ABP ride on a trainer

matthewbward

How do you guys structure your ABP rides when you do them inside?  Outside, I just go and don't think about it.  But inside, a near 2 hour single interval makes me crazy.  I've been doing it as repeats of 20' (3') but not sure if I'm cheating.

kkiefer

Was listening to one of the HIM Podcasts where Coach P talks about ABP rides outside and breaking them up in 30' chunks. I think the purpose of ABP is to accumulate TSS in short time, so i would not count it as cheating.

Keith Wick

What ever it takes for you to get as much time there as possible. If you need to split them up, no problem.

kurshing

Whatever you have to do to get the work in!

Good job.

MattAaronson

20' is about what I do for indoor. 30' for ourdoor. I use 2' recoveries. But really I don't think it matters if the recovery is 2, 3, or 4.

MattAaronson

20' is about what I do for indoor. 30' for ourdoor. I use 2' recoveries. But really I don't think it matters if the recovery is 2, 3, or 4.

Gordon Cherwoniak

Matthew,

I'm like others typically 20-30' with 2-4' break, doing what I have to to get as much ABP riding as possible. 

Gordon

jmoss70

15' (2') Inside - and I usually don't do more than 2 hours total. 

20-25' (1') Outside - I do laps on a course that has varying terrain and no stop lights.  It is about 20-25' and my goal is to start ~.80 IF and then beat my time each time I do a lap.  Makes time go by really fast.

 

 

mgraffeo

I'll do all sorts of stuff to mix it up. start with a 20' interval, then 4 x 5' (30"), then 2 x 10' (90"), then 8 x 2.5' (30"), just as an example.

Basically, even 30-60s of rest helps a lot mentally, but that little rest really doesn't make the intervals easier, so I play with it. On the trainer, changing things up helps a ton.

There's two Spinervals DVD's I use that often do the thinking for me, but sometimes I'll just watch bike races and ride as if I'm outside.