Getting fit through indoor cycling
Turn the heat up to uncomfortable, and let’s go peddling! The “Workout of the Week” this week is rather aptly called “The Volcano”, a repeat of the Zwift Academy 2022 workout by the same name. Sticking to my enforced indoor schedule is challenging at the moment. Though I think it would be a stretch heading … Read more
A little bit hot for being indoors, let alone racing. 28c is the hottest day of the year here… so far. Unsurprisingly, there were not too many Brits about for this one. Actually, there were not that many people about for this one at all. With a field of just 18 riders, I knew this … Read more
Another day, another VO2 max session. Workout #5 of 6 in the Zwift Spring Training series saw us taking on the VO2 Blast workout, best described (as ever) by WhatsOnZwift: This was a tough session, perhaps only made easier by it being (relatively) short. At just 45 minutes, including a 10 minute progressive warm up, … Read more
Late to the party this week. The new Zwift racing series for May is entitled Crit Club, and will no doubt be taking us on a tour of all the fastest crit circuits that Zwift currently has to offer. Should be a good month. For today’s race we took on 3 laps (plus a comparatively … Read more
Unsurprisingly I was a little too tired today to do the typical Tuesday race. Instead I opted for Workout #3 in the Zwift Spring Training series. This was the Hairpin Wizard workout: This workout consisted of two blocks. Both were identical, featuring a 30 second ramp – more on that in a second, followed by … Read more