Getting fit through indoor cycling
Today’s ride was deliberately split into two distinct sections. The idea was to spend the first half just meandering around, checking out some areas of Preston I’ve lived around all my life but never been down before. This involved quite a lot of stop / start, be it at junctions, or those annoying turnstiles designed … Read more
Oh my days. An hour on Zwift, doing the FTP builder active recovery session (9 minutes on, 1 minute off, repeat 5x) with a banging headache, after having spent all day in the same room at the same computer. Yeah. It sucked. Couple this with my least favourite bib shorts. The ones that I’ve had … Read more
Turn around when possible. Good Lord almighty. Tonight was a series of wrong turns. Some were my fault. I find the Garmin sat nav a bit fiddly, and with sunglasses on and traffic passing by, I sometimes miss a road or two. But worse is when I get to the turn and its shut for … Read more
Wednesday night and not yet done a ride this week? Laziness. My plan tonight was to either get started with the Zwift Academy, or do a ramp test. But I’d made quite the boob. The Zwift Academy doesn’t start until October. Whoops. And as it was a nice (enough) night outside, I figured I might … 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 two indoor rides, one of which turned … Read more