# Blender first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Plans\ **Created:** [October 8, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684 "2023-10-08T18:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adiallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@adiallo](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/adiallo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/1 "2023-10-08T18:18:53Z")
Week 2 of my training plan ended with an intro to the Blender workout. Ouch. I completed it but skipped one 40x20 interval, did two of the time trial intervals at 3min vs 4 and stopped pedaling for recovery intervals. (The relative effort on Strava was 155 so I don’t feel like I was slacking. 😉) What was the first time like for you? ---
**Author:** ![pkdaylu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/pkdaylu/32/16232_2.png) [@pkdaylu](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/pkdaylu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/2 "2023-10-08T22:04:18Z")
My first time trying Blender back in 2020, resulted in me pausing halfway through the third set of pain shakes and skipping to the cool down. I had only been in Sufferlandria for about three months at the time and it really felt like I’d been defeated. About six months later I tried again and got through it by backing down to about 80% during that last set of pain shakes and for the rest of the routine. Since then I’ve managed to do it at 100% four more times, but it’s still one of the toughest! ---
**Author:** ![rinaf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/rinaf/32/13419_2.png) [@rinaf](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/rinaf)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/3 "2023-10-09T14:10:38Z")
Does this tell you how it was? All those lines dropping below the target power showed what a mess it was, I had zero stamina. 😂 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/2/6/260f8e00988a05ea61efa56be1b09275042658ae.png) But I love seeing that, because then I can compare it to 2 years later (having done it 4 times in between, but one of those I bailed on with 30 minutes to go) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/1/3/138f74e11fc610e24d7284671f2791e13afd6229.png) ---
**Author:** ![adiallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@adiallo](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/adiallo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/4 "2023-10-09T15:47:45Z")
Great progress! Thanks for sharing that. Here’s mine. Our numbers are pretty close except for cadence, since I coasted on the recovery intervals. ![Screen Shot 2023-10-09 at 11.41.37 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/9/8/982a50a6b55e73b39539540e3c995b33db89a0a8.png) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Q](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/steve_q/32/2318_2.png) [@Steve\_Q](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Steve_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/5 "2023-10-09T22:59:46Z")
“True Confessions of a Blender Virgin” coming this fall on Netflicks! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Dafydd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/dafydd/32/7558_2.png) [@Dafydd](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Dafydd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/6 "2023-10-20T21:32:58Z")
First attempt, needed a couple of breathers, but otherwise not too bad.🕶 ![IMG_0069](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/d/f/df69de96b855e4b4c5435c0a191080a7e65e8ce4.jpeg) Second attempt ……… and promptly brought crashing back down to earth! 🥵🥵 A recent half monty saw a big jump in my numbers from a previous FF. Bailed on the first set of pain shakes and skipped the rest completely. Welcome to the Sufferfest! 😈 ---
**Author:** ![emacdoug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/emacdoug/32/15557_2.png) [@emacdoug](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/emacdoug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/7 "2023-10-20T22:14:11Z")
Based on those dates it looks like you need a new visit to Blender. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dafydd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/dafydd/32/7558_2.png) [@Dafydd](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Dafydd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/blender-first-time/23684/8 "2023-10-20T22:27:15Z")
Thought I’d done it fairly recently, but last done March 22 😳 Had been planning Tool Shed as a wee warm up before National SUF day but it looks like it’s got to be Blender 😂