Getting fit through indoor cycling
Ooh it’s a Christmas Miracle. Or more accurately, Zwift’s Miracle workout. 20 minutes of “fun”. Short. Sharp. And to the point. Though with a 5 minute warm up, and a 1.5 minute cooldown, there’s really only 8 minutes of actual effort thrown in here. Was it a good use of my time? Let’s have a … Read more
This one was nothing more than a short chill out ride. There is almost no chance I would have ridden today were it not for my Advent of Cycling challenge. Its not that I’m overly tired. I actually feel alright today. Its more than I want to get in a longer ride tomorrow. I’m off … Read more
There are a bunch of new(ish) 30 minute workouts added to Zwift that I am yet to try. Prior to illness I didn’t have too much requirement for shorter, high intensity workouts. And when I did, Emily and Jon generally had me covered. But variety is the spice of life. And given a thirty minute … Read more
The idea today was to push myself harder than I have done for the past month or so. This would be 20 minutes at 205w, or 3.1w/kg. I wasn’t expecting to struggle with this, but it was certainly harder than anything I have done as of late. Still, fresh legs and all that. As a … Read more
Typically I don’t ride Fridays, though I’m not precious about it. I used to enjoy an outdoor Friday night ride during the summer sun. But those days seem a long, looong time ago right now. As it is, I probably wouldn’t have ridden tonight, were it not for my personal Advent of Cycling challenge I … Read more