Tag: Turbo Trainer Session

This workout develops a number of physiological traits. There is a steady state portion of the workout that builds your ability to maintain an aerobic effort. Then there is a high intensity portion that will surge lactic acid levels within the blood, before a very brief recovery prior to doing it all again. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.

The ability to maintain a steady state high intensity effort. This is the effort that you maintain in a 40km Time Trial or similar. This workout will build your ability to sustain a higher intensity and develop tolerance to lactic acid. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.

Building your top end intensity is important for cyclist to help punch away from a bunch and create a breakaway or to sprint for the line. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists especially road cyclists and mountain bikers but triathlete can also gain value form this session especially in the off season.

Threshold is your ability to ride at sustained pace for a longer period of time. Building your ability to sustain this pace or to ride at a higher intensity will provide big dividends. This is a perfect workout for triathletes, mountain bikers and road cyclists.

This workout will develop your top end VO2 Max power. Enhancing your VO2 Max will pay dividends with your training by building your top end ability. This is a perfect workout for road cyclists, as well as Mountain Bikers and triathletes (particularly draft-legal triathletes).