[image] Can I shorten that to this: [image]

Kind of like asking “do I need to listen to my coach?” You know yourself better than anyone else but usually all workouts have reasoning/purpose to them that take the bigger picture into consideration.

Look at the IF and TSS of each and decide which one helps you achieve your goal. If you can get through it with less recovery and it doesn’t cause you to fail future workouts, it may be more beneficial to do the one with less recovery.

All the time spent throughout the week/month/year at Z2 builds the aerobic engine. It’s not wasted effort or time.

We addressed this a year ago (kind of): [image] 3 x 20 mins @ sweet spot = 60mins @ sweet spot? Training I have Hunter scheduled today which is a 2hr sweet spot workout. Three 20min intervals at sweet spot with 11min recoveries. I don’t fancy spending 2hrs on the trainer …

Really? The 5mins here, 5mins there really contributes in a meaningful manner? I was also wondering the use of the aerobic portion on workouts such as Baird +6, Bashfull +6 etc.

I think the point is to have a two hour workout with a tss that fits the plan progression. Its for getting used to sitting on the trainer for that long.

Just do Cumberland +1. :wink: That will cut down on the rest time for sure. Or Eclipse. Or Galena. Or Tray Mountain. Do you need the 15 minutes @ 40% of 75% of MAP? You’ll find out, I guess!

Depends where you are with your training. These workouts are developing muscular endurance. Early in that process you will want more rest, as you get better you’ll need less rest which is the main principle of interval adaptation. Less rest makes for a harder workout which should therefore come late…

[image] Benrlelliott: Really? The 5mins here, 5mins there really contributes in a meaningful manner? Yes, training is about accumulating time in zone over the week, month, year. Shaving off minutes here and there will result in some hours per month/year of less training. Jonathon has often t…

Do I really need the 15 minutes of zone 1 in between intervals and a super long cooldown in something like Hunter?

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bbarrera January 16, 2020, 6:54am 9

your call on reducing rest intervals…

its often possible to find workouts that accomplish the same without having to use WorkoutCreator:

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Do I really need the 15 minutes of zone 1 in between intervals and a super long cooldown in something like Hunter?

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