MyWhoosh announced a weekly "Train with Tadej" indoor cycling series designed by UAE Team Emirates-XRG coach Javier Sola following Pogačar's early season exit.
Endurance.biz reported on September 17, 2026, that Tadej Pogačar resumed structured indoor cycling on the MyWhoosh platform. Pogačar ended his 2026 racing season early following a crash at the Vuelta a España. Now, the professional cyclist is beginning his foundational fitness build toward the 2027 season using controlled indoor sessions. MyWhoosh states it will publish one "Train with Tadej" workout each week from September 18, 2026, through the end of November 2026.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG coach Javier Sola and the team's performance staff are overseeing these progressive indoor sessions. Sola designed the new weekly series by adapting principles from Pogačar's actual return to riding program. The platform aims to translate these professional rehabilitation concepts for the wider MyWhoosh riding community. The stated themes of the weekly releases will move progressively through recovery blocks and foundational base building phases.
This structured evolution is intended to mirror the professional athlete's actual training progression over the autumn months. The platform is also building community engagement events around this extended three month training block. MyWhoosh plans to host a live "Ride with Tadej" community event featuring a direct question and answer session. This event will allow users to hear specifically about Pogačar's recovery and his physical preparations for the 2027 season.
To promote the partnership, the company announced a virtual ride prize bundle for one participating rider. The package features a Colnago bicycle and an ELITE indoor trainer. It also includes PISSEI clothing and a MET helmet. The winner will receive DMT shoes and SCICON eyewear to complete the promotional equipment set.
Matt Smithson serves as the director of esports and game operations for MyWhoosh. Smithson noted that the company has worked with Pogačar and his team for several years. He added that the organization is proud to remain part of the rider's regular training environment. The statements frame the platform as a familiar tool within a broader professional performance support system.
Each weekly workout release will include two distinct versions to accommodate different types of endurance athletes. The series offers a shorter session designed for time limited riders or those seeking a highly accessible workout. A longer session is also available for athletes requiring a much greater overall training load. This structural choice acknowledges that amateur users have vastly varying schedule availability and physical recovery capacities.
The exact interval prescriptions and physiological power targets for each week have not been published in advance. Instead, the specific details of the workouts will roll out sequentially as the autumn training program naturally evolves. The official messaging from the coaching staff heavily emphasizes extreme caution over immediate intensity. Pogačar noted he was taking the entire rebuilding process "step by step" during his return to the bike.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG team principal Mauro Gianetti echoed this strict and cautious approach to rebuilding seasonal fitness. Gianetti stated the immediate priority is a controlled return to cycling "with no unnecessary pressure on the process." He described MyWhoosh as a deeply familiar platform for the professional team's structured indoor cycling work. Gianetti added that using the app is a natural part of Pogačar's gradual return to a normal riding rhythm.
The sessions are carefully positioned as educational adaptations of the rider's return to training principles. They do not claim that ordinary athletes are safely following Pogačar's complete professional WorldTour workload. For ambitious adults aged 35 to 65, a professional rider's return protocol offers structural ideas rather than strict daily prescriptions. We must treat the new series as a source of structured session concepts rather than a direct mandate.
Athletes should use the recovery and base building themes to thoughtfully organize their own autumn training blocks. Taking a highly gradual approach is absolutely vital for managing cardiovascular stress and mitigating long term orthopedic load. Hitting my forties brought a harsh reality check regarding physical durability and training frequency. The track workouts were not getting slower, but the days after them felt significantly heavier.
Instead of forcing my old Tuesday and Thursday intensity schedule, I looked at the data on Masters athletes and muscle protein synthesis. I pushed my second hard session to Friday, allowing an extra forty eight hours of low intensity recovery. My total weekly volume stayed the same, but the quality of my intense intervals skyrocketed. This personal adjustment mirrors the core caution built into the new MyWhoosh weekly workout series.
When returning to training load after a long break, older athletes must prioritize sustainable consistency over aggressive daily volume. You should start with the shorter workout options to carefully gauge your physical response to the initial stress. These shorter options are explicitly designed for times when work demands or family obligations restrict your recovery window. The longer workout option should never be treated as the automatic default setting for an everyday working athlete.
MyWhoosh describes the long session specifically as a higher training load alternative rather than the baseline physiological expectation. You should use it only when it perfectly fits your existing weekly plan and your proven physical recovery capacity. Multisport athletes must be especially careful when integrating professional cycling workouts into their broader weekly physical routines. Triathletes must strictly account for cumulative lower limb fatigue from swimming and running before selecting the longer cycling session.
A structured base phase requires immense discipline to ensure that easy recovery efforts stay truly easy throughout the week. Older athletes needing extended recovery time will benefit most from a patient, heavily scaled approach to early autumn fitness. As you progress through the autumn phases, subjective monitoring becomes just as important as the prescribed workout structure itself. You should consistently record your daily fatigue, sleep quality, muscle soreness, and performance response alongside the completed MyWhoosh sessions.
These practical monitoring habits help you accurately measure how well you are physiologically adapting to the progressive training load. If your sleep quality drops or persistent fatigue sets in, you must scale back the duration and intensity immediately. The planned live community events offer excellent motivation but do not replace structured, personalized physiological planning. The upcoming question and answer session might clarify how specific intervals function within the broader professional recovery blocks.
However, promotional access to a professional rider cannot substitute for individualized coaching advice from a qualified clinical professional. Athletes managing cardiovascular conditions or persistent fatigue should never infer medical clearance from a professional rider's highly public timeline. Maintaining the long game of motivation requires us to consistently train for our own specific physiological realities rather than professional ideals. We can confidently adopt Javier Sola's principle of controlled, progressive progression without ever risking injury by copying the total professional volume.
Preserving the core intent of a structured workout often means reducing the duration or strictly capping the high power targets. By focusing heavily on sustainable base building now, veteran endurance athletes can lay an incredibly solid foundation for the upcoming year.
Ambitious veteran athletes should use these structured indoor sessions for base building inspiration while strictly adjusting the total volume to match their own biological recovery constraints.
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