The Power Meter Handbook: A User’s Guide for Cyclists and Triathletes

154–155, 175
    workload, 120–121
    See also Base period (training); Build period (training); Century rides; Triathlons
    Training Stress Balance (TSB), 133, 163. See also Form
    Training stress score (TSS), 121–122
    and build period, 101, 147–148
    as combination of duration and intensity, 122–123
    display (TSS), 39
    example, 123–125
    fatigue, 128–130, 130f., 131f.
    and fitness, 125–128, 127f.
    formula, 123
    and time trials, 162
    TrainingPeaks software, 38, 48
    Triathlons, 165–166, 189
    aerobic threshold workouts, 177–178
    base period, 176–179, 177t., 178t., 180t.
    bikes specifically for, and FTP changes, 170–171
    and combined workouts, 171–172
    and decoupling of power and heart rate, 178
    and 50-40-30-20-10 rule, 168
    half-Ironman build period, 184–186, 185t., 186t.
    and intensity, 176
    Iron build period, 186–189, 187t., 188t.
    key workouts, 171–173
    and limiters (areas of weakness), 172
    muscular endurance workouts, 179
    muscular force workouts, 179
    Olympic build period, 182–184, 183t., 184t.
    and pacing and Intensity Factor, 167–169
    preparing for, 174–189
    and racing with power meter, 169–170
    recovery rides, 173
    speed skills training, 179
    sprint build period, 180–182, 181t., 182t.
    and strengths, 172
    time percentages for each sport within, 166–167
    and training partners, 174
    training time, 166–167
    warm-up, 176
    warning to novices, 175
    zone 2 durations, 178, 178t.
    Variability Index (VI), 79–81, 80f., 81f.
    and century rides, 193–196
    Velocity
    as distance divided by time, 24
    as revolutions per minute (RPM) or
    cadence, 25
    Vertical ascent display (VAM), 39
    VO 2 max, 29
    VO 2 max (zone 5), 52, 63t.
    Watt, James, 22
    Watts per kilogram of body weight (W/KG)
    display, 39
    monitoring changes in, 108–110
    Weak form, 163
    WKO+ software, 38, 48
    Work
    as force times distance, 23
    and power, 22–23
    Workload, 120–121