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theboxers

TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
Boxer's, do you have a HR monitor? Is there a number at which you find you're about to pop. Ride at 1-3 BPM below. Cadence is what you're comfy with, 70-100rpm. If you've got burning legs by half way then higher cadence at the same HR or lower power at same cadence
This what I was aiming to do. But I could not get a stable resistance. I was aiming for about 85-90 cadence at about 230-240 watts (between 10 and 20 more than current). When I had one the other was either way too high or low. This lead my to bust my HR too early. I am gradually raising the point at which I can sustain power and cadence at HR levels but they need to be stable resistance levels. :sad:

The recent CG ride I did, the first for a while became a mess about 3k from the end where I felt I had no power no matter what I did.

A Velo session is a good method too. You don't have the 'TUE' or the high % gradients that your trainer has, plus you can get in a gear and pedal away. this is how I set my 300 watts FTP. Create a 30 minute velo session and just attack it :okay:
I set a recent best on power in the Velo during a warm up session 220 avg over 16 minutes. I think if I was to make it a constant effort I could do the same for a FTP value of 230, the last 5 minutes or so of that session were at or about 260-270 bkool watts. :unsure:

The overall good news is that I am almost back to where I was before last Christmas. The best way from here on is up. :smile:
 

BILL S

Guru
Location
London
No CG re-run for me today. Probably going to sit out the whole of June so please someone else start the ride if anyone's going to do it.
Hopefully going to return to it in July and will be working hard to try and catch Whorty, Steve & Brusgaard, and will take full advantage of their slipstreams if necessary. :ohmy:
 

AAAC 76C

Large Member
Location
LIVING THE DREAM
No CG re-run for me today. Probably going to sit out the whole of June so please someone else start the ride if anyone's going to do it.
Hopefully going to return to it in July and will be working hard to try and catch Whorty, Steve & Brusgaard, and will take full advantage of their slipstreams if necessary. :ohmy:

god speed sir
 

Brusgaard

Über Guru
Location
Skive, Denmark
its baking here in the uk south how is denmark

Around 17/18 degrees, sun and 7-13 meters/s windspeed in my part of Denmark, when I was out this morning. Should be just above 20 degrees tomorrow and less wind (thank God!).

I'll go to another football tournament with my son tomorrow, but have planned a 86km ride home. Unfortunately that means I'll miss both the final hours of Le Mans and the final stage of Tour of Switzerland... :-(
 
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Around 17/18 degrees, sun and 7-13 meters/s windspeed in my part of Denmark, when I was out this morning. Should be just above 20 degrees tomorrow and less wind (thank God!).

I'll go to another football tournament with my son tomorrow, but have planned a 86km ride home. Unfortunately that means I'll miss both the final hours of Le Mans and the final stage of Tour of Switzerland... :-(
Thanks. AAAC for starting it up.
It was 97f-36c in Texas on Monday. Walking the block to the classes from the hotel wore me out.
 

CXRAndy

Guru
Location
Lincs
Boxer's may I suggest instead of 10-20 watt increase a more modest 5 Watts increase. That maybe why you were fluctuating because it was a little too much at present.

Also do a fair few 1min iht upto 5 mins iht intervals slightly above what you can currently do. TR is ideal for this type of training.
 

OldYews

Active Member
Location
North Beds
This what I was aiming to do. But I could not get a stable resistance. I was aiming for about 85-90 cadence at about 230-240 watts (between 10 and 20 more than current). When I had one the other was either way too high or low. This lead my to bust my HR too early. I am gradually raising the point at which I can sustain power and cadence at HR levels but they need to be stable resistance levels. :sad:

The recent CG ride I did, the first for a while became a mess about 3k from the end where I felt I had no power no matter what I did.


