So you want to train properly but you also want to maintain a social life, let's be honest riding with others if fun. The problem is that a group ride is almost always less structured. Does that make it less effective? Today I dive into the science to try to see if I can come up with an answer.
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Research quoted in this video:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/CIA.S25337
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jsep/34/2/article-p252.xml
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46403553_What_is_Best_Practice_for_Training_Intensity_and_Duration_Distribution_in_Endurance_Athletes
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00652.2012
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2007/08000/Autonomic_Recovery_after_Exercise_in_Trained.20.aspx
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/9/2/article-p265.xml
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2444540/The+Effect+of+Different+High-Intensity.pdf?sequence=2
https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2013/07000/Relationship_Between_the_Talk_Test_and_Ventilatory.24.aspx