How do you guys plan your indoor rides?

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I’ve been trying to get a bit more consistent with my indoor riding, but I keep changing what I do each week. Some days I’ll just ride easy, and other days I’ll pick a harder workout depending on how I’m feeling. Curious how everyone else does it. Do you usually follow a training plan, or just choose a workout when you get on the bike?

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:waving_hand: @lisa01 For me, since I’m not training for an event, I ride for two reasons: to work on fitness such as better climbing stamina and then to complete badges such as all of the Sufferfest videos or all On Location. The Plans menu is a great place to start a routine then you can supplement from there.

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I plan my rides out about a week in advance depending on my goals and what prof the year we are in. For indoor workouts during the winter I use the Wahoo App calendar to plan my workouts. I typically do 2 hard workouts during the week and longer workouts on the weekends.

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I usually do an All Purpose plan. Sometimes I’ll select building blocks or Go Beyond FTP plans for something different. I usually like to plan 12 weeks at a time and move things around as needed for life events and so on. This means each morning after rising I don’t have to think, just jump on the trainer and do what’s next. I also enjoy fitting in the monthly challenges, so that means replacing or moving some previously planned workouts. All in all this works for me, providing a fair amount of variety, and keeping me fit enough to ride outside sometimes during summer, or when my spouse and I travel for a cycling vacation. Before some of those trips, I’ll often do a mountain fondo plan, as we usually plant cycling trips with a lot of climbing.

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So I ride a lot outdoors - 190 miles a week commuting, outdoor weekend rides in good weather.

So, my indoor rides are weekends in the winter and whenever I can fit them in, no plan.

Basically my approach is to target my 4DP weakness. I spent a lot of time doing MAP workouts (9 hammers on repeat), and now I’m hitting all the AC stuff.

So I’ll just go into the library, pick the 4DP focus I want, then just filter for time, and pick one that looks interesting.

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