Zwift Chat

[Del C]

Well that is ZA Workout #3 done.

Seemed a bit easy - the warm up sprints were pretty low power and it told you to reduce power if you went over the target.

I completed #2 today.

Was a bit wary of it, but went ok.

 

[mjd1988]

Eugh. Spent the last couple of weeks really demotivated as I kept not finding any races on zwift. Then realised I had filtered out everything except group rides

Ended up joining a race a minute late and trying to catch stragglers. Then computer froze with 5k left. Not my day!

 

[berty bassett]

guessing there is no meet up this week ? i think its selfish to go and play in mountains in the real world

 

[fossyant]

Just been on Zwift earlier using the i5 and it ran perfectly, no stutter at 1080p. So that's a dual monitor stand ordered and a couple of display port to DVI cables.

 

[BurningLegs]

Workout six is an absolute killer! Reduced the 10min FTP block by a few percent and couldn’t complete the very final 1min block (but I suspect a lot of folks will be in the same boat on the final one).

I’ve done workouts 2,3, and 6. Six was by far the hardest for me!

 

[Norry1]

That is ZA workout #4 done. The 2 x 3 mins at 125% FTP nearly killed me.

 

[BurningLegs]

That is ZA workout #4 done. The 2 x 3 mins at 125% FTP nearly killed me.

Did you complete ZA last year? What sort of gains did you see?

I don’t really know what to expect but almost all of my riding is ZA at the moment and I did a test before starting the programme so will be interesting to see the results at the end.

 

[Norry1]

Did you complete ZA last year? What sort of gains did you see?

I don’t really know what to expect but almost all of my riding is ZA at the moment and I did a test before starting the programme so will be interesting to see the results at the end.

I did do it last year. I didn't really track my FTP before and after, but it certainly won't do any harm so long as you don't overdo it.

 

[bobinski]

That is ZA workout #4 done. The 2 x 3 mins at 125% FTP nearly killed me.

What doesn’t kill you....

 

[theboxers]

What doesn’t kill you....

Yeah about that

 

[Del C]

Went out in real world. Sunday club run.

Bad news: Got soaked in un-forecast downpour.

Good news: Excellent sausage roll at emergency cafe stop.

It doesn't rain in Zwift (apart from the virtual stuff) but Zwift don't do sausage rolls!

 

[Whorty]

ERG Mode .... anyone else find this more difficult than 'normal' riding? I'm doing more riding on BRVR at the moment (although I see the same on Zwift) and find it much easier to average (say) 230 watts over the hour when climbing in normal mode than trying to hold this kind of watts in ERG mode. Not complaining, as I use ERG a lot to build strength, but wondered if others are the same and what they put it down to. Is it simply that in ERG you have not rest, as a lowering of cadence greatly increases resistance, and therefore in ERG you are working 100% of the time. But in normal mode, you can have mini rests, even for the odd for seconds, and this helps to get a second wind etc.

Or maybe it's all in my head

 

[Del C]

ERG Mode .... anyone else find this more difficult than 'normal' riding? I'm doing more riding on BRVR at the moment (although I see the same on Zwift) and find it much easier to average (say) 230 watts over the hour when climbing in normal mode than trying to hold this kind of watts in ERG mode. Not complaining, as I use ERG a lot to build strength, but wondered if others are the same and what they put it down to. Is it simply that in ERG you have not rest, as a lowering of cadence greatly increases resistance, and therefore in ERG you are working 100% of the time. But in normal mode, you can have mini rests, even for the odd for seconds, and this helps to get a second wind etc.

Or maybe it's all in my head

I find ERG helps me to hold the power required.

It helps me to keep my concentration on what I'm doing.

Like all training tools, it takes some adaption to get the best from it. Spinning up and getting ready when you transition up to a higher power level has caught me out in the past and I've ended up in the ERG spiral of death. There's a couple of big increases in the second ZA workout and I was ok this time. Doesn't make them any easier but being ready helps a lot.

 

[JuhaL]

I have suffered piriformis syndrome for a while and i still do. Very nasty especially when it irritates sciatica nerve like mine. Don't know is it cycling bad a good for that but i have done few very light ride on Zwift, i hope it doesn't mind for that.

 

[Randyberlin]

I have suffered piriformis syndrome for a while and i still do. Very nasty especially when it irritates sciatica nerve like mine. Don't know is it cycling bad a good for that but i have done few very light ride on Zwift, i hope it doesn't mind for that.

I hope you recover quickly.