire to be fit, fast, and powerful hasn’t diminished.

it’s almost impossible to completely separate the honest science from the science of the cheaters, because a lot of the same research was used to advance both legitimate and illegal methods for enhancing performance. For example, the same research that helped us understand the mechanism and benefits of altitude training also helped the cheaters dev

The ultraendurance training program features more volume on the weekends while maintaining shorter interval workouts during the workweek, and there are a few weeks of that schedule that feature a fifth workout day.

focusing on your career and your family doesn’t change the fact that you’re a cyclist, nor does it invalidate your desire to be fit, fast, and powerful. Simply put, a reduction in training time doesn’t automatically doom you to back-of-the-pack finishes or another season of fruitless suffering. If you’re willing to work hard with the limited time y