Getting fit through indoor cycling
Tuesday means kicking off the riding week with a Sweet Spot Training (SST) session. It doesn’t seem to matter that I have a reduced FTP at the moment, as these sessions always feel hard no matter what targets I have to hit. By the fourth interval I am more than ready for it to be … 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. Back to normal this week with the planned rides going ahead, albeit with a … Read more
Having missed last week’s Stage 2 race, today was my first time racing in over two weeks and, knowing ahead of time this would be 5 times up the Mech Isle Climb, I can’t say I was overly thrilled at the prospect. I got on early enough, getting in a ~10 minute very easy warm … Read more
If the weather forecast is to be believed, it’s raining now solidly until this time next week. In fact, Saturday is predicted to be something of a flood. So, rather than miss out on an outdoor ride this week, I picked the last day with the sun still shining to take my riding outdoors. But … Read more
The week continues on with the regular base builder session today. I managed to bring some work with me, and by the time I looked up I was just about to tick over the fourth of five intervals. Not bad going really, as they aren’t the most physically interesting things to ride through. Even though … Read more