Why weekly strength endurance cycling sessions?

Why does the AI coach prescribe weekly strength endurance sessions, and is it possible to tell the coach to drastically reduce the amount of them or get rid of them altogether? From what I’ve read and listened to low cadence work is pretty divisive in the cycling world with not a lot of studies showing that it’s a clear benefit that everyone should absolutely be doing. On top of this it absolutely adds more stress to your knees and for someone who has had knee pain off and on from riding I don’t see how low cadence work is worth the risk? Feels like the time would be better spent in the gym doing squats and leg extensions instead of low cadence work?

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I totally agree and wrote something similar in the past: from a practical point of view, when low cadence is prescribed, I just ignore it and do the same interval at race power and preferred cadence. Or use the wizard…