Welcome to the daily workout thread for the 2021 season. Prior threads: What workout did you do today? (2020, part 2) What workout did you do today? (2020, part 1) What workout did you do today? (2018/2019)

Had Emerald -3 scheduled but carrying a bit of an ankle niggle so wimped out… shouldn’t have as my ankle was fine. Anyway. I gave Whorl a Whirl… (Yes, it took me 75 minutes to come up with that) [image]

Bashful +2 [Screen Shot 2021-01-19 at 1.21.10 PM] Technically I “failed” this one. Of the three sets of intervals, I did Set 1 as prescribed. For Set 2, I kept intensity at 100% but with a little extra recovery during the 10-min valleys. For Set 3, I dropped the intensity to 98% with no extra re…

You need to bring the intensity (up or down) so the last rep of each set really feels like the last one you could do. Better to reduce (or increase) the intensity than increase (or reduce) the recoveries.

Yeah, that sounds reasonable. I’m really loathe to drop intensity on any workout, but I guess hitting 98% vs 100% isn’t the end of the world.

120% x FTP is an approximation of the power level for VO2Max workouts. As the instructions in most of these workouts indicate, you should feel free to dial it up or down as needed to get to the just-able-to-make-it point.

Here are a few opinions of the TR crew at 49:02 of the podcast video. [image] Weight vs. Power, Failed Workouts, Junk Miles and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 291 Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast Weight goals can seem like they are at odds with power goals, but there is a healthy …

Going to make a note to start my next V02max workout (Dade +1, but not for a couple of weeks) at 98% and bump it up from there.

I usually do the same for sustained threshold workouts. I know they’re my Achilles heel. I have generally started them at 98% and then seen where I end up. More recently, I’ve pulled 3-4% off my ramp test FTP and done all workouts at that number (last ramp test 281, manually adjusted to 270) with t…

I added a new fan and had it pointed in my face, whether psychological or not it seemed to make things 10x easier doing my calendar workout tonight, Taylor-2. The two minute warm down seemed a little short so I extended it by five minutes. [Screenshot_20210119-213003_Chrome] [Screenshot_20210119-…

It does look like a deer! :rofl:

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What workout did you do today? (2021, part 1)

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ColoradoJames January 19, 2021, 7:13pm 449

Here are a few opinions of the TR crew at 49:02 of the podcast video.

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What workout did you do today? (2020, part 1) Training	4768	91772	July 1, 2020
What workout did you do today? (2022) Training	1861	40936	January 1, 2023
What workout did you do today? (2020, part 2) Training	3178	53330	January 1, 2021
What workout did you do today? (2021, part 2) Training	594	16953	January 4, 2022
What workout did you do today? (2018/2019) Training	6417	124941	January 9, 2020

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