In the last two Ask a Cycling Coach episodes there were mentions of “five by fives”, and even “five by five by five”. Amber said they were her most hated workout, (ACC 350 I think) as did Keegan (ACC 351). I assume this is something like five times five minutes at some VO2 percentage. Or are the…

anthonylane April 9, 2022, 2:16pm 75

I just let intervals.icu adjust it based on performances.

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What are Five by Fives? Amber mentioned dreading them in the last two podcasts