wow.... just.... wow

Where is the workout coming from?

For me say a Spinnerval  DVD gearing is to hard so I adjust it down to make it doable for me within the zone it should be. It may be the case for you. 

I'm not out of bike shape or slow either just adjust it so it works for you. Goal is not to do the gears necessarily but do the workout as intended. 

kevmk81 - 2008-01-30 5:34 PM Ok, am I the only person that does terrible at this type of session? I am a bit disappointed in how I did! I finished (at least tried to finish) the following: "Start in big ring, easiest gear. Spend 3' in each gear gradually working your way to hardest gear (total 27'). Leaving it in big ring, hardest gear, do a 10' TT. Go small ring, middle gear for 5' spinning smoothly. Go back to big ring, hardest gear, and do another 10' TT. Gradually work your back to your easiest gear by 1' for cool-down." My question is, is anybody else not able to even do a 10' TT in the hardest gear due to legs burning too much? I was able to do two 10 minute time trials, but it was in the 6th gear (of a 9 speed). Or do I just suck?

Hi Kev

You are doing the workout right. It's not supposed to be easy  - the idea is to keep working on it - you'll get further down the gears the more fit you get. You'll see next time you try it. This time of year, unless you are used to these type of workouts, it's tough. The purpose of the workout is to challenge you. If you make every set of every workout, I would say your training is too easy.

You don't suck at all - but use this workout as a baseline and come back and try it again in a month or so and see how you compare. This is why we train - to challenge ourselves and to push ourselves further than we think we can.

Good luck!

I've done similar on a spinervals, and the like.  They are meant to suck.  The few others I've done, spinervals not withstanding, have said to generally adjust the gearing down to something a bit more manageable.