Fitness
Recovery Ride (Cycling)
A recovery ride is very easy cycling—high cadence, low power—that flushes legs between hard sessions without adding meaningful training stress.
A recovery ride is very easy cycling—often zone 1 heart rate or under roughly 55% of FTP—with high cadence and low torque. It promotes blood flow between hard days without adding load.
Keep duration short to moderate; resist racing town-line sprints. Skip recovery spins when illness or deep fatigue is present.
Common questions
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How easy is easy enough?
You should finish fresher than you started—if breathing is labored or legs feel heavier, you rode too hard.
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Thirty minutes or two hours?
Thirty to sixty minutes often suffices; very long easy spins still accumulate fatigue if you are depleted.
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