Originally Posted by h2o_polo_boi
Intervals, Intervals, Intervals, Intervals
I always hear that but I never knew what that meant. I coach competitive swimming so I can imagine it being something like sets and repetitions. But how would you go about that on a bike?
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Intervals are workouts alternating high intensity, with low intensity (or rest). It helps you build the ability to go hard, for sprinting, exiting corners in criteriums, bridging gaps, breaking away... You'll get all manner of specific definitions of "intervals"... and it depends on your goals the type (or types) of intervals you chose to do.
I'm sure swimming has it's own version, perhaps with a different name. Hard lap, easy lap, hard lap, easy lap ....