What are the thoughts on doing a light spin on an off day, ie Dans or Taku. Is there any benefit or negative to it? I enjoy doing something and keeping my morning routine going. The answer is probably it is fine as long as it doesn’t affect your other workouts but curious to hear others experien…

Taku is technically an endurance ride. Dans fits the bill though. @Nate_Pearson also does a custom flat 45% recovery ride. They should make a recovery Baxter, only ride that Nate would need then.

I also like to keep a routine and usually opt for Dans on my off day. It’s truly EZ enough that it causes no stress and let’s me keep my sanity.

Depends on the plan and schedule. I’m on six days right now so I like to keep my off day an off day. Exception is if I’m testing I’ll jump on for 1-2hrs the day before and do some hard efforts. I always like to test with a little something in the legs. I’m flat if I’m too fresh after an easy week. …

There are two recovery Baxter’s that I have found: ‘Birch’ https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/workouts/5472-birch And; ‘West Vidette’ https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/workouts/5267-west-vidette

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I did 3 weeks of “double days” in December – AM easy ‘double’, Taku -1 or Dans; PM hard workout. I can’t say with certainty if they were helpful or not, but they did wake up the legs and systems for the day and in a gentle manner. As Coach Chad mentions in several inride texts, those easy recover…

I do about 70mins of recovery per day, Mon-Fri through my commutes to work. I’m probably doing 55% of FTP (a guess based on RPE and HR). I also do them fasted. Thus far no ill effects. Indeed, I’ve successfully ramp tested after my commutes and not felt that they’ve been hindered in any way. Havi…

Those are endurance. Should be sub 50% for recovery.

why not use free ride 30 and work at a low intensity and RPE? Seems to me that on a rest day you should listen to your body carefully, its also one of the days. You might want to look at your RHR as well, if its elevated it could be a sign of fatigue

LOL! My heart rate goes over 90 just putting my bibs on!

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