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JamesQGM
At first just trying to ride on them for 30 minutes was enough of a workout for me.
Can see my power and cadence etc but I totally ignore the power. At the start I did look up some sessions to do that mainly focused on cadence reps. Now I just stick a playlist on shuffle and when a fast song comes on I try and keep my cadence above 120 for the whole song. That’s as technical as I get! Rest of the time I try and hold 100. I switch it up between gears. I find lower gears are actually in some ways harder to maintain smooth pedalling.
It’s weird, my heart rate stays pretty low but I come off sweating and knackered and I can feel it in my muscles the next day for sure. I did manage an hour the other day, but usually do 40-45 mins. This sounds lame but honestly sometimes I just practice one handed, no hands, and drinking out my bottle and putting it back etc. I know this will sound ridiculous to some people but I honestly think it’s doing me good.
Its just my backup when I really don’t want to get out or can’t for whatever reason or am short on time. I don’t make it too structured, if I enjoy it there’s more chance I’ll do it and it’s better to do that than do nothing.
I put them away in the summer.