Getting fit through indoor cycling
With the choices being an indoor ride on Zwift doing one of the active recovery sessions via the FTP Builder program, or heading outdoors for something a little less structured but – potentially – more enjoyable, I opted for the latter and went for a jolly round Elswick and Great Ecclestone. If anything I probably … Read more
No doubt about it, I struggled big time with today’s SST session. In hindsight I kinda knew I would, before hand. My day didn’t quite go to plan, and with the kids in what, week 11 of the lock down, I’d hit my stress limit by 4pm and decided a fairly intense bike ride was … Read more
Every week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here. This week consisted of 5 days of riding. This is the fourth straight week … Read more
Woah nelly, did I misjudge this one. It started out as a pretty straightforward ride. But that climb up Mellor Brow was absolutely no joke. It’s really unfortunate that I didn’t get a video of it, as it is pretty hard to describe with words. When at the bottom I was almost going to try … Read more
This afternoon I managed to get in both an outdoor and indoor ride, coming to a combined total of about 1h 35m, covering ~50km. Unfortunately I only had about 5 hours sleep last night, so I’m knackered right now. This one’s going to be short as a result. I started off outdoors. The reasoning for … Read more