Welcome to the evergreen hills of Bavaria’s scenic hinterland, where three challenging workouts will push your endurance, strength, and form to the limit.
You’ll tackle the region’s iconic Oberjoch climb, pass through the historic mining village of Burgberg, and embark on a towpath adventure from the charming village of Fischen.
Along the way, you’ll experience the beauty and history of this captivating part of Germany. With stunning mountains, Bavarian bratwurst, local beer, and plenty of cows—what’s not to love? See you in the hills. Let’s get started!
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Burgberg - This may be a relatively short workout but it sure does pack a punch, so bring your boxing gloves and get ready for 22 ten second seated sprints! After a gentle warm up leaving the pretty village of Sulzburg we’re going to be straight on it with our first block of intervals - 8 x 10 second high cadence seated sprints with 50 seconds recovery. As the road naturally eases we’ll take a quick breather before heading into the middle of our workout, this time we’ll be tackling 9 x 10 second seated sprints with 50 seconds recovery, only this time we’ll be keeping a low cadence and rock solid form. To finish up we’ll switch back to our opening intervals for a series of 5 x 10 seconds high cadence seated sprints. This workout is designed to improve muscle activation and recovery after an intense effort. See you in Burgberg!
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Fischen - Meandering our way along the beautiful River Iller it’s time to bring out your gravel bike for a classic set of cadence builds and holds. We’ll start with 5 x 30 second cadence builds with 2 minutes recovery between each before following up with 5 x 60 second cadence holds, again with 2 minutes recovery in between. Although short in time, this session is a crucial part of the weekly plan keeping you efficient and in good form even when the cadence ramps up. And remember, “no bobbing!”
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Oberjoch - Saddle up and get ready to tackle Oberjoch, the region’s signature climb, in this intense workout as head through Bavaria’s green pastures towards Austria’s picturesque Lake Haldensee. With a series of low and high cadence drills with a progressive build up in intensity, we’re going to start the climb with a 4 minute low cadence interval at 80-85% FTP. With 2 minutes of recovery between each interval we’re then going to up our cadence and effort just a touch whilst taking a minute off the interval time. From here on in this is the theme all the way to the top, alternating our cadence, upping our effort and keeping good form and focus. At the summit we’ll take a moment to recover before getting stuck into the second part of our session. On the flat towards Haldensee we’ll do five 60 second builds from tempo to just above threshold. This session is designed to improve aerobic efficiency, strength and recovery between hard efforts. Sounds simple right? Let’s have a chat at the end! Good luck!
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