We sent Conor into the pain cave to find the very hardest workouts the ROUVY training platform has to offer. From VO2 max intervals designed by Lidl-Trek coaches to race-winning attack simulations from Jonas Vingegaard, these sessions are designed to push you to your absolute limit. The question is: which workout eventually proved to be the toughest?
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β±οΈ Timestamps β±οΈ
00:00 – Intro
01:16 – Sepp Kuss’s VO2 max session
06:52 – What is ROUVY?
08:18 – The Lidl-Trek lead-out special
11:29 – Jonas Vingegaard’s attack simulation
16:13 – The ultimate VO2 max test
20:26 – Aftermath
21:37 – Which workout is TRULY the hardest?
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24 Comments
Of the four workouts Conor attempted, which one do you think you'd find the hardest?! π«
Wearing clothing makes these workouts harder
Really enjoyable video. I'm using Rouvy myself and have even made my own workouts based on the suggestions from my Garmin watch.
I also been there where I'm just too nackered to finish the workout, so watching this made me feel better about myself and I felt Connor's pain.
I always thought that one could have two intervall sessions per week. But Connor is saying one every week or every second week. That's just the VO2 max sessions I guess? Or does the difficulty of the session matter as well? I know Rouvy operates with Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty on workouts.
Could anyone give me a pointer as to what I should be doing during a week or two?
My Garmin gives me a lot of zone 1 and 2 ride on week days as well as a threshold and sprint session. On the weekend it's 2 zone 2 sessions where one is a 3 hour ride.
Connor is mt favorite GCN presenter.
The VO2 max reps are the ones that break me. I almost never get through one of those completely or without breaking down somewhere like my stomach.
That looks tuff! Do you use ERG mode?
What did we learn from this? Rouvy is a great platform and Conor needs a bigger shed, way too much gubbins…
The long winded title of that book of excuses needs changing to REG, Random Excuse Generator which we fire up on Kirkby Lonsdale Cycling Club rides. We add new excuses to it regularly as folks come up with ever creative reasons to not ride or perform below par π
If you guys don't already have an actual Big Book of Cycling Excuses for sale in the shop, I suspect that you're missing a wonderful profit opportunity
lots and lots of bikes and gubbins in that amazing cave…
Wonderful job
Hunk challenge for sure )
Iβve tried Zwift and Rouvy and they both have good and bad points. I went with Rouvy because it was cheaper. I love it for the graphics if Iβm honest but foe gameplay Zwift has the edge
I love Rouvy, been on it for about a year now and I think it's far superior to any other cycling app out there. Did Zwift for about 3 years before that and while it was ok, I much prefer the feeling of riding real roads, iconic roads that I'll probably never get a chance to ride in real life. I had to laugh though that you did a workout where you're supposed to attack like Ving. He attacks? The last time I saw him attack was about three years ago when he won Le Tour. He sits on wheels these days, mostly Pog's until Pog attacks, then he sits on Remco's wheel.
Conor, what a mighty effort. Chapeau!! Best of luck at the Hill Climb champs.
Finalley a Rouvy video!!!! I like so much more Rouvy and FulGaz than Zwift. For me zwift is not real. We need a Rouvy vs Fulgaz comparaison video.
I've been riding on Rouvy for three years now and I like it. When will GCN host a social ride on Rouvy? I'm waiting for it.
Rouvy subscriber. I love the platform, I ride in front of my 32 inch (~81 cm) ultrawide monitor on the sit/stand desk. Most fun I have had on Rouvy this year: riding the first TT stage of the TdF and then comparing my time to that of the pros. I think the lantern rouge beat me by almost 7 minutes, but it was so much more fun to watch it later knowing the route.
I've only heard about Rouvy today via your short Conor. I've been using zwift for 10 months so keen to understand people's opinions of one versus rhe other
I like riding iconic climbing rides with around 20 virtual partners in a doable W/Kg range. Alpe Huez , Tourmalet, Stelvio and the like.
ππ»nice video Conner! Do you have a recommendation Rouvy vs Zwift? Is there a GCN video how to do a set up in my home?
Great vid Conor. Seriously doing it hard without the waffle.
I started my indoor cycling journey on Rouvy, and never left. For the great stuff like this they have on there. And the fact that it gives back some of the feel of riding a real road, as opposed to staring at something made up.
I would love to see more Rouvy content. I have been riding Rouvy for about 4 years and it just keeps getting better! I wear my GCN kit on the regular which I received after finishing the Three Hill Hell challenge. More GCN Rouvy challenges please!!!
Rouvy rocks π€