Getting fit through indoor cycling
For tonight’s ride I opted for RGT Cycling’s Borrego Springs route, which is one I have tried to ride before, but last time suffered from a rather odd bug. There were no issues (at least, with the ride itself) tonight. As the picture above describes, this is a largely flat route, in a standard rectangular … Read more
In my mind, bagels are delicious breakfast muffin type thing, packed full of stuff that’s largely bad for you: Philadelphia cheese, a bit of ham, maybe a few salad leaves, and whatever else looks interesting on the breakfast buffet. Or, in other words, I have never bought my own bagels when at home, but if … Read more
For this afternoon’s ride I took on the 10-12wk FTP Builder Week 8 Day 3 ride. This was effectively a recovery ride – all blue zone stuff. The intervals here were: 6x 130w for 6 minutes 6x 100w for 2 minutes As has become routine for me on these rides now, my aim was to … Read more
Tonight’s ride was all about Emily’s Short Mix. With only forty minutes, give or take, to get some exercise, I’m not aware of a better bang for buck than 30 minutes with Emily. Although I’ve ridden three times this week, I’ve only managed 59km (including this ride). Considering the “burn” I felt in the tops … Read more
I’m starting off in an unorthadox fashion for this write up, as the timeline graph is by far and away the most interesting thing about this ride. Essentially this is 12 repeats of 30 seconds @ 410w, with decreasing rest periods between each interval. Mercifully, the rest intervals are at 100w. In a bid to … Read more