How do I stop mashing???

[Ana]

I've found the one legged drills to help - and with those, practice does make perfect. You'll have your "AH-HA!" moment, I promise. Do prop your other foot on the trainer or part of your bike so that you have some counterbalance, though. And, this will sound weird, but make sure to engage your core, especially on the upstroke.

I do not have a cadence on my bike computer (but have been considering it). Now I remember why my other leg was clipped in during the drills: because when I was on the trainer, my dangling leg put a LOT of pressure on my sit bones! That lasted like 2 seconds....

Maybe you're meant to be a masher.

Maybe I can be a reformed masher

I will keep doing cadence drills until my "AHA" moment I always try to engage my core but it is so weird because there's nothing else like it