Getting fit through indoor cycling
It would appear I have joined in with Zwift Academy at the “lesser exertion” end of the first week. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but with all my pent up energy from the week, I’d liked to have had a little bit more of a harder workout for both this, and yesterday’s sessions. Essentially … Read more
After a long week in a new job, I was pretty surprised at myself for being as keen as I was to get home early and get into a Zwift Academy workout. Having been on early starts and – ideally – early finishes, yesterday I got caught up in a meeting at 3pm which lasted … Read more
I’m not sure if there’s better “bang for your buck” in terms of workouts on Zwift than riding Emily’s Short Mix. It’s 30 minutes of 3 repeated intervals, each time at slightly longer duration. Given that I’m extremely pushed for time this week – and rather tired too boot – I need to get as … Read more
For today’s ride I had the choice of either doing the optional Week 5 Day 5 of the Zwift 10-12 Week FTP Builder program, or a free ride. The FTP Builder workout looked really low effort – effectively a recovery ride. It was several (not sure how many) repeats of 3 minutes at 124w as … Read more
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. Even though the Zwift Companion App screwed up and reported my figures / goals incorrectly, it would appear “Zwift proper” tracked everything correctly. This week was 100% training rides, following Zwift’s 10-12 Week FTP Builder workout … Read more