Originally Posted by
Jughed
To clarify my OP - I'm not planning* to train to failure in the future, nor do I think its the correct thing to do on a bike. It's not a pleasant experience.
Weightlifting was powerlifting for me - we trained to failure to force adaptations. And we adapted.
*My refined question - can positive adaptations happen when training on the bike to failure from time to time? Shocking the system of sorts... or are those intervals/efforts just wasted? I'm getting a little bit of both answer off the interwebs...
It might be beneficial, or you might end up injured. It mainly depends on what you consider failure. I don't doubt that you adapted when weightlifting to failure. I've done it myself, but the new and better way of training is to get in more training over time with less recovery and possibility of injury.