This Monday, a new Mountain Massif 6-week structured training program will commence. Created in collaboration with Rowe & King, the series kicks off with a 10.1km baseline ride at 5pm BST.
This series of structured group workouts has been designed to help you perform at your best as the road kicks up. Each workout in the Mountain Massif training series has a specific purpose, and when you stitch them all together in a structured training plan, you will improve your climbing ability on Zwift and in real life!
If you miss a workout, the files are available via TrainingPeaks for you to download and catch up.
Mountain Massif Structured Training Program
The training program’s events happen every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 6 weeks. Here is the full list of events and workouts, with signup links:
| Day | Session Name and Signup Link |
| Monday, Sep 25 | Baseline Session |
| Wednesday, Sep 27 | Session 1 – Sustained Tempo Week 1 |
| Friday, Sep 29 | Session 2 – FTP Nudges @ 105% Week 1 |
| Monday, Oct 2 | Session 3 – Sustained Tempo Week 2 |
| Wednesday, Oct 4 | Session 4 – FTP Nudges @ 108% Week 2 |
| Friday, Oct 6 | Session 5 – Bottom to Top Sweet Spot Week 2 |
| Monday, Oct 9 | Session 6 – Sustained Tempo Week 3 |
| Wednesday, Oct 11 | Session 7 – FTP Nudges @ 112% Week 3 |
| Friday, Oct 13 | Session 8 – Threshold Booster 1 Week 3 |
| Monday, Oct 16 | Session 9 – Sustained Tempo Week 4 |
| Wednesday, Oct 18 | Session 10 – Power Climbs 1 Week 4 |
| Friday, Oct 20 | Session 11 – Threshold Booster 2 Week 4 |
| Monday, Oct 23 | Session 12 – Sustained Tempo Week 5 |
| Wednesday, Oct 25 | Session 13 – Power Climbs 2 Week 5 |
| Friday, Oct 27 | Session 14 – Threshold Booster 3 Week 5 |
| Monday, Oct 30 | Session 15 – Sustained Tempo Week 6 |
| Wednesday, Nov 1 | Session 16 – Power Climbs Week 6 |
| Friday, Nov 3 | Finish line Session |
Rowe & King
In addition to this and to complement structured training, Rowe and King have a new weekly group ride called the “Firebreather” starting October 1, 7:15 am BST / 8:15am CST. That first event’s link is: zwift.com/events/view/3824554
This is a group ride with a difference. It will be a 50km ride which lasts roughly 90 minutes. During the ride, the leader will call out pace changes following this set format:
- 10 minutes at 1.5w/kg
- 10 minutes at 2 w/kg
- 10 minutes at 3 w/kg
- 5 minutes, easy stay with ride leader
- 15-second max effort, sprinting
- 4.45 minutes at 2 w/kg
- 15-second max effort, sprinting
- 4.45 minutes at 2 w/kg
- 15-second max effort, sprinting
- 4.45 minutes at 2 w/kg
- 10 minutes at 3 w/kg
- 10 minutes at 2 w/kg
- Race the last 10km full gas
Courtney Rowe has noted he will get his family involved, who just happen to be Dani King (Olympic gold medalist), Matt, and Luke (INEOS Grenadier pro cyclist). This is a really interesting session as it combines a group ride with a bit of structured training mixed in!
Summing Up
The structured training program followed by the longer ride with Rowe & King will bring your fitness to new heights. And for those targeting the upcoming Zwift Academy (launching soon) these sessions will get you fit and strong, enabling you to reach your goals and even compete for that pro contract!
How exactly do you get the files if you can’t make the event? I would like to do this but don’t see a way of getting the file.
The files area available on TrainingPeaks. I wrote an article explaining this but not sure it made it to print. In it, I explained you need a Premium TrainingPeaks Account and I got a discount code which is available when join the Mountain Massif club. You can raise any queries there in the chat and I can sort out any issues. Sadly, Zwift declined having this programme available to all in their “Workouts” – which is why I teamed up with TraingPeaks to ensure people could access the training files, if they missed a session. As mentioned, I explained this an article, which I am not sure has been published.
Thanks Tim, do you have a link to the Training Peaks plan/sessions please?
Hi Claire – I have asked TrainingPeaks for it, you will need a Premium Account and there is a discount code in the Mountain Massif Club, if you join. I will post the link in the club. 👍
https://www.trainingpeaks.com/my-training-plans/mountainmassif23
This will download the files to your training plan. Remember to have the start date as 27th September, so all the sessions align.
Click https://www.trainingpeaks.com/my-training-plans/mountainmassif23
You need to be a Premium Member. This will download the files to your training plan. Remember to have the start date as 27th September, so all the sessions align.
Guessing the answer will be no, but will this be available in the training plans on zwift for those who can’t make these sessions or don’t have access to training peaks?
I asked Zwift if they would like to put the programme in the “Work out area” so people could catch up if they missed a session – they declined. So I partnered with TrainingPeaks who are hosting the workout files, which you can use and do the session. You need TrainingPeaks Premium to access the files and get the workout like you would do any other TrainingPeaks one.
I forgot to mention I wrote an article that explained all that, not sure if it has bee. published yet.
Click: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/my-training-plans/mountainmassif23
This will download the files to your training plan. Remember to have the start date as 27th September, so all the sessions align.
Was so excited to see this only to have my enthusiasm axed when I read zwift would NOT add this to the other workouts… I still have two weeks of build me up and I not bailing on that to do this as much as I would like to…
Hi – yes I was disappointed too, which is why I partnered with TrainingPeaks who will host the workout files for you to catch-up on. I have asked them for the link and will post in the Mountain Massif club on Zwift, so join the club and keep up to date with the news. The sessions are absolutely solid, some of the best on Zwift. Rowe and King have done an excellent job and love working with them. I am actually paying to be trained by them and have been since the summer following an accident.
I ended up creating them manually in Zwift for that reason.
How do I join the club?
In the companion app, in clubs, search for Mountain Massif.