Getting fit through indoor cycling
After yesterday’s ride, I wanted something a little less intense for today. I figured a longer, yet easier workout would be just the ticket. As such I opted for Marco Pinotti’s Zwift 12 Week FTP Builder workout, and in particular Week 3 Day 3. In short, it’s 6 repeated blocks of: 7 minutes at 135w … Read more
Rather than take on a Free Ride, and potentially go harder than I should, these last two rides I have opted for one of Zwift’s structured workouts. In particularly I’ve tried Zwift’s 4 Week FTP booster. Yesterday I did the Tempo Into Sprints exercise. Today I went back a day (according to the training plan) … Read more
These last few days I have been absolutely knackered. On Monday my legs felt thrashed. On Tuesday, they were just starting to feel a bit better. And this morning, they felt alright, but I wasn’t ready to ride on them. Later in the afternoon I decided to take a gander at Zwift’s workout options, and … Read more
Easily the most frustrating experience I’ve had on Zwift up to now has been the crashing out of Tour of Watopia Stage 3. I understand the technical reasons that running an event like this could / would be challenging, but from an end user perspective, getting kicked out of a workout ~25 mins in is … Read more
The moral of the story is: It’s OK to have the occasional easy ride. Chris – an indoor cyclist I’m super guilty of pushing myself every ride. My efforts might not be comparatively extreme compared to some / most(?) Zwifters, but for me, as a noob, I tend to want to push myself on every … Read more