Getting fit through indoor cycling
For this afternoon’s ride I carried on with the FTP Builder series, this time riding Week 8 Day 4. I genuinely question whether or not this is actually helping me build up my FTP at this point. The weekly review graphs clearly show these rides are far from taxing. However, they do serve as jolly … 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
Well, well. Tonight was supposed to be RGT Cycling. But late in the afternoon I took a look at WhatsOnZwift for the FTP Builder workouts (a fantastic site btw), and I had a gander at Week 8. Week 8 Day 2 looked really suitable for me. Not too intense, but also not a long grind … Read more