Welcome to the weekly Le Col Social Sessions led by ex-professional cyclist Chris Opie.
A different take on the traditional pre weekend tune up, VO2 efforts for 60 seconds. Self selected cadence, there will be more advice in the group chat.
These Friday sessions are all about setting you up for the weekend! They're designed to activate your mind and body ahead of bigger and tougher sessions over the weekend.
You could complete these in a fasted state, pre breakfast for the ultimate fat burn if you want, or simply enjoy them as a weekend warm up!
Ride alongside people from all over the world. Starting out at 1-2W/kg, The Le Col Sessions Workouts are all about building fitness together. Led and designed by Chris Opie, these sessions are guaranteed to get your heart pounding and your legs burning.
Let us know your thoughts in the live chat which you can find either on the Zwift Companion app, or on our livestream. Alternatively submit any ride feature requests, music request, even guest requests to chris.opie@lecol.cc Page link
Sustaining high levels of lactate requires specific training. This ability to tolerate lactate only comes with precise intervals in training. We can all produce a one off effort to build lactate, but with carefully planned intervals we can maintain this high level of lactate for an extended period. This is where the training effect happens!
All the Unicorn workouts are based off of the visual spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet (purple)) with the same order of easiest to hardest. So, Red Unicorn features the least training load, Orange Unicorn the second, etc.
FAQ: What do the coloured areas overlapping the elevation profile mean?
Segments along the route are coloured along the height profile. Climbs are indicated with red, sprints with green and other segments (e.g. laps or timed segments) with blue.
FAQ: What do the climb categories , , , and mean?
Climbs are categorized based on how tough they are, which depends both on the climb's length and its average incline. The toughest climbs are rated (HC comes from Hors Catégorie, which is French for beyond categorization). Less tough climbs are rated as category , less tough climbs than those are rated as , and onwards with and . Any climb less tough than category four does not get a rating.
FAQ: How can I ride/run on an event only route?
By joining an event you can get into event only worlds and routes. Don't want to join an event or don't see an event with your desired world/route? Use the Zwift Companion app to create a meetup or (for even more choice of worlds and routes) create a club and then an event.