Getting fit through indoor cycling
I’ve had a week of outdoor rides with interactions with idiot motorists. I’ve written about both and kinda don’t want to bang on about it again today. But I did have three more incidents on today’s ride, two within 5 minutes of each other with people pulling out in front of me … how they … Read more
Ahead of the forthcoming FTP test I wanted to get some indication of how I’m doing at the current 245w figure. I’ve been thinking that’s on the high side, but was keen to understand whether or not I could actually hold that power for a prolonged period of time. Spoiler alert: yes. But it wasn’t … Read more
Taking it easy today, hence the title. After Friday I figured I better be a bit more sensible. With it being very wet out I opted for an indoor ride – good for keeping me in control – and an endurance ride at that. For the vast majority of this one I played a game … Read more
Oh wow. I don’t know if it’s just that I haven’t done anything on the turbo in a while, or whether my FTP setting is perhaps a little too high. But oof, this one was a struggle. I think I’ve said this before about SST – post crash I’m convinced it’s wrong (on the high … Read more
Not really sure of the purpose of this workout, but as best I am aware it’s Day 3 of Week 6 of Zwift’s 12 Week FTP Builder series. There’s two repeats of 1 min at (I’m guessing) 95% FTP, and then 4 minutes of ~70% FTP. The sums don’t quite work out, but that’s the … Read more