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Sumo-
buy a mountain bike.
This, really, if putting up with traffic is what pushes you inside find a new way of riding that avoids it as much as possible. Fighting a bog or finding if a route is rideable is far more enjoyable that keeping the power on track on TR.
Try to remember what got you into cycling first, pretty sure it wasn't sitting on the turbo in your garage.
giofox
Since having the hip flexor problems I have lost any energy for turbo sessions. Aerobic workouts are raising my heart rate higher than I’d expect and anything over ftp and I grind to a mental and physical halt.
I was just watching an old TrainerRoad podcast where they were talking about over training and suggested reduce intensity and volume and focus on mobility. Which would be fine except I am already doing an hour of yoga most days - very static/slow focusing on control, breathing and flexibility as I use bike for cardio.
Felt very sub par all week, even did a covid swab test which came back negative so at a bit of a loss as to what to do/change.
After hip flexor issues I did an ftp test (it had dropped) and have been doing base training. So the last few ftp tests have all shown a reduction in ftp.