The Chad Andrews Performance Training Pathway 2027!
Structured Precision, Every Step
Your progression. Your results. Our Training.
Start With Where You Are
Establish your baseline and train from your current fitness.
Train With Purpose
Every workout has a purpose, with progressive training that builds week to week.
Take It Outside
Build strength, endurance and confidence that carry into your outdoor riding.
YOUR TRAINING JOURNEY
1. CHOOSE YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Join the Neo-Pro ($69/month) or World Tour ($99/month) team.
Once enrolled, you'll have immediate access to the complete 20-week coaching curriculum. Your structured cycling workouts will be delivered to your TrainingPeaks Premium calendar each Sunday for the upcoming training week.
TEAM & CLUB DISCOUNT — SAVE 15%
Training with your cycling team or club? Members of participating teams and clubs receive 15% off either the Neo-Pro or World Tour membership.
Contact Chad for details and your discount code.
2. GET CONNECTED
After joining, you'll have access to START HERE — Your Training Experience, your guide to getting started.
You'll find instructions for connecting with Chad through TrainingPeaks, accessing your workouts through TrainingPeaks Virtual, and joining our coaching community.
3. TRAIN WITH PURPOSE
Follow your structured cycling workouts in TrainingPeaks and explore the corresponding coaching lessons at your own pace.
Each lesson explains the purpose behind your training, helping you understand not just what you're doing, but why you're doing it.
4. PROGRESS THROUGH FOUR PHASES
BASE → BUILD → EXCEL → RIDE READY
Twenty weeks of purposeful, progressive training designed to build fitness, develop confidence, and prepare you for a stronger outdoor riding season.
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START HERE — Your Training Experience
Welcome to The Chad Andrews Performance Training Pathway! Learn how to access your weekly workouts, use TrainingPeaks Virtual, follow your training progression, and track your progress throughout the program.
Welcome to The Chad Andrews Performance Training Pathway! Learn how to access your weekly workouts, use TrainingPeaks Virtual, follow your training progression, and track your progress throughout the program.
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Lesson 1 — BASE 1: Baseline
Establish your current fitness, training zones, cadence, and perceived effort so you have a clear starting point.
Establish your current fitness, training zones, cadence, and perceived effort so you have a clear starting point.
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Lesson 2 — BASE 2: Find Your Rhythm
Build aerobic control, find a sustainable cadence, and learn what steady endurance work should feel like.
Build aerobic control, find a sustainable cadence, and learn what steady endurance work should feel like.
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Lesson 3 — BASE 3: Aerobic Strength
Extend your aerobic effort and develop the ability to hold steady, controlled power for longer periods.
Extend your aerobic effort and develop the ability to hold steady, controlled power for longer periods.
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Lesson 4 — BASE 4: Strength Endurance
Build muscular endurance with controlled resistance and lower-cadence work while maintaining smooth form.
Build muscular endurance with controlled resistance and lower-cadence work while maintaining smooth form.
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Lesson 5 — BASE 5: Base Checkpoint
Review how the phase felt, check your recovery and progress, and make sure you’re ready to move into BUILD.
Review how the phase felt, check your recovery and progress, and make sure you’re ready to move into BUILD.
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Lesson 1 — BUILD 1: Extend the Effort!
Increase the duration of controlled efforts and learn to stay composed as the workload rises.
Increase the duration of controlled efforts and learn to stay composed as the workload rises.
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Lesson 2 — BUILD 2: Controlled Threshold
Introduce harder sustained efforts while keeping power, breathing, and form under control.
Introduce harder sustained efforts while keeping power, breathing, and form under control.
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Lesson 3 — BUILD 3: Repeatability
improve repeatability, recovery, and consistency across multiple harder efforts.
improve repeatability, recovery, and consistency across multiple harder efforts.
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Lesson 4 — BUILD 4: The Challenge
Put the phase together in one signature workout that combines sustained effort, pacing, and repeatability.
Put the phase together in one signature workout that combines sustained effort, pacing, and repeatability.
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Lesson 5 — BUILD 5: BUILD Checkpoint
Review your progress through the BUILD phase, assess your fitness and recovery, and prepare for the next step in your training journey: EXCEL.
Review your progress through the BUILD phase, assess your fitness and recovery, and prepare for the next step in your training journey: EXCEL.
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Lesson 1 — EXCEL 1: Find Your Power
Develop stronger efforts while maintaining control and efficiency.
Develop stronger efforts while maintaining control and efficiency.
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Lesson 2 — EXCEL 2: Respond & Recover
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
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Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
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LESSON 4 — EXCEL 4: THE BREAKTHROUGH
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
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LESSON 5 — EXCEL 5: THE FINAL CHECKPOINT
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
Adapt to changing intensities and recover between hard efforts.
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Lesson 1 — RIDE READY 1: Put It Together
Combine endurance, power, and pacing in a structured indoor cycling workout. Apply the skills developed throughout BASE, BUILD, and EXCEL while maintaining control as the demands change.
Combine endurance, power, and pacing in a structured indoor cycling workout. Apply the skills developed throughout BASE, BUILD, and EXCEL while maintaining control as the demands change.
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Lesson 2 — RIDE READY 2: Ride Smart
Practice managing changing intensities, conserving energy, and making smart pacing decisions. Learn when to push, when to settle in, and how to maintain efficiency throughout a challenging workout.
Practice managing changing intensities, conserving energy, and making smart pacing decisions. Learn when to push, when to settle in, and how to maintain efficiency throughout a challenging workout.
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Lesson 3 — RIDE READY 3: Conquer the Climbs
Simulate sustained climbs and rolling terrain through changes in resistance, power, and cadence. Develop the strength, patience, and confidence to tackle demanding climbing efforts.
Simulate sustained climbs and rolling terrain through changes in resistance, power, and cadence. Develop the strength, patience, and confidence to tackle demanding climbing efforts.
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Lesson 4 — RIDE READY 4: Go the Distance
Challenge your endurance with a longer indoor cycling workout. Focus on consistent pacing, energy management, hydration, and maintaining good form as fatigue builds.
Challenge your endurance with a longer indoor cycling workout. Focus on consistent pacing, energy management, hydration, and maintaining good form as fatigue builds.
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Lesson 5 — RIDE READY 5: Your Next Adventure
Bring everything together in a final indoor cycling challenge. Celebrate your progress, recognize your accomplishments, and build confidence for the cycling adventures ahead.
Bring everything together in a final indoor cycling challenge. Celebrate your progress, recognize your accomplishments, and build confidence for the cycling adventures ahead.
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TEAM & CLUB DISCOUNT — SAVE 15%
Training with your cycling team or club? Members of participating teams and clubs receive 15% off either the Neo-Pro or World Tour membership.
Contact Chad for details and your discount code.