Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: First Harder (Not Hard) Turbo Session of the Year

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

First Harder (Not Hard) Turbo Session of the Year

Last night I headed out to the garage with the aim of doing the 6 x 6 min turbo session. I had no idea what power setting I should be using as I have yet to do an FTP test this year (really need to get this done) so decided to go with (2010 max - 50 watts) and see how I felt. I had a bit of a technical issue that requried a change of seatpost, the upshot of which was that I only managed to complete 4 x 6 mins, but I felt better to have this under my belt. HR was high 155s and topped out at 160 (86% of MHR) so there is clearly scope to increase the power for this session, but I really should get the FTP test completed first.

Today is an easy day with a planned hour on the gym bike at lunchtime and a 47 minute turbo session (6 x [30 secs max 4 min L2 effort]) tonight. Good to see that the weather is improving so I am actcually quite hopeful of getting out on the road this weekend. Tinman is away so if I do get out I will ride solo just to blow the cobwebs away. Unless it gets too windy. Or it rains. I know, HTFU!

All the best.

4 comments:

Turbo Man said...: Just under 33km completed at lunchtime. :-); 9 February 2011 at 14:52
Cavegirl said...: Yes, you really do need to do that FTP! That was 24 minutes of chronic cardio rather than top end LOL!

But good to see you are getting out there again.

I rode 2:30 outside today in the drizzle and wind, I'm getting faster :-); 9 February 2011 at 17:06
Turbo Man said...: Aha! Gotcha! We both know that chronic cardio is time at intensity so 24 minutes shouldn't bring on the CC effects.

But yes, you're right.; 9 February 2011 at 18:57
Sags said...: Nice work T Man. FTP, GDP, DR P!!! Who knows?!!; 9 February 2011 at 19:43