Getting fit through indoor cycling
Monday. It should be a rest day, but during the Advent of Cycling challenge I am doing shorter workouts. Today’s ride was Control the Burn workout from Zwift’s Less than 30 minutes to burn category. As ever with these short workouts there is a lot happening in a condensed timeframe. Today was definitely no exception. The … Read more
I stayed up too late last night. Stayed up late, and drank beer (though not in that order). The end result of that is I woke up late, and tired this morning. Overslept by 2 hours. On a Saturday. I know, I know… no rest for the wicked though. I have an escape plane in … Read more
Monday and Friday are usually rest days, but during my Advent of Cycling challenge I’m taking them as short rides. That’s giving me an excuse to check out Zwift’s “Less than 30 minutes to burn” workouts: Picking the next shortest workout that I haven’t yet done lands me on the Twenty Torch. As ever with … Read more
Rather unsurprisingly, I missed the 12 noon Crit City race today that I had wanted to ride. Getting on early enough to have a proper warm up means getting on at 11:45, and on a working day that’s not always possible. Meetings and unexpected Teams messages mean the end to all my best laid plans. … Read more
At just 16 minutes, Zwift’s Brisk Burn workout is definitely nailing the brisk part of the title. But would it burn? Well, looking at the workout schedule I was suspecting not. So far on these shorter workouts I’ve even managed to get away without a towel… just a headband has sufficed. However today I had … Read more