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10 sats \ 10 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 13 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Zwift biking Fitness
Definitely a useful answer. Thanks!
anytime friend. this is my niche where I can actually provide value so i'm happy to elaborate and help where I can. Thanks for the massive zap
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Value 4 value ;)
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Got my Wahoo bike set up this morning. Eager to do my first session around lunch time. Got a 1-year membership for Zwift ready to get me back into shape.
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Great job mate. Glad to hear it. There are some workout plans on there if you have a specific goal in mind, or just want to follow along with a plan without thinking too much about the "when/how much" of it all.
Best advice I can give is be consistent. Set yourself a weekly goal and do your best to stick with it. Don't go too hard too early, just pick an amount of riding that you can do week in week out for the whole year. Volume and consistency are the 2 biggest indicators of performance. I find music to be a big help on the trainer when I'm doing efforts, or I watch Netflix when I'm doing an hour of zone 2 (easy riding).
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This was fun. @OC, do you recommend making any changes within Zwift, like FTP value, or just letting the software figure things out?
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Ok good questions. I would recommend doing an FTP test to begin with (the longer one, like an hour I think). If you do it well you won't want to do it again in a hurry, you should be empty when you're done. Reason for this is Zwift training (and cycling training in general) uses power as the metric of choice. Your FTP is theoretically your 60min Max power. All your zones will be based off this number (as you get fitter you will need to re-test to re-calibrate your zones. The zones are expressed in colours.
You will need to change gears on your bike just like you would if you were riding outdoors. The only time you won't need to change gears is if you are doing a training program on "ERG" mode. The trainer will automatically adjust the resistance to the exact wattage specified for that particular program
You will need to change gears on your bike just like you would if you were riding outdoors. The only time you won't need to change gears is if you are doing a training program on "ERG" mode. The trainer will automatically adjust the resistance to the exact wattage specified for that particular program
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Great answers. I only did a training program in ERG mode atm, hence my confusion. Good to know I did not buy the extra cassette for nothing :)
Ok, will schedule the FTP test for the weekend. I used to be an IM, but now at best, I'm a Sunday rider with a beer belly. The zones seemed pretty hard at the default level.
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Wow IM! That's great, much respect. you obviously know all about training and training zones then, I'll stop ELI5 then!
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That was nearly 10 years ago. Never used Zwift before, so quite useful to get some ELI5 for this platform. But indeed, I know about zones, VO2max, etc.
Does it matter which gear I'm in? Or it also adjusts things for me automatically, based on wattage?
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