I recently used the “check volume” function and TR suggested I increase my volume from 4 days (3 hard, 1 easy) to 5 days (3 hard, 2 easy). It suggested adding a 30 minute easy ride, any duration above this generates a “not recommended” warning. These 30 minute rides are all Endurance 2.1, 2.2. FWIW…

Is cycling your only exercise? If so, then yes a 30 minute spin would be good for spinning the legs and getting the blood flowing. However, I don’t do them because I prefer to do 30 minute whole body exercises on my non-cycling days. Today I did pull-ups, push-ups, burpees, deadlift/military pres…

30 minutes of easy several times per week is going to add up to meaningful extra volume if you do it consistently.

I took the liberty of moving these 0.5hr or 1.0hr rides and putting them after my weekday interval workouts. I like doing a bit of endurance riding after my intervals, and it’s easier for me to spend more time riding one one day rather than riding on an extra day. So far, the system seems happy eno…

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Personally I’ve found them to be helpful. There seemed to be a noticeable difference when doing 10h a week on 5d and then adding a 30min recovery ride on the 6th day. I kind of assumed this related to effects from increased consistency (fewer days off means the exponential decay in training effect …

Better than nothing, but with the before & after prep, I wouldn’t find it a productive use of my time. When I committed to all 90+ minute rides a long while back, that was a big improvement. 4 days at 1.5 hrs is a lot more convenient than 6 days at 1 hour.

I use them as a warm up for weight training. Good warm up. Pulse I add endurance CTL.

I always do better on a hard day if I’ve been on the bike in some fashion the day before. I prefer a short bit of intensity before a tough training ride, but a short endurance ride helps too. I perform worse when I show up cold with nothing the day before. Chad mentioned this on the podcast years ag…

I do strength training twice a week too. One session on Wednesday when I’m not on the bike and one on Saturday after a threshold workout

This seems like a logical approach. I’ve also just noticed (obviously missed it before) that it’s reduced my Saturday threshold workout from 90 minutes to 60 minutes, then added this 30 minute endurance ride on another day. So in fact, it isn’t extra volume, but less intensity spread across more da…

Benefits of 30min easy ride?

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mtbjones February 5, 2026, 11:19pm 5

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Benefits of 30min easy ride?

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