The opposite of heat training? Jonas Abrahamsen training with -22.7(!) degrees
Heat training is everywhere right now. Riders talk about it, teams build blocks around it, and the same clips keep popping up online: get hot, adapt, race better. But a video of Jonas Abrahamsen on social media showed something very different today.
The Norwegian showed himself training in a brutal -22.7°C, a reminder that cycling’s hardest men do not always follow the script.
And with Abrahamsen, that checks out, because we already knew he is the kind of rider who leans into discomfort rather than away from it.
Recently Domestiquespoke with Abrahamsen on his unique stage win in the 2025 Tour de France. Three weeks before this win, he left the Belgium Tour with a fractured collarbone. For most riders, that is where the Grand Départ ends.
But Abrahamsen flew to Manchester, asked a specialist for a definitive yes or no, and set about turning yes into reality. “It was nice to have a specialist saying you are good to go or not,” he said. “Not just about myself but also my teammates and for riders in the peloton to be safe.” He got on the turbo the following day.
“The day after I was on a home trainer; five, six days after I was outside on the road,” he said. “They all could not understand that.” His coach told him it was impossible. Thor Hushovd teased him that it could not be done. He took those words, turned them into fuel and the rest is history.
In a peloton obsessed with controlled heat blocks and lab style gains, Abrahamsen still seems happiest doing it the old way: leaning into whatever hurts most.
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