Turbo Trainer Advice

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Chalfie in reply to @pifko

Quoting dbr here:

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.

What if you just stop pedaling on a smart trainer?
That's how I fail to finish my "intervals". Because I LEAVE IT ALL OVER THE GARDEN/ROAD/NO SURRENDER. etc etc.
Or I just think "fuck that" and skip one.

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pascalo in reply to @Chalfie

If you fail you fail hard ... at least I do ... meaning you literally cannot turn the resistance over, legs go to jelly and the whole thing grinds to a halt ...

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dbr in reply to @pascalo

Yeah, the Kickr is bad at low cadence. Becomes a total wall. Apparently the Cyclops Hammer deals with this somehow.

If you have a cadence sensor trainerroad will auto pause when you stop pedalling. If you want to let the last bit of the interval run out but can’t face turning the pedals you can back-pedal and the timer will keep running.

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