Monday, October 15
4:20 PM UTC
ZA 2018 Semi-Final Workout #1: 30/15's With Threshold
Group Workout
EVENT DESCRIPTION
ABOUT THIS WORKOUT
This 1st workout from the Zwift Academy Semi-Finals will have you completing 30sec intervals of high intensity work, with periods of 15sec recovery. Efforts like this are completed quite often in real world racing. Picture yourself in a breakaway, swapping off turns with your breakaway companions. However, just as in real world racing, to make the break away requires a longer threshold effort, which builds lactate levels before you settle into the shorter efforts.
What are the coaches looking for? This session is a good way to challenge your ability to spend a large amount of time above 90%VO2max. By observing your power and heart rate across the 3 sets, we are looking at your ability to perform repeated, short high intensity efforts, and also your ability to recover from these efforts.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Kevin Poulton and Elliot Lipski are the coaches responsible for the Zwift Academy program. Coach Kevin has 15 years of coaching experience, with a focus on the successful implementation of indoor training. Under his guidance, athletes have won Paris-Roubaix, Grand Tour stages, World Tour classics, and numerous National and State Championships. Coach Elliot previously worked at TrainSharp Coaching where he designed the 2016 and 2017 Zwift Academy workout programs. He is now a coach for the Team Dimension Data U23 team.
ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS
Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.
HELPFUL HINT
We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.
For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/hc/en-us/articles/210208083-What-is-FTP-and-how-is-it-used-in-ZwiftOpens a new window
#za2018sf
This 1st workout from the Zwift Academy Semi-Finals will have you completing 30sec intervals of high intensity work, with periods of 15sec recovery. Efforts like this are completed quite often in real world racing. Picture yourself in a breakaway, swapping off turns with your breakaway companions. However, just as in real world racing, to make the break away requires a longer threshold effort, which builds lactate levels before you settle into the shorter efforts.
What are the coaches looking for? This session is a good way to challenge your ability to spend a large amount of time above 90%VO2max. By observing your power and heart rate across the 3 sets, we are looking at your ability to perform repeated, short high intensity efforts, and also your ability to recover from these efforts.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Kevin Poulton and Elliot Lipski are the coaches responsible for the Zwift Academy program. Coach Kevin has 15 years of coaching experience, with a focus on the successful implementation of indoor training. Under his guidance, athletes have won Paris-Roubaix, Grand Tour stages, World Tour classics, and numerous National and State Championships. Coach Elliot previously worked at TrainSharp Coaching where he designed the 2016 and 2017 Zwift Academy workout programs. He is now a coach for the Team Dimension Data U23 team.
ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS
Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.
HELPFUL HINT
We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.
For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/hc/en-us/articles/210208083-What-is-FTP-and-how-is-it-used-in-ZwiftOpens a new window
#za2018sf
Getting started with scored races
You'll need to finish a few rides before you can join your first scored race. With more data we'll be able to recommend the best group for you to compete against.