Wednesday, August 21st
11:20PM GMT
Hincapie Cycling Society Power Hour
Group Workout
EVENT DESCRIPTION
ABOUT THIS WORKOUT
Sweet Spot “Plus” Training. You will do 3 sets of sweet spot work. The first set is a traditional SST effort at 90% of FTP for 12 minutes. Next, we'll do a "Fast Paceline" for 15 minutes. Finally, we will finish up with 8 minutes of microbursts. Rest intervals between sets at 5 minutes.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Nick Mossing – Nick is a USAC Level 3 Coach and is Power Certified by Hunter Allen (the guy who wrote the book on training with a power meter). He uses the framework developed by Hunter and Dr. Andy Coggan to train athletes. Nick works with cyclists of all levels and specializes in power-based training for time-crunched athletes. Learn more at AttackCycling.com.
ABOUT THE HINCAPIE CYCLING SOCIETY POWER HOUR SERIES
This workout is part of the Gran Fondo Hincapie guided training plans available to Hincapie Cycling Society members. We created the Hincapie Cycling Society to encourage community and camaraderie through the sport of cycling. That’s because we view the society as an extension of our family. Our founders—Rich and George Hincapie—were members of their hometown cycling club in New York City. Along with their father’s mentorship, George and Rich credit many of those club members with teaching them the foundations for cycling, racing, and being good teammates. Today, it is our hope that the Hincapie Cycling Society will provide that same sort of guidance and inspiration to new and experienced cyclists. We welcome members and non-members to join us for our weekly Zwift group workouts. Our weekly series will progress in preparation for one of the Gran Fondo Hincapie IRL events held throughout the year. Over the course of the year we will alter our progression to respond to the unique demands of each event. Learn more about the Gran Fondo Hincapie events and the Hincapie Cycling Society at http://www.hincapie.comOpens a new window
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. 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
Sweet Spot “Plus” Training. You will do 3 sets of sweet spot work. The first set is a traditional SST effort at 90% of FTP for 12 minutes. Next, we'll do a "Fast Paceline" for 15 minutes. Finally, we will finish up with 8 minutes of microbursts. Rest intervals between sets at 5 minutes.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Nick Mossing – Nick is a USAC Level 3 Coach and is Power Certified by Hunter Allen (the guy who wrote the book on training with a power meter). He uses the framework developed by Hunter and Dr. Andy Coggan to train athletes. Nick works with cyclists of all levels and specializes in power-based training for time-crunched athletes. Learn more at AttackCycling.com.
ABOUT THE HINCAPIE CYCLING SOCIETY POWER HOUR SERIES
This workout is part of the Gran Fondo Hincapie guided training plans available to Hincapie Cycling Society members. We created the Hincapie Cycling Society to encourage community and camaraderie through the sport of cycling. That’s because we view the society as an extension of our family. Our founders—Rich and George Hincapie—were members of their hometown cycling club in New York City. Along with their father’s mentorship, George and Rich credit many of those club members with teaching them the foundations for cycling, racing, and being good teammates. Today, it is our hope that the Hincapie Cycling Society will provide that same sort of guidance and inspiration to new and experienced cyclists. We welcome members and non-members to join us for our weekly Zwift group workouts. Our weekly series will progress in preparation for one of the Gran Fondo Hincapie IRL events held throughout the year. Over the course of the year we will alter our progression to respond to the unique demands of each event. Learn more about the Gran Fondo Hincapie events and the Hincapie Cycling Society at http://www.hincapie.comOpens a new window
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. 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
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.