Originally Posted by
gregf83
The interval mentioned specified 1'@150% followed by 3'@105%. That's not much recovery and averages out to 116% of FTP which would be impossible for most people to keep up for 20' unless you had 100% fast twitch muscles.
You can't average like that. Like I said, I can do 200% of ftp for only 1' but I can do 100% for an hour. Hell, I can do 400% but for only 5". It doesn't average the way you're thinking.
Originally Posted by
aaronmcd
8x3' at 85% kinda adds up to junk miles for training.
My point exactly. It's not a real interval.