This Saturday I was prescribed Mono , which has 4x6 minutes of over-unders between endurance riding (90 minutes total). Since I’d like to ride outside some on Saturday, but don’t have a great place to do intervals, I was thinking of doing a shorter threshold workout (30 or 45 minutes) on the trainer …

I’ve done the opposite. I’ve commuted home (1-1.5 hours endurance) and then hopped on the trainer at home to do threshold or vo2 work. Works great. (Full disclosure: I did completely fail a threshold set after a commute recently, but I think that had nothing to do with the endurance ride and eve…

My wife used to do her 2 x 20 min L4 efforts on the erg, then pad out the workout with laps of Stone Mountain Park ((which is hilly). A friend of mine who was competitive in the old Coors Light duathlon series used to combine trainer efforts with outdoor running (to simulate the demands of the tran…

I’ve often read that this is the preferred prescription for elite riders during winter and spring when the weather is bad. Get the intervals done in the safety of indoors, then get the slower miles/hours in outside after.

Sounds like a plan, I’d use alternates to shorten the indoor HIIT session to one that lets you comfortably ride outdoors after. I haven’t done it, taking the whole workout outdoors in the past or keeping it entirely indoors if it felt unsafe; so I may do the same in future.

This time of year, I like to do the intervals inside in the morning, then go for a spin outside to 'cool off" and extend the workout.

I like the idea. A few years ago, I was living in the city and had the idea to do this too. However, I was doing it at the end of a bike commute, not that it’s any different.

Thanks everyone! Sounds like the consensus is yes, this can be a good strategy. I’m going to try it out this weekend.

just to pile on. I’ve done this pretty often, with intervals early in the AM and then riding to a moderate, no drop, social group ride. Sometimes I’ve noticed I feel GREAT during the friendly, spicy/sprinty portions of the ride when doing an indoor interval workout first. My theory is that it acts a…

Nothing wrong with that, but when you get to a higher progression level these endurance parts will be replaced with more intervals. Even if you will be able to find a shorter version of the workout with the same progression level doesn’t mean it will have the same training effect. It is only an ind…

Doing a shorter set of intervals on trainer and then riding outside

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mrgoman October 18, 2023, 1:12am 4

I’ve done the exact same before and it’s worked well. I don’t have a place near my home where I can do 6 mins over-unders. I find that type of workout very challenging to execute outside and generally prefer to do inside.

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