Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today’s rides were chalk and cheese. I had a very long, low intensity Zwift workout, and then shortly after I had a bit of a hair raising very short real world ride. More on that below. What I will say is that Zwift’s kilometers are somewhat questionable. I’d honestly never given it a huge amount … Read more
Each 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 riding, with a single indoor ride on Zwift, using … Read more
There’s a lovely ice cream shop “near” my house, and whilst I’ve been many, many times at this point, I have never actually gone beyond the turn off and seen what lies beyond. So today’s bike ride was all about answering that question. Now it turns out that there’s actually not a right lot after. … Read more
Stress. It’s the bane of my existence. Almost always work related. Never feeling like I’ve done enough, and rarely being satisfied with the results of my efforts. And so with those black thoughts in mind, I decided a nice bike ride would, or at the very least, could (potentially) relieve some pent up frustration. Completely … Read more
A day at the computer led to the headache of the year, and the thought of another half an hour or so in the same room, staring at Zwift wasn’t an appealing prospect. And with the alternative being skipping a ride altogether, I decided to head outside, into the wind. Yesterday I struggled along at … Read more