Getting fit through indoor cycling
It feels very much like since I returned to regular indoor riding, pretty much every time I’ve got on the bike it has been raining outside. That’s been made even more noticeable today as I have been fortunate enough not to see rain for a good week now whilst I’ve been away on my holidays. … Read more
My mind comes up with some unusual things. Tender stem broccoli … never eaten it, as far as I know. But that’s what my brain told me my legs were feeling like when I set off on this ride. Unfortunately I didn’t get chance to do a race today. It was always going to be … Read more
Hard on, hard off. Yesterday I did an FTP Test, today I figured I’d go easy on myself. Actually I took the laptop with me today, that table is proving very useful. What that meant was I spent the full hour totally disengaged from Zwift. That’s ideal as frankly these endurance rides are rather boring. … Read more
Before I was forced indoors I had devised a new strategy to try to get over my anxiety of doing FTP tests. Clearly I have an aversion to doing them – which I think is understandable as, frankly, they suck – but they are a necessary evil. Turns out I’ve been avoiding the ones on … Read more
Each week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here. Not the week I had in mind, but fortunately I managed five rides all … Read more