Base Training Advice is broken, and How to Make it Right with 4–8 Hours a Week

06/01/2026 12 min
Base Training Advice is broken, and How to Make it Right with 4–8 Hours a Week

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Episode Synopsis

The base training advice you've been getting from social media and indoor riding platforms is wrong.  Riding only Zone 2 all winter doesn't work for cyclists with less than 8 hours a week to train. Riding hard indoors doesn't work either. In this video, Coach Frank Overton (aka BigCat) breaks down how to build a REAL aerobic base on just 4–8 hours per week, using the Sweet Spot training methodology he has pioneered for the past 20 years. You'll learn: 1️⃣ Where base training actually fits in your annual plan 2️⃣ Why Zone 2-only training fails when volume is low 3️⃣ The biggest base-training mistakes cyclists make indoors 4️⃣ Why Sweet Spot delivers more aerobic gains per minute 5️⃣ How to measure base fitness using OTS & Level 6️⃣ What a real month of base training looks like (calendar example) This is the same approach we've used for over 20 years to help time-crunched amateur cyclists get stronger, more durable, and faster without burning out. 🎁 FREE BASE TRAINING + GIVEAWAY  If you listen to the end, you can get ✅ A full month of base training for free ✅ A chance to win a FREE YEAR of the CoachCat app How to enter the giveaway: Start a free 30-day trial using the link below Comment "CoachCat" on this video (plus any questions or thoughts) No purchase necessary. One winner will be randomly selected and announced in the comments 5 days after this video goes live. Even if you don't win, you'll still get full access to this month of base training for free. 👉 Start your free trial here: https://www.FasCatCoaching.com