Monday, July 23rd
12:00AM GMT
Carlee Taylor’s Bergs & Breakaways
Group Workout
EVENT DESCRIPTION
ABOUT THIS WORKOUT
This type of session is very race specific. Very rarely in a race do you enter the base of a climb "cruising," normally it is a fight for position leading into the hill. This effort simulates that fight to the hill (40sec effort), the intensity the climb is normally ridden at (4mins @ 100% of FTP), and then the surge over the top of the climb (30sec sprint). These types of efforts also simulate breakaways (attacking, & then making the break stick). You get better at what you train, and these types of efforts will help get you "race fit."
7min progressive warm up (45-90%FTP)
1min rest 50%FTP
5 sets [40sec 120%FTP / 4min 100%FTP / 30sec 120%FTP] / 5min
recovery between sets
5min progressive warm down
ABOUT CARLEE TAYLOR
Join recently retired female pro cyclist, Carlee Taylor in her weekly 'bang for your buck' session. Carlee Taylor has been a pro for the last 7 years, representing Australia numerous times at World Championships. She has raced on some of the best teams in the world, including Team Sunweb, Mitchelton-SCOTT (GreenEdge), and Lotto- Soudal, and wore the climbers' jersey in the women's Giro Italia. Every second week she will not only be the ride leader, but will be providing a live stream whilst she does the workout as well, talking all things cycling and answering your questions while you sweat it up.
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
This type of session is very race specific. Very rarely in a race do you enter the base of a climb "cruising," normally it is a fight for position leading into the hill. This effort simulates that fight to the hill (40sec effort), the intensity the climb is normally ridden at (4mins @ 100% of FTP), and then the surge over the top of the climb (30sec sprint). These types of efforts also simulate breakaways (attacking, & then making the break stick). You get better at what you train, and these types of efforts will help get you "race fit."
7min progressive warm up (45-90%FTP)
1min rest 50%FTP
5 sets [40sec 120%FTP / 4min 100%FTP / 30sec 120%FTP] / 5min
recovery between sets
5min progressive warm down
ABOUT CARLEE TAYLOR
Join recently retired female pro cyclist, Carlee Taylor in her weekly 'bang for your buck' session. Carlee Taylor has been a pro for the last 7 years, representing Australia numerous times at World Championships. She has raced on some of the best teams in the world, including Team Sunweb, Mitchelton-SCOTT (GreenEdge), and Lotto- Soudal, and wore the climbers' jersey in the women's Giro Italia. Every second week she will not only be the ride leader, but will be providing a live stream whilst she does the workout as well, talking all things cycling and answering your questions while you sweat it up.
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.