Originally Posted by
CyclingFever
They are if they are putting out a hard relative effort. They may be not be hammering at a certain speed daily but it can still be mental. Like that ride felt hard.
Like someone digging and digging till they can't get out of the hole.
I think lude's point is that it literally doesn't work that way, ignoring whatever someone thinks they're accomplishing in their head.
It doesn't matter what's in your head if you ignore how the body actually works.
You can try to "force" yourself to do 40/20's like I did on my abbreviated lunch workout today everyday. I wouldn't. Because your performance will decline to the point that they aren't at an intensity level any longer to do any good.
Even low time riders can't do whatever they want everyday. The idea that since you don't ride 300 miles a week that you can ride 30min hard as nails everyday is simply wrong.
I'd see something like Tabatas or 40/20's as staples of cross. I'd guess anyway. Hammer, slow for corner and do the corner/obstable, hammer, repeat. You simply can't do 40/20's or 30/30's or 1:1 work everyday.