Originally Posted by
Dreww10
Unless one is riding super-slow and short, how do you feel better after a ride, and not depleted to some degree? Not critiquing, but I'm genuinely curious about this concept, because it's entirely the opposite for my legs/body.
That's OK but you should never feel bad, other than after an event. You should be in a good mood and able to perform all duties for the day with no problem. If you can't, you are working too hard with opportunity cost of lower training frequency. The goal needs to be maximizing sustainable load within available time. If you're going to be off the bike for five days or something then let 'r rip!