I know @Jonathan has mentioned numerous times that what you score your workouts is totally up to you as long as you are consistent. For the most part I am marking them moderate, with a few “hard” on occasion. For the most part, I feel just fine afterwards, aside from my under carriage which can ge…

Mine is similar; I base it on the audio I use during the workout: All podcast and not even thinking about the trainer? Easy All podcast, but had to watch the numbers during the sessions? Moderate Started podcast, but had to switch to music to effectively complete? Hard Music the whole way throu…

I use the Chad spreadsheet. As for the saddle, I would say absolutely don’t use that for your scoring. AT is never going to learn that we need a bike fit regardless of how we score it.

I agree with other that i wouldn’t rate my saddle discomfort as part of the survey. My problem with last workout, Chicoma+3, was that holding the Sweet spot was ok but I just couldn’t get anywhere near the values in the short sprint sections. So mostly Moderate with bits of Very Hard!

Very interesting post, I almost created something before about this very issue. I struggle quite a bit with comfort and fidgeting around (despite numerous fits) and for me it’s hard to classify how difficult a workout is sometimes because I’m not sure if the comfort issues are adding to the RPE of …

@mcneese.chad what does “every trick the book” mean? Does it mean my special “push-myself-to-the-limit song”? Or does it mean back pedals and/or reduced intensity? I feel like I’m going to die during some vo2 workouts, I consider those very hard. Should I? Also; what does “all out” tell the AI? I …

I personally just focus on the underlined words. I’ve never had a workout that those weren’t enough for me to pick a category

[image] philan: Or does it mean back pedals and/or reduced intensity This. Stuff like your example, pausing and such. I don’t consider motivation via music or other means a “cheat” like those physical changes mentioned. [image] philan: I feel like I’m going to die during some vo2 worko…

That’s great to hear :smiley: I spent a lot of time adjusting that list, and the use of bold and underlined parts are VERY intentional. I think the first two lines are the most useful (hence the emphasis and placement). The other lines are supplemental and just add a bit of clarity, for my needs …

I just see the underlined parts as super clear. In my head it’s just: Easy - I could do that again easily Mod - Sure, I could do another set Hard - That really was hard, but I could do another interval no problem Very Hard - No way I could even do 1 more. I’m dead. OMG - I can’t believe I finis…

Yeah, that makes good sense and I think I will adjust my list a bit. Thanks so much for the ideas :smiley:

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Checkout the discussion from today, on the same idea (over performing compared to targets).

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