HOW? HOW?!? HOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW does one gradually bring their power up from 140w to 280w over the course of 15 minutes?
Am I the only person who is particularly bothered by this?
WHY NOT JUST INCLUDE THE WARMUP INTERVALS THE SAME WAY THEY’RE PROGRAMMED ON THE INDOOR VERSION OF THE WORKOUT!?!?!?!?
I’ve started to look at the indoor targets and applying them outdoors. So, this morning’s workout was something like 6mins at 149, 6 at 214 and 3 at 281 (so i just watched the clock on my computer and did that in the middle of the 15min warmup block…not ideal…but i was happier with structure as opposed to trying to make “gradual increases” to my power happen).
Is that difficult to program for outdoor workouts? Were outdoor workouts hand coded in this manner (for whatever reason)…and this makes it difficult for them to be switched back to how they are indoors?
Please help me to understand how this is even a desirable structure. DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE THEY GET THIS RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO FOR THESE WORKOUTS. THIS IS WHY I’VE GOT TR…AND A BIKE COMPUTER…AND A POWER METER…THIS IS WHY I HAVE ALL THE THINGS! JUST TELL ME!
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and another thing
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ok. just had to get that out. i’m seriously done yelling. no more yelling. just normal typing. wait. Should i have gradually decreased the volume of my voice over the course of several sentences? Would that have been better. Am I going to get a finger cramp now?
Warmups are individual in my experience. I would experiment with different protocols until you find one that works best for you and then use that. If riding outside I just spin to the start of the intervals and then do them, or I might do a shorter effort at target power to get the legs feeling it a bit better.
I don’t like strict intervals from the start on outdoor workouts. I need to ride out of the neighborhood past stop signs and traffic lights to get to the start. I like the “just warm up for 15 minutes” start for this reason. This way I only have to press FF to get to the first real interval. If there were a bunch of steps included, I’d have to FF past all of them or ignore them.
At least that first part. Often that is followed by some form of structure before it’s easy riding until the actual workout starts.
I have always just understood it to mean that in the start you should be closer to the low end and in the end you should be closer to the high end. In the middle it’s something in between, but nothing I do there can be described as gradual.
If you need structure, use the lap button on your computer with an average power field. So, press lap and do a minute at 140, press again and do a minute at 150, etc, etc.
It’s just a warmup. There’s no right or wrong way. It could be two minutes at 140, two at 160, etc.
