Getting fit through indoor cycling
I want to say “short and sweet” tonight, but a more accurate phrase might be “short and sweat”. Lovely stuff. Honestly, this one was about as hard as Emily ever gets. Those intervals are no fun, and the final 6 minutes are a killer. Today I think I struggled more in the second set of … Read more
Easy does it was the name of the game this afternoon. But why does it always feel knackering, even on an active recovery ride? Sure, the heart rate might be better than it used to be, hovering as it did around the 120bpm range, but I still very much had my sweat on. And coming … Read more
How about pulling the muscle in the back of your thigh whilst getting up from your office chair to go get dressed for the bike? Well that’s how I started my ride today. What an absolute lemon. But yet again, as I have been exceedingly lucky with at the moment, this pain didn’t seem to … Read more
It’s taken me several days to get my legs back in good running order since my first attempt at Zwift running. I realise now that my initial calibration was simply too fast for my ability. It should be said that in a similar vein to the way Zwift cycling clearly expects you to be beyond … Read more
My wife’s treadmill arrived this morning. And then at dinner time, the Zwift Runpod got dropped off, too. Here’s a laugh: The treadmill weighed 88kg in the box. The runpod, a whopping 0.05kg. Guess which one cost £7.99 delivery, and which one cost £6.95? Yes, that’s right, this little orange widget was the higher priced … Read more