I set a recent best on power in the Velo during a warm up session 220 avg over 16 minutes. I think if I was to make it a constant effort I could do the same for a FTP value of 230, the last 5 minutes or so of that session were at or about 260-270 bkool watts. :unsure:

The overall good news is that I am almost back to where I was before last Christmas. The best way from here on is up. :smile:

This what I was aiming to do. But I could not get a stable resistance. I was aiming for about 85-90 cadence at about 230-240 watts (between 10 and 20 more than current). When I had one the other was either way too high or low. This lead my to bust my HR too early. I am gradually raising the point at which I can sustain power and cadence at HR levels but they need to be stable resistance levels. :sad:

The recent CG ride I did, the first for a while became a mess about 3k from the end where I felt I had no power no matter what I did.


I set a recent best on power in the Velo during a warm up session 220 avg over 16 minutes. I think if I was to make it a constant effort I could do the same for a FTP value of 230, the few bkool rides ive done with road rides, and that just didn't work.
I have been lurking for a while now after tracking down my old team mate AAAC 76C on here from 40 years ago. Initially I was trying to relate the bkool to 'real' riding, and was stuggling. But taking on all the tips...tyre pressure etc things have felt a bit better on the few rides I have done. I think now i must work out the balance of Watts. Cadance and Heart Rate, so threads like this are a great help. I too set up the 20 min FTP and got my pacing all wrong and blew after 10 mins. I think I shall try the velo to get the legs spinning.
I have had many comments from HID about going into my little room at the end of the house armed with a laptop and a towel, then she hears a lot of grunting for 30 mins or so, and I come out dripping in sweat!
I shall get a few more rides under my belt, then may get someone to drag me round a gentle route, so I can get a feel for what is possible and get a measure of stats.
 

Whorty

Gets free watts from the Atom ;)
Location
Wiltshire
I have been lurking for a while now after tracking down my old team mate AAAC 76C on here from 40 years ago. Initially I was trying to relate the bkool to 'real' riding, and was stuggling. But taking on all the tips...tyre pressure etc things have felt a bit better on the few rides I have done. I think now i must work out the balance of Watts. Cadance and Heart Rate, so threads like this are a great help. I too set up the 20 min FTP and got my pacing all wrong and blew after 10 mins. I think I shall try the velo to get the legs spinning.
I have had many comments from HID about going into my little room at the end of the house armed with a laptop and a towel, then she hears a lot of grunting for 30 mins or so, and I come out dripping in sweat!
I shall get a few more rides under my belt, then may get someone to drag me round a gentle route, so I can get a feel for what is possible and get a measure of stats.
To get a feel for where you are in relation to the rest of us, join the June Chain Gang league and run one of the rides using as many of us as ghosts as possible. You should be able to select most of us so you will know if you're a speedster like @AAAC 76C or @bridgy or one of the autobus like me, @rob01792 , @Jim Brown etc. Or maybe the budding speedster part of the group like @Steve and @Brusgaard :laugh:

Stages 1 and 3 are quite should so worth a pop! :okay:
 

stoobydale

Über Member
Hi, I don't have a BKool trainer but I do have the simulator software, would it be possible to join in to some of your sessions please? I have been looking through the settings and don't seem to be able to access the group. May need a bit of help here. :wacko: Although I lived in the UK for 45 years I now live in Australia so will have to see how the time difference thing goes.
 

CXRAndy

Guru
Location
Lincs
Hi, I don't have a BKool trainer but I do have the simulator software, would it be possible to join in to some of your sessions please? I have been looking through the settings and don't seem to be able to access the group. May need a bit of help here. :wacko: Although I lived in the UK for 45 years I now live in Australia so will have to see how the time difference thing goes.

Hi, Welcome. You apply to join the league through the Bkool website. Search the leagues and you will find the chaingang. The admins on here will accept you. The race is usually run Thursday @7pm UK time. Because of the time difference, you could always do the rides at your convenience, by loading up the ghosts who have completed the race and then compete against them, Not perfect but works very well. Somebody will explain how to setup the race with ghosts if you're having difficulty.
 
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