The Ultimate Mountain Biking Buyer's Guide
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brightranger43 said:55 mins total: (did jump rope for 10 mins first, then warm up on bike): 10 min warm up, "main" part was 35 mins (switched between resistance 3 and 4 every 5 mins or so, kept cadence steady and stayed in the saddle), 10 min cool down...
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Basically, you just did two nearly identical workouts
unless you're targeting specific tempo blocks—which I don't see you doing—these sessions are redundant (just my two cents)
you need variety. You should be categorizing training into hard and easy days instead of doing the same thing over and over
Hard workouts don't always mean grinding away at 70 RPM
You could do 1-minute sprints that are (to put it mildly 😍) absolutely killer, with 10 minutes of easy spinning in between. That’s brutal
Or some 4-minute max efforts
If you can walk down stairs without any trouble after a hard session, you didn't do it right🙂
I'm not ignoring the knee. It was actually stinging pretty bad for the first time. When it got uncomfortable, I mostly pedaled with my left leg. It'll do her good anyway, since it's the weaker one.
How was it stinging? What, where?
Don't mess around with that
And hey, my intention was to scare you a little
Pain is the "stop" signal, like when the hydraulics fail on a 🙂Chevrolet
Besides, a sore leg or muscle forces other muscles to pick up the slack, which changes how they stabilize the knee, potentially making an injury worse
It doesn't hurt in my heel, my stabilizers, or even my knee... but fine, you've scared me enough😢
Well, you got lucky. But don't go wild; let that poor leg rest🙂