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100% this. I'm really bad at managing my own efforts is either attack or let myself go most times. With the wahoo the thing knows my power so it's just choosing a workout and stick to it.
Takes a lot of willpower to dig deep in a dumb turbo, with the smart there's no way out but to push whatever watts you have to
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Having gone smart, I wouldn’t go back. I reckon the quality of the workout is better as you can’t fail to hit the power targets. It also removes the mental strain of concentrating on hitting the targets all the time. Just the luxury of an hour or three every week when you can listen to a podcast or just think about stuff if worth it to me. I tried my dumb trainer again with my brother’s power tap wheel a while ago and it was just awful - mentally draining and not helpful training wise at all.
You could argue that the mental aspect of holding a certain target is helpful for training, but having raced HCs (basically exactly that for similar-to-turbo-trainer durations) I’ve not found it to be the case.