Getting fit through indoor cycling
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. The biggest ride of this week didn’t take place on Zwift, for once. And also a first, this week consisted of two rides on RGT Cycling. These being Borrego Springs and Passo dello Stelvio. The other … Read more
As decided in the previous week’s review I am aiming to complete one proper climb per week from now on. With that in mind, I decided mid-week that I’d most likely tackle RGT Cycling’s Passo dello Stelvio, a 14.1km route covering 1114m of climb at an average gradient of 8%. This is roughly equivalent to … Read more
For this afternoon’s ride I had two goals: Ride over 37km Don’t thrash myself As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m now using the FTP Builder rides predominantly as recovery rides, and will use other, harder workouts to push myself towards improving my overall FTP ‘score’. This ride was pretty dull to be fair. I opted for … Read more
For tonight’s ride I opted for something a little different, and if I’m being completely honest, something a little daunting: Sweet Spot Training. Here’s the schedule: For my FTP (198w), I had: 5 minutes at 190w 5 minutes at 175w Rinse and repeat four times. I’d picked this out during the morning, so was aware … Read more
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