Wednesday, January 17th
12:00AM GMT
Slowtwitch Indoors: Jordan Rapp's 70.3 Big Gear
Group Workout
EVENT DESCRIPTION
ABOUT SLOWTWITCH INDOORS
Every Tuesday at 4pm PST, Slowtwitch.com will bring you a triathlon-focused workout designed and led by a guest 'coach.' We will include sessions from pro athletes and coaches, as well as the Slowman himself, Dan Empfield. For this first edition, the workout will be led by Slowtwitch's own CTO, Zwift Game Designer, and erstwhile pro triathlete Jordan Rapp.
The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule over the Winter.
ABOUT THIS WORKOUT
Focused low-cadence intervals bracketing goal 70.3 power. Build from sub-70.3 power to just above 70.3 power all while holding a good low cadence down in the 50s. Recovery with high cadence and still reasonable aerobic power. Build from 1-4, drop down for #5 - but not quite as low as #1 - and then build back up.
The power here shouldn’t be a challenge... except for the cadence. If you can get comfortable generating your target race power with a firm cadence cap, it becomes a lot easier on race day when you can ride whatever cadence you choose.
During the warm-up, don’t worry about anything other than getting the legs firing. We’re not sprinting here and the workout starts pretty easy, so just start easy and build to some solid aerobic power by the end.
The cadence caps on the hard work are critical, so make sure not to cheat up and spin a bit faster to make it easier.
Just nice and relaxed open cool-down to finish.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Jordan Rapp is the 2011 ITU Long Distance World Champion and a 6x IRONMAN® champion. A mechanical engineer from Princeton University, where he was a lightweight rower, Jordan brings technical precision to all aspects of the sport. He now works as a Game Designer at Zwift.
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
Every Tuesday at 4pm PST, Slowtwitch.com will bring you a triathlon-focused workout designed and led by a guest 'coach.' We will include sessions from pro athletes and coaches, as well as the Slowman himself, Dan Empfield. For this first edition, the workout will be led by Slowtwitch's own CTO, Zwift Game Designer, and erstwhile pro triathlete Jordan Rapp.
The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule over the Winter.
ABOUT THIS WORKOUT
Focused low-cadence intervals bracketing goal 70.3 power. Build from sub-70.3 power to just above 70.3 power all while holding a good low cadence down in the 50s. Recovery with high cadence and still reasonable aerobic power. Build from 1-4, drop down for #5 - but not quite as low as #1 - and then build back up.
The power here shouldn’t be a challenge... except for the cadence. If you can get comfortable generating your target race power with a firm cadence cap, it becomes a lot easier on race day when you can ride whatever cadence you choose.
During the warm-up, don’t worry about anything other than getting the legs firing. We’re not sprinting here and the workout starts pretty easy, so just start easy and build to some solid aerobic power by the end.
The cadence caps on the hard work are critical, so make sure not to cheat up and spin a bit faster to make it easier.
Just nice and relaxed open cool-down to finish.
WORKOUT DESIGNER
Jordan Rapp is the 2011 ITU Long Distance World Champion and a 6x IRONMAN® champion. A mechanical engineer from Princeton University, where he was a lightweight rower, Jordan brings technical precision to all aspects of the sport. He now works as a Game Designer at Zwift.
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
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.