Indoor/steady state and erg mode. Even erg mode intervals…

after a crash with injuries - collar bone and some bruised ribs - and having my bike in the shop, which fits on my standard trainer. I was left with a my sons zwift hub w/electronic shifting, which I couldn’t get to work with my IPhone…

I did a month of erg mode training. Even used -eek- canned zwift training programs.

Went out yesterday day, about my 4th time on the bike, and set my 90k 2nd best - while in Z2, buy RPE and the conversation test… I was not going hard…and here is the biggie, my average cadence was up about 10 RPM+++. I typically grind at 82, I often found myself spinning in the 90’s.

I think the keys were - my easy days were actually easy. Forced to keep my power low and steady. Higher cadence works better in erg mode. And my long intervals, mostly Z3, were dead nuts steady and at high cadence.

I know everyone is different and responds differently to efforts - I had been stuck for the better part of three years. This may be a solid tool in the toolbox for me.