Are over-under workouts suppose to be this hard?

[jonbar123]

I’ve been posting today about McAdie +1.

McAdie +1....... tips anyone?

It got done! Just about though. Feel like a boy who became a man today. Here’s a question - does a plan ramp up over the weeks? E.g my FTP was 234 five weeks ago. If I had tried to do McAdie +1 the day after that FTP test - could I have done it? Or, as I hope, has the training over the past number of weeks increased my fitness to allow me to complete it today (as scheduled within the plan)? @chad

I’m dojng mid vol SSB 1 and had this workout today. I’ve been nervous doing all the O/U workouts and in each I didn’t think I’d finish at 100%. Somehow I have though but it did require huge amounts of mental energy.

HR wise - my aveage was about 137 (72%) of max and my peak, in last interval was 168 (88% of max). I did genuinely feel goosed.

Previous points about heat and hydration, nutrition all valuable. How have your other O/U sessions been? Have they all been the same in terms of effort and HR?