Subject: RE: easy spin/recovery ride vs pure rest day between hard days Shanks - 2011-07-14 2:43 PM You only mention cycling... are you swimming or running AT ALL? Because those workouts will also play a factor for the in between bike days.
Let's assume you're only biking. I would toss in a 30-45min recovery spin on Wed and Sat. Helps flush the legs a bit between the 2 harder days and gets the legs woken up for the longer ride on Sunday.
However if you are swimming/running then I think a full schedule over look would be needed, not just a focus on a single sport.
Shanks I apologize for not making that very clear. I run on non-cycling days, so mon/wed/sat. Swims are sporadic usually wed (lunch) and early sat am, as often as I can get them in, but not in brick style. So my main question, for days that I run in the am, would a late night easy spin with very little resistance for minimal time, ex 20min help with recovery/performance for next day or does that fall in the junk miles category that people talk about. If that makes sense. I would not be using this in place of another workout, as it would not feel like a work out but a leg loosener like evB4 mentioned. Sorry for the confusion. My days are all mixed up cause I just switched days around to train with some stronger riders to try to get faster. Edited by bgeyeguy 2011-07-14 3:22 PM
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