DRAwpt said:Does an easy ride affect the rate of TSB increase? Positively (as a recovery ride should, by convention), or negatively?
OK, so I guess I want to know if doing a recovery ride will increase my TSB more quickly than simply resting, according to the Cycling Peaks algorithm. Does anybody have any references to a studies that show the efficacy of recovery workouts?shawndoggy said:Sure. A recovery ride is going to have a low TSS, which will bring down your ATL. Your ATL drops significantly more quickly than your CTL, in turn resulting in a positive TSB.
Based on info straight from my Cycling Peaks software, I gained 7 TSB points from a one hour recovery ride, and 8.8 points on my day off. This was info from earlier this week.DRAwpt said:OK, so I guess I want to know if doing a recovery ride will increase my TSB more quickly than simply resting, according to the Cycling Peaks algorithm. Does anybody have any references to a studies that show the efficacy of recovery workouts?
And also what it models - 'freshness/fitness', not performance. - TFSpeedskater said:It´s quite simple: TSB is CTL minus ATL. By doing a recovery ride, you alway increase the ATL in comparison to a day completely off, therefor TSB rises more slowly - in the performance manager.
In real life, it strongly depends on the circumstances what is more beneficial, but in most cases, a short recovery ride will be better. This is one of the points when one has to remind oneself that the performace manager is only a mathematical model and has some caveats.
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