Getting fit through indoor cycling
I took a late lunch today and got in an hour on Zwift. Much needed, as my stress levels are higher than they ought to be. It feels like an age since my last SST session – and at 6 weeks, it kinda is. This is a result of illness and also a change in … Read more
For tonight’s ride I opted for a repeat of one of the previous FTP Builder sessions I’ve done before: 6 minutes @ 130w 2 minutes @ 100w Repeated 6 times. After Sunday’s ride I was in too minds all day as to whether to take on a more intensive session (likely SST), or go for … Read more
For this afternoon’s ride I opted for an FTP Builder session, repeating Week 9 Day 1. This is a fairly long session at about 1.5 hours, and largely consists of two blocks: 25 min at 130w 10 min at 100w And repeat twice. There’s a 10 minute warm up and a 5 minute cool down. … Read more
In much the same way as yesterday I really didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. Being rudely awoken three times in the night by my kids, I was in no mood to get up “early” and get my backside on the bike. Part of the reasoning for not wanting to jump on … Read more
This ride was probably a mistake. Perhaps I could have ridden ~25km, but I should have gone on a flat. Tomorrow morning, 9am, I have Stage 6 of the Tour of Watopia, and honestly, I feel pretty rough after this one. A rest day would almost certainly have been a better idea. It might have … Read more