Welcome to the Kitchen Sink! Today's ride is an endurance session, which is an ideal time to focus on improving your pedaling efficiency. Throughout today's endurance ride, you will increase the focus on your cardiovascular endurance by challenging your ability to pedal at a higher cadence than you prefer. Let's get moving!
Welcome to the Kitchen Sink! Today's ride is an endurance session, which is an ideal time to focus on improving your pedaling efficiency. Throughout today's endurance ride, you will increase the focus on your cardiovascular endurance by challenging your ability to pedal at a higher cadence than you prefer. Let's get moving!
Training in the power zone just below your functional threshold power (FTP) is a super effective and efficient way to raise your fitness - this is also called the 'sweet spot zone. Today's workout is this plan's introduction to that zone. After a warm-up, we'll go into 2, 8min long sweet spot intervals with 3min of rest in between, then cool down.
Training in the power zone just below your functional threshold power (FTP) is a super effective and efficient way to raise your fitness - this is also called the 'sweet spot zone. Today's workout is this plan's introduction to that zone. After a warm-up, we'll go into 2, 8min long sweet spot intervals with 3min of rest in between, then cool down.
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.