This is something I’ve wonder about off and on, figured might be good to chat about. With bluebell, it’s always been super easy for me to complete (sets of 6x1min @ 120% with 60sec rest between intervals) and doing the 18min is never a prob and would likely tolerate more sets. Of course, getting me …

Yep - Bluebell is pretty easy - for VO2 anyhow - +1 is harder - +2 is actually easier than the base version. I like it in base and also as a tune up a couple of days before a race. But I think that Mills/Bluebell are pretty tame - when you start Dade and variations and then Spencer et al that it get…

Also ensure your cadence is realistic for what you would use outside. I can spin at 115 for the intervals and this workout is a joke. However when I bring the cadence down to 100-105 it’s a completely different workout and challenges me just enough to get my attention.

I wasn’t looking forward to Bluebell but I lifted the intensity by a couple of percent for the last couple of sets. Then I got to Spencer+2, that was a different kettle of fish :face_with_hand_over_mouth: I’ve got one of the Dades in a couple of weeks.

Looking at my notes, I found Bluebell easily manageable and heart rate didn’t break what I’d expect from harder sweet spot intervals. I was worried about Spencer so cut Bluebell short before the last set and did some of Spencer, which I spectacularly failed repeats @ 100%, 97%, 95% and just about ma…

Bluebell doesn’t really rev my HR too hard, which makes it easy to recover from and do it over and over. My estimated threshold is 164ish and the highest my HR got on that was 160, and that was at the end of the last rep of the first set. Interestingly, subsequent sets were done at a lower HR. De…

Had extra time due to no commute time since my my office is closed and I did the +2. Gotta say, you all are much tougher than me. The end of the last couple of sets required some audio doping to make it through. I did come in with a lot of fatigue from the weekend though, which definitely didn’t he…

Hello, I have also just completed Bluebell and found that the effort were easy for a VO2 workout. Is this intended since it is an introduction? Should I substitute the workout for a harder progression on my next SSB2? I want to feel like I pushed myself -if thats the intent of this particular work…

What @MI-XC said. Is cadence realistic? The faster you spin, the less you have to stomp down. The more efficient you are all the way around the pedal stroke, the easier these are, too. Want to really hate life? Do Bluebell at a really slow cadence. Like a seated climb where you ran out of gear…

Don’t know about a specific rule, but I find that I have to turn up the intensity for workouts like Bluebell and Taylor-2 to get enough time at VO2max - else it feels too easy, as you say. I might start off as normal then turn up the intensity to 125-130% of FTP by the end of the first set.

Bluebell - how hard at end of sets?

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russell.r.sage March 10, 2020, 7:29pm 2

Here is a link to a discussion about Taylor (Bluebell is mentioned in the same vein since they are close together). I think the general consensus is these are relatively tame, but part of base training, which is meant to build to something more intense.

Topic		Replies	Views
120 % as VO2 seems easy-ish Why? Training	71	7857	February 19, 2021
Intended benefits? Training	7	792	August 5, 2020
Taylor-2 VO2 Max workout Training	32	6819	February 5, 2020
Taylor 2 VO2max too easy? Training	37	5300	February 15, 2021
VO2 Max should feel harder than this Training	103	8921	May 30, 2023

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