Getting fit through indoor cycling
Honestly pretty shocked to have come back today to another FTP bump, and this time up by 4 watts. Really surprising. I don’t feel like I did much different today. But I did do a proper climb, which isn’t the primary one flagged up by Strava. For me it’s the Full Longridge Base to Jeffrey … Read more
Yeah, can’t complain today. No incidents, for once. And for the first time ever I’ve seen a +1 watt increase over on intervals.icu. That’s a platform I put a lot of trust into, and it’s definitely nice to see even a tiny gain in terms of FTP because it feels like the only movement on … Read more
A slight change to my usual weekly proceedings. Usually I would go for a walk on Wednesday dinner breaks to get some fresh air and some much needed “sunlight”. Or what passes for sunlight right now. But for some reason I felt like racing last night, and that didn’t change today. As such I found … Read more
Before I was forced indoors I had devised a new strategy to try to get over my anxiety of doing FTP tests. Clearly I have an aversion to doing them – which I think is understandable as, frankly, they suck – but they are a necessary evil. Turns out I’ve been avoiding the ones on … Read more
With a dentist appointment already taking ~40 minutes of morning, I didn’t have a full hour to ride over my lunch break. Having scoffed some sandwiches at the desk around noon, I let them settle for an hour before heading out at 13:30, knowing I’d only have ~30 minutes of riding today. The plan lately … Read more