Getting fit through indoor cycling
No doubt about it, I struggled big time with today’s SST session. In hindsight I kinda knew I would, before hand. My day didn’t quite go to plan, and with the kids in what, week 11 of the lock down, I’d hit my stress limit by 4pm and decided a fairly intense bike ride was … Read more
The weather outside has reverted to the Northern mean. Rain a-plenty as I pedalled away indoors, though there was possibly even more water on the ground next to my bike after this ride than remained on the floor after the intermittent rain showers. It’s crazy how much I sweat indoors. And of course, today I … Read more
For this evening’s ride I took on another SST session. The difference being that today’s session was completed indoors on the turbo, versus yesterday which was outdoors on the open road. Right off the bat I will say I found this session harder in so much as there was no slacking off. No coasting. No … Read more
This afternoon’s ride was a chilled out hour on the bike. Nothing strenuous at all. I opted for the 10-12wk FTP Builder Week 8 Day 3 ride, which is 6 repeats of 6 minutes at 140w, with 2 minute gaps between at 110w. For this one I (wrongly) dropped my FTP back down on Zwift … Read more
For this afternoon’s ride I opted for an SST session, hitting Yorkshire’s Tour of Tewit Well route. The big “mistake” as such I made on this one was to go at too high a cadence. For whatever reason I couldn’t seem to stop myself from spinning closer to 100rpm – averaging 99rpm for the ride … Read more