What workout did you do today? (2018/2019)

[T_Field]

Where I live, it’s impossible to do a pure low intensity ride outside. I have a 10% slope to climb my driveway to the road and a couple of 12% hills to climb to get back to my house.
I usually watch something while doing these rides.

[Wittyname]

Jepson tonight. No issues, no anxiety, just a nice workout. Accidentally tapped the cool down extend button twice, so I just went with it.

Palisade is next. I’ll give it a couple days before touching that one, let the legs rest with a couple easy commutes the next two days

[kurt.braeckel]

Stevens +3. Man these suprathreshold intervals are hard, but I know they’re helping me improve.

[bbarrera]

Off the bike for a month, taking the easy ramp onto the fitness highway.

[robcumine]

I didn’t make it through today’s - yesterday was a three peat day - Beech - Easy Hour Endurance - and Gym

SO instead I finished with 53x11 strength for 10 minutes. Made the most of my time.

[ellotheth]

@robcumine

SO instead I finished with 53x11 strength for 10 minutes

I’m so inspired by you people who have the mental strength to fail and then keep going afterwards instead of wobbling off the trainer and moping [like I usually do]. Kudos.

[M42CMF]

Completed a Ramp Test on Monday to end Short Power Build LV and ended with an FTP of 257, 6 down on my previous test so decided to do another one on Tuedsay too before starting Traditional base. Exactly the same results ! Go figure, at least I am consistent

[tman1234]

Woke up at 5:30am to Fang Mountain. I had the psychological burst of energy in the final internval and smash 365w for 8mins before fading.

[FatherDamo2]

Hike…no bike

Nice to get off the bike and work some other leg muscle groups.

Self-supported (full pack) Hadrian’s wall walk, East to the West coast of England.

95.1 miles/ 153km with a total of 36hrs 56 minutes of walking time (4 days) , three campsites and one B&B fully enjoyed.

It was hot hard work, heat wave over the bank holiday unexpected! The 44km day finished off my feet! they are in a bit of a state but legs feel ready for some trainer work.

[mancunian]

[FatherDamo2]

Ansel Adams

After that week off the bike this hurt… struggled with last five intervals, had to skip one and cut short others… overall a good workout…

[TRusername]

Bashful +2. Absolutely brutal, had to backspin in many of the valleys.

[matthiask]

Looking at doing a race with a 4min climb in it soon so figured I’d do a session that has me at about 400w for 4mins x8. Easy peasy

[PusherMan]

Huxley -5 today, or as Coach Jonathan calls it ‘Attack and Repeats’.

Didn’t manage to hit either of the biggest sprint efforts, which was disappointing but on the plus side, I do now seem to be able to control my leg speed up to 120RPM.

Gentle outdoor endurance rides planned for tomorrow and Saturday, then race Sunday.

[M42CMF]

1st workout of Traditional base done - Mont Albert, other than losing a bit of concentration on the second interval this went flawlessly. Great to return to an easier ride after the intensity of Short Power Build.

[ellotheth]

Shortoff +2:

It’s funny because they’re long. Not short. Ha. Ha ha.

Here’s where I had to play catch-up because I was literally daydreaming about sweet-spot workouts in a rest interval and missed the start:

[brendanhousler]

finished a massive block of racing and training and now resting with a bag of peanut butter filled pretzels! lol

Brendan

[rocourteau]

Finished my 2nd week of VO2Max mini-camp - Freel +1 (2x5x60" @ 127%), Bashful (3x5x60" @ 125%), and Baird +2 (3x5x90" @ 120%). I can now see where “real” VO2Max starts for me - the difference between Bashful with its 60 seconds intervals and 1:1 interval to recovery, vs Baird with its 90 seconds intervals and 1.5:1 ratio, is visible directly in HR and perceived effort. I probably recover too fast for Bashful to really push me. Baird adds 50% more time above FTP (at 120% rather than 125%), but I spent twice as much time in the 85-95% MHR zone, and went way higher HR-wise.

I’m off 2 weeks (will go back to running), and will resume the “experiment” afterwards. I’ll probably change to 2 sessions per week, starting at 90" intervals and working my way up to 3 minutes. Let’s see when I blow up…

[rocourteau]

@ellotheth

they’re long. Not short

It’s the off that’s short. That time warp where the clock slows down to a crawl and almost starts going backwards during the intervals, and then spins up to a blur during the recovery valleys - that’s what Shortoff refers to. I guess.

[rocourteau]

@ellotheth

wobbling off the trainer and moping

That sounds familiar, I have no clue why…