# Home trainer vs. road

**URL:** <https://forum.intervals.icu/t/home-trainer-vs-road/121664>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [7 February 2026 01:20 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/home-trainer-vs-road/121664 "2026-02-07T01:20:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Jorge\_Xavier](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/ricardo_jorge_xavier/32/73236_2.png) [@Ricardo\_Jorge\_Xavier](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/Ricardo_Jorge_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2026 01:20 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/home-trainer-vs-road/121664/1 "2026-02-07T01:20:19Z")

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Why the load of work CTL for home training is much less than for outdoor? Dont make sense

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**Author:** ![app4g](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/app4g/32/41800_2.png) [@app4g](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/app4g)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2026 04:47 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/home-trainer-vs-road/121664/2 "2026-02-07T04:47:47Z")

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Indoor vs Outdoor has different FTP settings (not sure if they default to being the same or otherwise)

take a look