After I completed the workout today, it felt harder according to my state assessment, but I could live with the intensity and set the 5 levels of difficulty to 3.0.
When I set it, the software didn’t consult me as to why I felt it was difficult, and I found this to be moderately difficult, not particularly hard or easy. But trainerroad ai dropped the difficulty a bit for all the later workouts, I’m not sure what the logic is here.
Also, I have another question about the garmin code table, during my training I can see that the code table training tss value is the same as the trainerroad value, but at the end of the training, the garmin shows that my training load may be as high as 200-300, especially for the vo2max training, I don’t know which one should be used as a benchmark for the tss!
Third question, when I’m training vo2max, for the high power phases, do you guys use resistance mode mode mode or erg mode, for example trainerroad requires that at this point in time my power output is 250W, and I may go beyond that to 300W or more, is that correct or should I train at the exact power required.
Thanks guys, hope this answers my question.
Thank you for your response, it is very clear.
The only question is that in vo2max training I should be training as much as possible at the power required for the workout rather than using higher intensity power in resistance mode, am I understanding correctly.
If I use full power output, maybe the difficulty feedback will be set to 3 or 4, if I train exactly to the course, the difficulty feedback should be 2. Not sure how this will make a difference to trainerroad ai in the later scheduling of the courses
If you are using Resistance Mode, ideally, you’ll want to adhere to the power targets during the workout. If you are using ERG Mode, the trainer adjusts the resistance automatically so that you stay at the power target.
If by difficulty feedback numbers you are referring to Progression Levels, then as long as you successfully complete the workouts from the training plan, you will advance your Progression Levels.
For example, right now, your VO2 Max Progression Level is 3.9. Once you complete your next VO2 Max 5.3 workout on the 9th, your VO2 Max Progression Level will go from a 3.9 to a 5.3.
