Controlling Intensity of Workouts

General Discussion
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I’m old and not into intense workouts. I’m trying to do the Challenges like Sprinting, Endurance and Attacking. I want the 1000xp from these challenges. When I choose Workout and then a route…. The intensity (Watts during the intervals) is way higher than I’m comfortable with. Today I quickly hit the spiral of death.

Do I have any control over the Watts targets?

Does “Trainer Difficulty” have any impact on this?

For greater complexity… I’m riding a true single speed on Snap. So I have no gearing. When climbing gets tough… I sometimes decrease trainer difficulty.

Thank you.

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Trainer Difficulty only affects simulation mode, so it does not change workout power targets.

The two things you can do are lower your FTP on your in-game profile, and use the FTP bias adjustments during workouts to lower the intensity.

See the options in this support document to control the intensity of your workout:

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Wow! Thanks I had no idea. I can make those ideas work for me. Much appreciated.

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