Getting fit through indoor cycling
Another mixed up midweek ride today. I wanted to ride at midday, but my pre-lunch meeting overran, and my next meeting began at 1pm. Not enough time for a session, shower, and sustenance. So I had to wait until much later on in the afternoon to get underway. MyWhoosh has a section called Fast Fitness, … Read more
Had workmen in the back garden today, all day. Noisy. And then when it came to cycling, I wasn’t going to ride in my lycra, sweating for them to watch and stare. No sir. So the curtains had to be shut. For an hour, various puffing, panting, and grunting noises came from behind the curtains. … Read more
For today’s ride, I chose the Endurance #5 workout on MyWhoosh. This one was straightforward, focusing mainly on low-intensity efforts with some minor variations thrown in. It wasn’t taxing at all for the vast majority, with a bit of punch thrown in right at the end. In the final stretch, there’s a 5-minute interval pushing … Read more
For today’s ride, I picked the MyWhoosh Tempo #9 workout, which closely matched what I’ve been aiming for all week. This session was essentially structured as two 20-minute efforts around my Functional Threshold Power (FTP), creating a decent experiment as to the validity of my recent FTP change. The workout itself is a tempo effort, … Read more
Continuing from where I left off yesterday, I was searching for a workout that would give me 2 x 15-minute FTP intervals. Ideally, I wanted a specific structure for this, but I couldn’t find an exact match. So, instead, I opted for the 40-20s into FTP #1 workout from the MyWhoosh Thresholds category. This workout … Read more