Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
At some point you're going to reach a fitness level (generally doesn't take long if you've been training before) in which a single ride is likely not going to be enough to illicit a significant enough adaptation. Your focus shouldnt be on those singular workouts, rather it should be a consistent and progressive workload.
Slogging away everyday isn't training, it's riding. Training has hard days and easy days. They need to be distinctive to be most effective.
No, I agree with you there, a single ride wont make any difference for sure. I guess im just saying its important to at least give each session (ride) some purpose, hill reps, a long endurance ride, flat sprints, recover ride etc not just repeat the same ride over and over. I agree the accumulative effect is what makes the difference, obviously not just a single ride, I think my original point has been lost somewhere, sounds like we're on the same page though.