Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 6 | Push the Pain Barrier

Already very sweaty and wet from doing Workout #5 in the same session, I was more than warmed up for this ride. This one caught me off guard as I hadn’t realised there were only 15 second gaps between the first 5x 30’s. In fact I only realised this on the fourth effort – yes, … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 5 | Pyramids

Right then, another day of two workouts in a row. Opting for the “short” variants to get all of the six workouts done in a week, I wasn’t sure what to expect from these two today. The main metric I had paid attention to was Duration. Doing workouts #3 and #4 on Thursday I was … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 4 | Depleting Workout

The second of today’s two Zwift Academy Road 2022 rides was the fun sound Depleting Workout: With workout #3 done, I guess I was already feeling kinda depleted. More so than I suspect they had in mind for most people doing the workout. Being a bit of a chimp I hadn’t realised the first three … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: [Short] Workout 3 | The Volcano

The first of today’s two workouts was The Volcano: I’ve chosen to do the shorter workouts as then I can do two a day as I’m pressed for time now to get all the Zwift Academy 2022 rides done by this Sunday. The plan is to go back and do the longer versions of these … Read more

Zwift Academy Road: Workout 2 | FTP Short Blocks in New York

The plan is working so far. Looking at the remaining workouts I have to complete (3-6), I can do all the short workouts in the time remaining, along with the Finish Line ride, and be done by Sunday. That will then mean doing the full workouts over the following weeks to make up the difference. … Read more