The method
Most cyclists train too much, too hard, and always the same. They avoid what's difficult and do what comes easily. That feels nice — but it doesn't make you better.
What often goes wrong
Too hard, too often
No recovery built in. The body adapts during rest, not during the ride.
Blind spot
You do what feels good. Your weak points — VO2max, fatigue resistance — stay weak.
Wrong stimulus
Not the right training at the right time. Variation without a plan is just randomness.
No explanation
You follow a schedule but don't understand why. The moment something slips you don't know what to change.
How Rob does it
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Diagnosis — with or without data
Rob starts with an intake call: your goals, your level, your available time. Got ride history as fit files from Garmin or Wahoo? Then he can analyse your power curve right away and see exactly where you're physiologically weaker — VO2max, fatigue resistance, anaerobic capacity. That speeds things up and sharpens the plan. But it's not a hard requirement to start.
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A plan around your goal and calendar
The schedule isn't a template with your FTP filled in. The build, the emphasis and the tapering are tuned to what you want to achieve — a gran fondo, a club race, more fitness — and when.
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Steady build, with room to adjust
Rob works with a progressive schedule that he adjusts every week based on how it's going. Going better than expected? He raises the bar. Feeling heavy? We adapt it before you overtrain.
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Explanation with your schedule, every week
You don't just get a schedule — you get an explanation. Why Z2 this week? What does that interval session actually do? You understand what you train, so you learn from it too.
“If you do the same thing every time, you get the same thing out.”
— Rob
Who is Rob
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Data and feel — both count
Rob has trained on data for decades and used a heart-rate monitor early on to understand and improve his training. His medical background taught him to listen — not to symptoms, but to the person behind the complaint. He does the same as a coach: what a rider feels, how they sleep, what happened that week, counts just as much as the numbers. He's raced since 1998 and knows what it's like to train alongside an ordinary life.
How he stays sharp: he's followed Friel and Rønnestad for years — not as gospel, but because they actively push the thinking on training forward.