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How Sweet Spot Training Was Developed

How Sweet Spot Training Was Developed

Update: 2025-11-19
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Sweet Spot Training is one of the most widely used and effective ways cyclists build their base and improve power. Sweet Spot Train the Right Way for FREE in the CoachCat App → https://fascatcoaching.com/app

But very few people know the story behind the development of 'sweet spot training'.

Long before Sweet Spot Training was mainstream, it was developed inside a secret, private beta group of coaches and sport scientists that I was part of.

We were testing a new power-based performance model that would later go on to become the Performance Manager Chart inside TrainingPeaks.

And what we discovered & developed changed endurance cycling training forever: there was a  training intensity that built the most fitness for the least fatigue.

And that this type of training enabled time crunched athletes to develop a massive aerobic engines that previously weren't possible with Zone 2 training.

That discovery became Sweet Spot Training.

Do you remember your first sweet spot workout?

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How Sweet Spot Training Was Developed

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