I’m finding that I struggle with VO2max intervals. Even looking back at when I had a coach, it was always my most hated workout because I couldn’t ever complete them as prescribed. I have no problem hitting other workouts, threshold, over/unders, anaerobic and short high power intervals… All seem ea…

Sigh… [image] Don’t know if I needed to try and force a higher cadence (for some reason I’m not comfortable with high cadence lately), but either way I don’t think I’d have been able to get through it. Just couldn’t recover fast enough and felt ruined after the first set. Massively demotivated …

[image] Textuality: My biggest issue is I spend all day dreading going in and training when I’ve got a VO2max workout. Makes me feel a bit sick even thinking of it. I really, truly hate getting to this stage of the plans. I wrote and deleted 3 replies already. Hopefully without being preac…

I get you, but I suffer in there so I can enjoy the actual riding. It’s not just the turbo training, I also dread some of my weights sessions. I’ve never “enjoyed” a workout, and I’ve never got any sort of endorphin buzz from one either. The concept is completely alien to me unfortunately. Maybe…

Just do your best and forget the rest! Don’t get down about it! It’s “training” I personally dread them somedays and somedays look forward to the pain. Like stated above it’s a hobby for most and it should be fun. Do the best you can and keep it moving, every little bit of time in that zone is makin…

[image] miesemer: The last 30 seconds of each interval make me question my choice of riding a bike as a hobby. :joy: I feel this. Currently doing Kaiser +4

Hey I also find 30/15s (Brasted) to be hard… [image] clearly 30/15s are not my go to!

[image] Craig_G: I wrote and deleted 3 replies already. Hopefully without being preachy, I’ll just say that for most of us cycling is a hobby and we do it for fun and enjoyment. In the short term if you are feeling that level of dread for VO2max workouts I would just skip them and substitute wit…

people who dread tehse and feel that they have trouble completing them the way that they should, one thing to consider is you may need your other days to be easier. A deep, taxing Vo2max workout is not something you can necessarily just “wing it” and hope for the best. Jsut consider whether you nee…

[image] devolikewhoa83: At first it felt weird to go so slow but since then i have gotten to where i am not tired all the time and can walk up the stairs without pain and soreness and guess what? the hard workouts still feel terrible but i can dig deeper, go longer and it is a remarkably satisfy…

I [image] Textuality: I’ve got plenty of energy day to day, just can’t output that sort of power repeatably… My advice would be to do the -1 versions and aim for workouts that have either less sets or less intervals per set. Mentally you’re better off completing a workout with 100% complianc…

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bbarrera April 27, 2021, 11:29pm 68

Hey I also find 30/15s (Brasted) to be hard…

clearly 30/15s are not my go to!

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