The term 'sweet spot' refers to an intensity of training that is hard enough to elicit substantial physiological benefit but not so hard as to be unsustainable. It lies at around 90 percent of threshold power. Functional threshold power, or FTP, is typically defined as the highest output you can sustain for an hour.
If you don’t have a power meter (see why power measurement is important), this roughly equates to 95 percent of your threshold heart rate. Note that your functional threshold heart rate is not your maximum heart rate; as with FTP power, your FTP heart rate is the highest that you could hold for an hour time trial.
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Training at this sweet spot is more sustainable than threshold work and less time consuming than endurance training, so cyclists can repeat it frequently and see real improvements.
The video below shows a sweet spot training session that uses a turbo trainer. It was put together by James McCallum, and aims to help you improve your riding speed and burn fat.
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