Trainer Recovery Days
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Trainer Recovery Days
Are recovery days in order on the trainer as well as during the road season? I have been doing various interval workouts with the occasional tempo ride on the trainer 3 days a week since early November.
It's kept my fitness up since I went indoors, but I'm starting to get muscle cramps when I wouldn't before.
It's kept my fitness up since I went indoors, but I'm starting to get muscle cramps when I wouldn't before.
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I do a 75 minutes recovery once or twice a week on the trainer. I keep my wattage at 56% of my threshold or lower. So basicly I ride like a grandma for 75 minutes.
Here is the actual workout description from TrainingPeaks.
Here is the actual workout description from TrainingPeaks.
Bike 1:25 ERG38
1.25 hours, just easy and riding like Grandma. No HR's over 56% of your Threshold watts.
1.25 hours, just easy and riding like Grandma. No HR's over 56% of your Threshold watts.
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I've heard the term "Guilt-producingly slow" to describe a proper recovery pace - it sounds like you follow the adage.
If you're doing a 75 minute recovery twice a week, it sounds like you're doing more time in the saddle than I am (about 4-5 hours/week). I don't race, but I like to stay fit and challenge myslef a bit.
I was considering doing a short, easy ride - about 30-45 minutes at an easy resistance. I don't have a power meter so I will need to listen to my body.
If you're doing a 75 minute recovery twice a week, it sounds like you're doing more time in the saddle than I am (about 4-5 hours/week). I don't race, but I like to stay fit and challenge myslef a bit.
I was considering doing a short, easy ride - about 30-45 minutes at an easy resistance. I don't have a power meter so I will need to listen to my body.
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If I do a hard workout or weightlifting in the morning, I like to do 30-60min easy spinning on the trainer, either the next day or later that night.
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I've heard the term "Guilt-producingly slow" to describe a proper recovery pace - it sounds like you follow the adage.
If you're doing a 75 minute recovery twice a week, it sounds like you're doing more time in the saddle than I am (about 4-5 hours/week). I don't race, but I like to stay fit and challenge myslef a bit.
I was considering doing a short, easy ride - about 30-45 minutes at an easy resistance. I don't have a power meter so I will need to listen to my body.
If you're doing a 75 minute recovery twice a week, it sounds like you're doing more time in the saddle than I am (about 4-5 hours/week). I don't race, but I like to stay fit and challenge myslef a bit.
I was considering doing a short, easy ride - about 30-45 minutes at an easy resistance. I don't have a power meter so I will need to listen to my body.
That's slow.
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Thanks for the input. I never thought I'd be inspired to ride super slow.
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Did you buy a training plan from TrainingPeaks? How do you find it? I contemplated it, but as for now, I'm using a modified program based on the examples in the back of the "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" book. Over the last couple of weeks, I've tweaked the workouts and adapted them to my FTP, etc. Seems OK so far.
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I've been thinking about this. I've been doing a trainer workout every second day which is working pretty well except my legs don't really recover in one day. They don't feel sore or anything but just weak. Like if doing intervals with the same average hr my power output is surely less than when totally recovered (no power meter though but I'm fairly sure). Should I just keep doing it like this and thus familiarising my legs to this routine or is there something else I could do? But I'd really like to be able to get used to riding often since the summer doesn't last infinitely
Tbh. recovery rides don't sound too good, intervals are fun on a trainer but just plain pedaling is reaaaally boring (even with music and videos). Maybe take two days off every two trainer sessions or something?
Tbh. recovery rides don't sound too good, intervals are fun on a trainer but just plain pedaling is reaaaally boring (even with music and videos). Maybe take two days off every two trainer sessions or something?
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You definitely need to do a recovery ride once in a while. At least every other week. I used to doubt the benefit of recovery rides, but they really do work. VERY light intensity, for about 30 minutes should have an impact.
Perhaps you could do a recovery ride the day after a hard interval ride, and then take the next day off. That can really work out the kinks.
Perhaps you could do a recovery ride the day after a hard interval ride, and then take the next day off. That can really work out the kinks.