Exercises for aero hoods position

This. Added benefit of sweetspot on flat to rolling roads is you’re going fast enough that you really can feel the benefits of getting more aero. I find it much easier to find the motivation to get and stay aero when I’m hitting a meaningful amount of wind resistance! Same logic unfortunately means I find it almost impossible to do sustained aero position when indoors or when climbing.

I have a nice loop for doing sweetspot and aero training - ~10 miles long, decent road surface, fairly exposed so usually a bit of wind, pretty flat, not much traffic and barring one roundabout where you might have to ease up it’s pretty continuous pedaling. Really notice the difference when I go train that way regularly.

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