Getting fit through indoor cycling
Good news. A bike ride where I neither got wet, nor nearly killed. Ahh, how I have missed the turbo trainer. No. Genuinely. I think it massively helps that Zwift has noticeably improved in my absence. Whilst fundamentally still the same, there were several areas I could tell some dev effort had been spent. There’s … 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