Originally Posted by
wolfchild
I was thinking of interval training as a separate session lasting about 20-30 minutes long and dedicated strictly to max efforts repeated for several sets with set amount of rest in between.
Having 1-2 max efforts scattered far and between on a 2-3 hour ride or a longer distance ride isn't interval training. Sure you can still get some benefit from it but it's not really a dedicated interval training
But what happens if he doesn't go to failure and stops at a borderline between aerobic and anaerobic zone, would you still consider that to be an interval training ??
Intervals can be structured or unstructured. It's all about varying intensity and duration, so there'a a million different things you can do with them.
But the majority of interval training isn't "max training" in the first place. Maybe that's why you guys are so confused.
When you start asserting that intervals should be avoided because intensity should be avoided, well, then you're just not making any sense at all.