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Workout
Too Hard?--Dealing With Too Much Work
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Workout Too Hard--Dealing With Too Much
Work
(Introduction)
How do you deal with the situation where you are unable to perform a planned
workout?
It is hard to know precisely ahead of time how much work one can do during a
workout session. Even riders with considerable experience may over or
underestimate their abilities on any given day.
You may have planned a workout but be fatigued due to recent training or
non-training stresses. Training stresses may include recently working harder
than planned or completing a block (several continuous days) of training.
Non-training stresses may include job-related, family, or financial problems.
The workload may also be different than expected. Although controlled
settings—keeping gearing and cadence constant, the tire pressure the same, and
the pinch-roller the same distance/pressure into the rear tire—allow generally
repeatable power loads, sometimes just a small variation can change the power
requirement of a previously determined exercise.
There are generally three approaches:
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Abort
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Tough it out
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Adjust
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