Getting fit through indoor cycling
Garmin told me to do more “low aerobic” rides, which I have interpreted as chill out and take only “nice and easy rides”. So that’s what I’m doing this week. Aside from yesterday, of course. Ideally I’d like to get in 60 minutes of these endurance effort rides, but time permitting, I only get 30 … Read more
Way, waaay back, back when I were just a lad (read: about two years ago) and I had just started on this here cycling journey, someone wise said to me: it never gets easier, you just get faster. Now, the truth is, after yesterday, I don’t actually want to get faster. Or, perhaps more accurately, … Read more
One that I had to do today. And thankfully as this one wasn’t a ‘guided’ ride, I could do whatever the heck I felt like without feeling like I wasn’t doing it improperly. So the ride aim was simple: stay within the “grey zone” or recovery area. Effectively don’t go above ~125w for the 45 … Read more
£2.50 a ride. No, not the local bus service, though I suspect it’s not too far off that these days. I am, in fact, referring to the high price I’m currently paying for my Zwift subscription. Most of my riding these days seems to be outdoors. So I do question the value of an indoor … Read more
Something of a frustrating ride tonight. I’m not sure what I had my settings on for the previous ride, but tonight I suffered again from the pedals / Garmin cycling computer reporting a significantly higher power figure than what The Sufferfest registered, and as such, my workout was probably of a higher intensity than it … Read more