# Can someone school me on Erg mode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [December 12, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/can-someone-school-me-on-erg-mode/25725 "2019-12-12T19:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![JHow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JHow](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/JHow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/can-someone-school-me-on-erg-mode/25725/11 "2019-12-12T20:59:14Z")
You want those pretty smooth lines don’t you? But here you go: > [@How much power smoothing?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/how-much-power-smoothing/12818/2): > > It depends on which workouts you’re doing. If you are doing “microbursts,” 10 seconds will make it very difficult to hit power targets (if you’re on a dumb trainer, that is). In that case, you might want to adjust it down. For longer intervals, 10 seconds are absolutely fine. In general, I would always focus on cadence to maintain power, and only occasionally glance to the power to see if you have to adjust cadence upwards or downwards. That way, once you have settled into target power, you’ll … --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/can-someone-school-me-on-erg-mode/25725)._