What Are Junk Miles and Are They Ruining Your Training? The Science

Junk miles are time spent training that is either a waste of your time or even worse, actively making you slower. Is there an intensity or type of training that can be considered junk miles and is riding like this hurting your progress? I dive into the science to try to come up with an answer. Polarized training videos: https://youtu.be/Ju3McjlSoAg https://youtu.be/yZnrf_Nwvpk Support my work on Patreon and get access to weekly Q&As: https://www.patreon.com/dylanjawnson Interested in coaching? Click here: https://www.ignitioncoachco.com/coach-pros Training plans are available on Trainingpeaks and Today's Plan: https://www.dylanjohnsontraining.com/training-plans WWBHDD? T-shirts and stickers: https://teespring.com/stores/dylans-store-14 Get 15% of Silca products including the lubes discussed in this video when you use the code "dylan" at checkout: https://silca.cc/ Jukebox: https://www.jukeboxprint.com/ Factor Bikes: https://factorbikes.com/ Flow Formulas Nutrition: https://flowformulas.com/collections/all Bikenetic Bike Shop: https://www.bikenetic.com/ Starlight Apparel: https://www.starlightapparel.com/ Kask Helmets: https://www.kask.com/ Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Strava for more content: Instagram: @dylanjawnson Twitter: @djdylansjohnson Facebook: Dylan Johnson Cycling Coach Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/207526 Studies used in this video: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/9/2/article-p332.xml https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00652.2012 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6873141/ https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2007/08000/Autonomic_Recovery_after_Exercise_in_Trained.20.aspx https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2015/12000/Current_Scientific_Evidence_for_a_Polarized.34.aspx https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/13/9/article-p1114.xml https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2015.00295/full