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This week’s training – Week 1

Starting a new training plan for 2020, so we start the numbering from 1 one again. It’s going to be an interesting start of the year. First sessions are going to be with ZWIFT FTP Increase Training Plan. And the title of the plan might have taken things too seriously maybe. The first two “warmup”Continue reading “This week’s training – Week 1”

What are my plans for 2020?

How to begin 2020 properly? A “double-twenty” year will be in my case a year with fully planned stucturized workouts, so at the height of the season the form will be at its top. That is the plan at least… and we all know what life does with the plans. Nevertheless… ZWIFT Workouts in winter!Continue reading “What are my plans for 2020?”

Room temperature with indoor cycling training

This is a silly and “for fun” only post with considerations on topic which will not be interesting nearly for anyone. You can safely skip this one and head out to other section of the blog – preferably the ones that give some meaningful training results. But for all the ones that have not letContinue reading “Room temperature with indoor cycling training”

Last cycling training in 2019

After last year’s sessions in December (although not completed as planned) have given me some confidence what to expect when finished, I was actually positively surprised what came up out of them. Out of six weeks of training I’ve managed to complete five. Without loosing a day. Consistency pays up apparently not only on paper.Continue reading “Last cycling training in 2019”

How to get from weak to mediocre in cycling?

Do you know the famous Pareto principle? It says, that if you put 20% of total required effort, you will get about 80% of the maximal possible outcome (result). To achieve the remaining 20% of the maximal possible outcome, you have to put 80% more effort. This is a quite universal rule, applying to variousContinue reading “How to get from weak to mediocre in cycling?”

Basic setup for indoor cycling traninig

This will not be a complete guide how to start tranining cycling at home, but rather a set of observations and conclusions, reflecting my view on AMATEUR cycling training equipment. You can spend thousands and thousands of dollars/euros on equipment that you will not ever use, or will not use in more than 10% ofContinue reading “Basic setup for indoor cycling traninig”

This week’s training – Week 5

The introductry plan was actually to train for 6 weeks and then perform an 8- or 20-minute FTP test. But as it is with plans – they have to be adjusted sometimes when the situation dictates so. And this was the case. Week 5 ist the last one and no FTP test will be performedContinue reading “This week’s training – Week 5”

This week’s training – Week 4

Things have gotten serious this week! For the first time I can say that a session was really challenging. Not to say that the previous weeks went without a sweat, but Session 4 this week has pushed me harder than expected. The week consisted of dour sessions – two sets of lighter one first, thanContinue reading “This week’s training – Week 4”

This week’s training – Week 3

The training plan finally seems to reflect the intention it had from the beginning. The training load seems to be assorted correctly. With each training session, the effort needed is growing. The plan idea of performing four sessions a week of about an hour each also seems to be a good balance between time requirementsContinue reading “This week’s training – Week 3”