Getting fit through indoor cycling
One of the nice things about these super easy rides as of late is that I barely break a sweat. At the end of the ride, my bib shorts aren’t a hot, soggy mess. What an absolutely novelty. There are other benefits, too. Such as being able to read a book on my Kindle as … Read more
The way I’m looking at it is “something is better than nothing”. And given how I feel as of late, today could just have easily have been a nothing day. But at least I did something. I knew I was at 96km on the week – all Zwift / indoors this week – and I … Read more
By way of recovery, this morning I took part in the Zwift Academy Road Group Ride: 1.7 – 2.2 w/kg ride. There were two rides, this was the easier – I think the other was at 2.3-2.9w/kg? I’m not sure if the other ride was on the same course. I didn’t check, nor really have … Read more
For this evening’s ride I took the opportunity to take my indoor workout out on the open road. Given that the temperature decided to drop to a more agreeable 23c (dipping to 22c by the time I was underway), being outdoors with a lovely breeze on my face was vastly preferable to being indoors for … Read more
Today’s exercise consisted of two separate activities. First up I needed to complete the next Run in the Zwift Running 101 series. The expiry timer has been slowly ticking down on me, and today was my last day. Still two runs left in that series. I’m enjoying it, but when mixed with cycling I’m finding … Read more