THE HARDEST WORKOUTS IN CYCLING: EVERY ZONE RANKED | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 601

<p>Donate to Hannah’s World Bicycle Relief Fundraiser: <a href="https://beyond-the-summit.raiselysite.com/"><u>https://beyond-the-summit.raiselysite.com/</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>🚀 Try TrainerRoad risk-free! 👉<a href="http://www.trainerroad.com"><u> ⁠</u></a><a href="about:blank"><u>www.TrainerRoad.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>// SHARE AND RATE THE PODCAST!</p><p>iTunes:<a href="https://trainerroad.cc/apple2"> <u>⁠https://trainerroad.cc/apple2⁠</u></a> </p><p>Spotify:<a href="https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2"> <u>⁠</u></a><a href="https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2%E2%81%A0"><u>https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2⁠</u></a></p><p>Google Podcasts:<a href="https://trainerroad.cc/google"> <u>⁠</u></a><a href="https://trainerroad.cc/google%E2%81%A0"><u>https://trainerroad.cc/google⁠</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>// TOPICS COVERED</p><p>(00:00:00) Which Workouts Do Cyclists Struggle With the Most?</p><p>(00:05:01) Life TSS: When to Push Through and When to Back Off</p><p>(00:06:21) Inside the Data: A Filtered Sample of 60,000+ Athletes</p><p>(00:12:35) 85% of AI-Prescribed Workouts Went to Plan (vs Picking Your Own)</p><p>(00:16:33) Why Recovery Rides Go Wrong More Than Endurance Rides</p><p>(00:20:21) The Hardest Workout Type (and Where Over-Unders Really Rank)</p><p>(00:28:08) Why Sweet Spot Workouts Rarely Go Wrong</p><p>(00:30:34) Why Steady Training Weeks Beat Big Spikes</p><p>(00:42:11) Longer Workouts Go Wrong More Often, but Not Equally</p><p>(00:44:29) Race Pacing: Treat Every Climb Like an Interval</p><p>(00:47:46) What Cyclists Actually Do When They Skip a Workout</p><p>(00:57:15) Worlds to Chequamegon in 6 Days: Hannah&#39;s Lesson on the Confidence to Rest</p><p>(01:02:24) Hannah&#39;s Kilimanjaro Record Attempt: Up and Down by Bike in One Day</p><p>(01:14:01) Soldier Hollow World Cup and NICA Racing</p><p><br></p><p>What&#39;s the hardest type of cycling workout? We looked at TrainerRoad data from a filtered sample of over 60,000 athletes and 12 months of planned workouts to find out. Pro cyclist Hannah Otto joins Coach Jonathan to break it down.</p><p>Anaerobic attacks top the list, followed by threshold hard starts and threshold sustained power workouts. Threshold over-unders, the workout everyone loves to hate, landed right in the middle. Sweet spot workouts sat near the bottom, with fewer problems than any threshold, VO2 max, or anaerobic workout. The surprise was recovery rides. They went off track more often than endurance rides. And when athletes swapp