Getting fit through indoor cycling
Storm Corrie is here and the wind has picked right up outside. It’s not just the bitter cold each gust brings, but the definite chance of being swept over, or perhaps worst, into the road. It seemed like it was picking up on Thursday. Anyway, indoors it is until this … err, blows over? Now, … Read more
Probably going to kick myself for being lazy today, especially if it turns out to be a nice day tomorrow – which it is due to be. And by nice day I mean 7c, as opposed to today were it’s been closer to 4c or so. What does that have to do with anything? Well, … Read more
Recovery was the order of the day today. Had it been warmer, I would have loved to get outdoors. But out there it was 2c and had been gritted overnight, so I didn’t fancy both the bike and I getting coated in filth. Fresh off the Alpe, I didn’t much fancy the next stage of … Read more
First time doing Zwift’s 10-12wk FTP Builder Week 5 Day 1 at 160w today. This is a workout I do fairly frequently as a laid back recovery ride. It’s at the very bottom of a zone 2 / endurance / blue zone ride for me. For as long back as I can remember I’ve been … Read more
Without wanting to burn myself out, but still wanting to get in a solid hour on the bike, the weekly Active Recovery / FTP Builder workout seemed a good way to go. Ideally I want to do the ramp test. Well, I say ideally. I actually don’t want to do it at all. But I … Read more