I’m currently doing the GPP/Hypertrophy template and using the Airdyne for my cardio. I am in week 4 and had a question on the HIIT sprints.
On the first 30 second sprint, I start out around 500 watts. After 10 seconds, I see can see the wattage drop ~20%.
Subsequent sprints follow a similar pattern, but start out 10-20% slower than the first sprint.
By the end, I am hitting around 425-375 watts.
I am not even doing the full 10 sprints (stopping at 8). Maybe I should be doing more (DTFP), but my quads are dying after the first couple and I was previously coming from 0 cardio (outside NEAT and shorter rest periods).
Is what I am seeing in my sprints normal? That’s something I’ve always struggled with when incorporating cardio is I feel like I never see any progress so I don’t know how much it’s actually helping (vs. impacting recovery – not saying “overtrained”, just if it’s good stress).