I have been doing low volume plans and adding 2-3 75 minute Z2 rides on the “off” days. I this enough volume to make a difference? I don’t want to be on the trainer for longer.

Do you continually extend your long rides for progression?

[image] AJS914: Think of it this way - if you do 2x75min Z2 all year that is 75 hours per year of training. That is a huge amount of aerobic fitness training for someone on an LV plan. I would really like to believe that (In fact I do a 70 minute ride once a week as well, but midweek and rath…

[image] Yukonranger: I have been doing low volume plans and adding 2-3 75 minute Z2 rides on the “off” days. I this enough volume to make a difference? I don’t want to be on the trainer for longer. The key point IMO is enough for who and enough for what? For someone fresh off the couch and l…

[image] Mowag: I would really like to believe that (In fact I do a 70 minute ride once a week as well …) However … maybe this analogy is completely wrong, but here goes: If I do 1 pushup a day doesn’t mean I worked on my ability to do 365 pushups in a row. I think comparing strength and endur…

Also, what would the difference be between 75 mins on the trainer vs 75 mins outside, with some coasting, some start and stopping, etc etc I’m making a wild guess that we have to take that into consideration as well!? When i look at the elevate app off my strava rides, i can see a % of pedalling ti…

Good one! Maybe there isn’t such thing as a “time crunched cyclist”. It’s inherent to (most forms of) cycling.

Just look at kJ/TiZ. Doing 1500kJ on the trainer is the same as doing 1500kJ outside. There may be less dicking around involved with the trainer that lets you get there quicker. They aren’t ‘better’ kJs though.

(i’m playing devil’s advocate here) but is it really!? Continuous low effort without interruption versus Low effort with short rest periods (effectively becoming intervals), wouldn’t it affect HR drift? Ok i’ll admit this is pulling at straws… for probably 97% of cyclists getting just the work in …

Continuous steady effort has to be different than variable effort. One doesn’t allow the muscles to ease up at all

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