Getting fit through indoor cycling
For this afternoon’s ride I had two goals: Ride over 37km Don’t thrash myself As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m now using the FTP Builder rides predominantly as recovery rides, and will use other, harder workouts to push myself towards improving my overall FTP ‘score’. This ride was pretty dull to be fair. I opted for … Read more
For tonight’s ride I opted for something a little different, and if I’m being completely honest, something a little daunting: Sweet Spot Training. Here’s the schedule: For my FTP (198w), I had: 5 minutes at 190w 5 minutes at 175w Rinse and repeat four times. I’d picked this out during the morning, so was aware … Read more
For this afternoon’s ride I carried on with the FTP Builder series, this time riding Week 8 Day 4. I genuinely question whether or not this is actually helping me build up my FTP at this point. The weekly review graphs clearly show these rides are far from taxing. However, they do serve as jolly … Read more
For tonight’s ride I opted for RGT Cycling’s Borrego Springs route, which is one I have tried to ride before, but last time suffered from a rather odd bug. There were no issues (at least, with the ride itself) tonight. As the picture above describes, this is a largely flat route, in a standard rectangular … Read more
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. This previous consisted of two (and a half) higher intensity rides, and two easier / recovery rides. It also saw me gain weight from 11 stone 1lb, to 11 stone 5lb. Not really sure how that … Read more