Table 1.

Frequency of encouragement delivery from the Personal Trainer across endurance and sprint tasks

Time	Motivational feedback
Encouragement endurance
Start 5 min 7 min 30 s 10 min 17 min 30 s 19 min 50 s (count down last 3 s) 20 min (finish)	Motivation (ie, ‘you can do it, keep going, you’re doing great, you’re nearly finished’, etc)Positive reinforcement (ie, ‘good riding technique, pace, power, speed, breathing’, etc)
Encouragement sprint
Start 15 s (half way) 10 s (count down last 3 s) 5 s 3 s 1 s 30 s (finish)	Motivation (ie, ‘you can do it, keep going, you’re doing great, you’re nearly finished’, etc)Positive reinforcement (ie, ‘good riding technique, pace, power, speed, breathing’, etc)