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A Date With The Devil, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Ben Millar

Workout library · Stimulus

Neuromuscular cycling workouts

Maximal, explosive efforts that train the nervous system and the top of the curve.

The Workouts

The Workouts

Every Neuromuscular workout in the library

Every Neuromuscular workout in the library

Every Neuromuscular workout in the library

A Date With The Devil, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Ben Millar
A Date With The Devil power profile: 120 minutes, high intensity, RPE 10

Ben Millar | Joe Staunton

A Date With The Devil

120 min

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High intensity

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RPE 10

W' - 6 sets of 4 x 20/10s, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Team AMANI
W' - 6 sets of 4 x 20/10s power profile: 169 minutes, high intensity, RPE 10

Team AMANI

W' - 6 sets of 4 x 20/10s

169 min

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High intensity

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RPE 10

Killian O'Brien
Fresh and Fatigued Torque power profile: 162 minutes, medium intensity, RPE 6

Killian O'Brien

Fresh and Fatigued Torque

162 min

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Medium intensity

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RPE 6

The Grind, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Thanh Vo
The Grind power profile: 135 minutes, high intensity, RPE 7

Thanh Vo

The Grind

135 min

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High intensity

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RPE 7

Sprint Power - Max Efforts, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Michał Pustuła
Sprint Power - Max Efforts power profile: 60 minutes, high intensity, RPE 10

Michał Pustuła | MPCC

Sprint Power - Max Efforts

60 min

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High intensity

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RPE 10

Andy Turner
Vekta Workout

Andy Turner | ATP Performance

Over The Top Attacks

89 min

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High intensity

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RPE 9

Neuromuscular Repeats, a Neuromuscular cycling workout from Decathlon CMA CGM Team
Neuromuscular Repeats power profile: 180 minutes, medium intensity, RPE 7

Decathlon CMA CGM Team

Neuromuscular Repeats

180 min

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Medium intensity

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RPE 7

The stimulus

Neuromuscular, explained

What it is

Very short efforts, five to sixty seconds, at 180% of critical power and above, with full recovery between them. Sprints, standing starts, torque efforts and short hill attacks live here. In Vekta's classification anything above 180% of CP is neuromuscular.

Why it matters

Why it matters

Peak power, Pmax, is one of the three numbers in the performance model, and it is the one most riders never train. It decides who wins the sprint, who makes the split when the road kicks, and it feeds the whole power curve: a higher top end makes every effort below it feel easier.

If you ride it

If you ride it

Quality over quantity. These are the only intervals where you should stop the set as soon as power drops, because the point is the maximum, not the fatigue. They are best placed early in the week or before a hard session, never after a long ride.

If you coach it

If you coach it

Track Pmax and the five-second peak over a block; both should move within weeks. Recovery between efforts is the lever: cut it and the session becomes anaerobic capacity work, which is a different adaptation.

In Vekta

In Vekta

The AI Workout Builder handles the nested structure, and the head unit shows the targets. Afterwards the peaks tab flags the best efforts, and the trophy view shows whether the session produced an all-time or eight-week best.

Common questions

How long should recovery be between sprints?

Should sprints be seated or standing?

Do neuromuscular sessions build endurance?

Go deeper

What Is Torque Training in Cycling? John Wakefield Explains

W Prime - Your Battery Above Critical Power

The stimulus

Neuromuscular, explained

What it is

Very short efforts, five to sixty seconds, at 180% of critical power and above, with full recovery between them. Sprints, standing starts, torque efforts and short hill attacks live here. In Vekta's classification anything above 180% of CP is neuromuscular.

Why it matters

Peak power, Pmax, is one of the three numbers in the performance model, and it is the one most riders never train. It decides who wins the sprint, who makes the split when the road kicks, and it feeds the whole power curve: a higher top end makes every effort below it feel easier.

If you ride it

Quality over quantity. These are the only intervals where you should stop the set as soon as power drops, because the point is the maximum, not the fatigue. They are best placed early in the week or before a hard session, never after a long ride.

If you coach it

Track Pmax and the five-second peak over a block; both should move within weeks. Recovery between efforts is the lever: cut it and the session becomes anaerobic capacity work, which is a different adaptation.

In Vekta

The AI Workout Builder handles the nested structure, and the head unit shows the targets. Afterwards the peaks tab flags the best efforts, and the trophy view shows whether the session produced an all-time or eight-week best.

Common questions

How long should recovery be between sprints?

Should sprints be seated or standing?

Do neuromuscular sessions build endurance?

Go deeper

What Is Torque Training in Cycling? John Wakefield Explains

W Prime - Your Battery Above Critical Power

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