INCURABLE DATA GEEK
RSSHey Sami- Nice work this year! I wanted to know what you focus on when you're training on the bike. I assume you use a power meter, as do I, but I tend to get wrapped up in the average watts for the workout. I feel this compromises my recovery during the sets. Do you focus on the overall watts of the workout or just the watts for a particular set/interval and how do you track? I too track my watts, but I'm not sure I'm collecting the right info. Thanks for the feedback-Dan
Hi - thanks.
To your question, I never record and couldn’t care less what are my average watts for the entire workout. For example, if the purpose of my recovery period (between intervals) is to fully recover, I may ride that at 200W or 100W or even 50W, depending on how I feel - not thinking of how that might affect the overall average.
What I do pay a lot of attention to is the “Work sections” or intervals. And, of course, those intervals (let’s say 4*8minutes) are defined to create specific training load (stress) for the race I’m preparing, not trying to “max out” watts every time. Hope that helps.
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