Zwift Academy Road: Workout 4 | Anaerobic Resilience

For tonight’s ride I continued on with the Zwift Academy 2020 series, this time with workout 4 – taken as a group ride – and covering Anaerobic Resilience. I’m sure you know exactly what this means, as did I, so I won’t bother explaining. Arf. Anaerobic power is what you need for short explosive efforts … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: Workout 3 | VO2 Capacity

After work this afternoon I started my week’s riding with Zwift Academy Road: Workout 3 | VO2 Capacity, my fourth Zwift Academy 2020 ride, and I would say it ranks up there in second spot in terms of difficulty. I’d put the first workout in the top spot in terms of difficulty (again, so far) … Read more

Zwift Academy Road Group Ride: 1.7 – 2.2 w/kg

By way of recovery, this morning I took part in the Zwift Academy Road Group Ride: 1.7 – 2.2 w/kg ride. There were two rides, this was the easier – I think the other was at 2.3-2.9w/kg? I’m not sure if the other ride was on the same course. I didn’t check, nor really have … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: Workout 2 | Sprint Profile

What better way to spend your dinner hour than with a Zwift Academy workout? And in particular, the second workout in the ZA 2020 series, today focusing on improving my sprint profile. Well, a better way would probably have been to slouch on the sofa and watch the latest episode of Bake Off but I … Read more

Zwift Academy 2020 Road: Workout 1 | Aerobic Power

This morning I finally got started with Zwift Academy 2020. Alas, not without issue. In traditional Zwift fashion I ended up missing the group ride due to application crashes, and then not being able to rejoin. Frustrating though that is / was, it didn’t stop me from completing the workout – as by this point … Read more