Intervals - What are they?

Duration 30:00 TSS 21 IF 0.66 Has instructions

warmup 05:00 @ 40% FTP - 70% FTP

02:00 @ 50%

02:00 @ 83%

01:00 @ 50%

02:00 @ 50%

01:00 @ 95%

02:00 @ 50%

01:00 @ 50%

cooldown 05:00 @ 60% FTP - 40% FTP

Intervals play an essential part in your training. They increase fitness and allow you to burn more calories over a shorter period than steady-state riding. In cycling, we use the word 'Intervals' to define periods of higher intensity work alternating with low-intensity periods of recovery.

Today we look at different ways of completing interval workouts and why we need them.

This workout is also available as Video workout by a MyWhoosh coach Liz Smithson