Originally Posted by
Heathpack
I also have learned it doesn't matter how I feel- might as well always just give em a whirl. I could feel tired, unfocused, uninterested etc going in and none of that necessarily matters, I can probably still get it done.
But I think my question is really that I hear people moan about how painful these efforts are & I just wouldn't describe them as painful per se. Makes me wonder if I'm not pushing myself enough.
So would you describe 20 min @ 105% as "painful"? Or is that just one of those things- some people describe something difficult as being painful without it literally being painful.
well, 20min @ 105% is roughly what your 20min max should be, no? I'd think that should be painful unless you used a something different than 20min power * .95 for calculating ftp. It sounds like you guys used a different way to determine that stuff though.