Hi! I was just wanting to get other people’s feedback on this. I find that almost universally as a ride progresses, efforts at the same wattage feel easier (both from an RPE and a HR standpoint). What feels reasonably hard at 20 minutes in feels considerably easier an hour in. Does anyone else e…

I experience this . I think it is the fact that your body takes time to come up to speed. All systems are go. I wonder how long the pro,s sit on the trainer before something like a TT.

It takes your body time to warm up. I often find the first interval in something like a sweet spot session is the most challenging.

[image] Slow to warm up Training While I don’t personally take particularly long to warm up, I have some experience: The harder and shorter the effort, the longer the warm up. For example, 800m runners may warm up for a full hour to be ready when the gun goes…

Warmup. As I’ve gotten older (way) I need more warmup for harder workouts. Sometimes I reset the workout to the beginning after finishing the warmup so I can do the warmup again. Other times I just do a free-ride warmup before starting the workout.

Do you do any muscle activation before getting on the trainer, or just hop on and start the workout? I’ve been much more consistent in doing activations before rides for the past month (even shorter/easier rides) and have found that it helps quite a bit.

I’m the polar opposite. Efforts around an hour or longer start to feel incredibly tough, until I get to basically the last part or interval. I can jump straight into VO2 work no problem or a long sweet spot interval. Had a 2 hour and 15 minute easy ride(55%) and about an hour in my legs just start…

For me it depends a bit on the workout intensity. If I’m doing a bunch of tempo, a few minutes of threshold make the tempo feel better. If I’m doing threshold, nothing seems to help. :slight_smile: If I’m doing VO2, then a harder-than-I-think-it-should-be warmup usually helps.

I just hop right on tbh. What kind of muscle activations are you doing?

Doubt it, taking in 60+ G of carbs an hour. Probably could push more but don’t really want to be taking in 90 every interval day. Some of it may be from a new bike fit. Others are during 4+ hour rides/races. Miles 35-45 out of 60. Lap 4/5 in a 4 hour endurance MTB race(was pushing 115 G/ hour) Thi…

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OwenL January 11, 2026, 4:23pm 5

The bottom bullet point. Which I have experienced before.

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