I'm sure this has been asked before but what are alternatives people have successfully moved to? The cost of renewal is really putting me off alongside a ton of weird bugs recently.
If I ride in ERG mode, does it matter if I do a ride with the small chainring if I want to train for climbing?
I usually train with the big chainring but I am curious to mix things up.
Just wondering what others have experienced when they do TR rides with a focus on improving climbing…
I use a Wahoo Kickr as my indoor trainer in conjunction with TR.
Took a 1 minute break to go to the bathroom within the first few minutes of my workout and it reduces my threshold score from 1.8 to 0.5?
Does anyone else get wild differences between estimated and predicted ftp? I’ve just had the third month in a row where predicted ftp has been one figure for 27 days in a row and then drops substantially the day before it is able to be detected again. I’m following workouts properly.
I can understand if it slowly dropped or changed over the month but I don’t understand why it stays stable all month then drops by 10% overnight.
Anyone here done the Masters Sustain Power Build? If so, what training plan did you transition into afterward? Thank you 🚴♂️💨
Hi.
I have been cycling for nearly 2 years now. Last winter was my first winter with an indoor trainer. At the end of april, I had an indoor FTP of around 300W, which is realistic because I did manage to maintain an average of 295W for 1 hour indoors. My volume during winter is around 6 hours a week.
This summer, I did a mix of long endurance rides, threshold workout on long hills, VO2 max and weight lifting. My volume during summer is around 10-12 hours a week. I do not have a powermeter on my bike to measure power outdoors.
I am much faster outdoors now than I was in April or last summer. However, I did a threshold workout on my trainer because it was rainy outdoors. I struggled to maintain 270W for 3x12 min intervals, which is used to be easy for me last winter.
Has anybody experienced this paradox; being faster outdoors, despite lower FTP indoors?
Curious what you all think of this - I started a 1h 30m over under workout at noon today as the temperature has dropped off outside, however apparently my garage didn't get the memo and I failed it after 50 minutes having only done one and a half of the 3x12 intervals (Garage was 33 degrees c and I was just overheating instantly starting an interval). That was only 52 TSS and I was supposed to do 120 today.
Curious whether in this instance the stress from that sort of heat induced interval failure would put you off trying again much later in the day. I scheduled to do a 79 TSS 1 hour over under session for tonight that I am planning to do at 9-10pm after sunset and the temperature is dropping 6c. Good idea or should I just leave the day as is?
Why is the same session so much harder indoors than outdoors? I struggle cadence indoors. I just can’t seem to hold high enough because I can’t switch gears on the Zwift cog. Outdoors is fine. Any suggestions?
I've been with TR over a decade and these workouts seem to be a relatively new addition. Anyone know the science behind them? They see kinda kitchen-sinky, which has me concerned. I am in a specialty phase, so is this just to keep all systems firing?