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FTP Booster

Raise your FTP over 10 weeks: a gradual build from aerobic base to tempo, block and VO2max work, bookended by an FTP test so you can measure your progress. Weeks with two hard sessions always separate them with an easy ride.

Advanced · 10 weeks · ~36h total · TSS 1420
Week 1 2 sessions · ~1.8h · TSS 71
Preparation

Start with an FTP test so the rest of the plan is dialled in to your real numbers, and so you have a baseline to compare against at the end.

Quality FTP Test (20min effort) 1h 13m TSS 57 Recovery Combi endurance-recovery training 33 min TSS 14
Week 2 3 sessions · ~3.1h · TSS 110
Base
Endurance Endurance Intervals 10x1min 1h 3m TSS 48 Recovery Free Ride 1h TSS 16 Quality Combi tempo-endurance training 1h TSS 46
Week 3 3 sessions · ~3.8h · TSS 134
Base
Endurance Endurance Ride 1h 25min 1h 30m TSS 62 Recovery Free Ride 1h 15m TSS 18 Quality Combi tempo-endurance training 1h TSS 54
Week 4 3 sessions · ~4.3h · TSS 154
Base
Endurance Endurance Ride 1h 30min 1h 30m TSS 63 Recovery Free Ride 50 min TSS 0 Quality Combi tempo-endurance training 2h TSS 91
Week 5 3 sessions · ~4.3h · TSS 147
Build 1
Endurance Endurance Ride 1h 55min 2h TSS 83 Recovery Free Ride 1h TSS 0 Quality Combi tempo-endurance training 1h 15m TSS 64
Week 6 4 sessions · ~5.2h · TSS 218
Build 1

Two hard sessions this week (tempo and block) — ride the easy day between them, don’t stack them back to back.

Endurance Endurance Intervals 2x20min 1h TSS 47 Quality Combi tempo-endurance training 1h 30m TSS 75 Recovery Free Ride 1h 30m TSS 20 Quality Threshold Intervals 4x30sec 1h 12m TSS 76
Week 7 2 sessions · ~1.6h · TSS 60
Recovery

Lighter week to absorb the last block — keep everything easy.

Recovery Combi endurance-recovery training 33 min TSS 14 Endurance Endurance Intervals 2x10min 1h TSS 46
Week 8 3 sessions · ~5h · TSS 205
Build 2
Endurance Endurance Ride 2h 2h TSS 85 Recovery Free Ride 1h TSS 16 Quality Combi threshold-endurance training 2h TSS 104
Week 9 4 sessions · ~5.3h · TSS 264
Build 2

Block and VO2max in the same week — again, keep the easy day between them.

Endurance Endurance Ride 1h 1h TSS 42 Quality Combi threshold-endurance training 2h TSS 124 Recovery Free Ride 1h 15m TSS 18 Quality VO2max Intervals 5x2min 1h 2m TSS 80
Week 10 2 sessions · ~2.1h · TSS 57
Taper & Test

Ease off completely so you arrive fresh for the retest — compare it to your week 1 result to see how far you’ve come.

Recovery Free Ride 50 min TSS 0 Quality FTP Test (20min effort) 1h 13m TSS 57