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RideHills & climbing

Threshold Climb Repeats

4 × 10 min at FTP on a climb, descend to recover

Time
1h25
Hard
40:00
in zones 4–5
Difficulty
Very hardDifficulty 4 of 5 — Very hard

What we typed

Warm up 15 min building from 50% to 75% FTP. 4 × (10 min climbing at 98–102% FTP, 5 min easy descent at 50% FTP). Cool down 10 min at 50% FTP.

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The session

4 steps

Warm up

Build from 50% to 75% FTP.

15 min50–75% FTPZ2
4×10 min

Rep

Climbing.

10 min98–102% FTPZ4

Easy

Descent

5 min49–52% FTPZ1

Cool down

10 min49–52% FTPZ1

Targets

Set as a share of your FTP. Your watch applies it to the FTP in its own settings, so it keeps up as that changes.

50–75% FTP
98–102% FTP
49–52% FTP

Scaled version

3 × 8 minutes at 95% FTP.

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About this session

What it trains

Threshold power uphill, where gravity makes every watt count.

Who it's for

Climbers and hilly-race riders.

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