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 edition, the workout will be led by Jesse Thomas, who is (sort of) celebrating his 38th birthday with a challenging workout from Jesse's coach Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness. Jesse was born on February 29th (Leap Day), so in lieue of actually getting presents which he does not deserve, he gets a special treat - EXTRA TRAINING!

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

This workout has a 38min main set to celebrate the fact that Jesse is now 38 years old, even if it is not actually his 38th birthday.

4min @ 82%
3min @ 96%
2min @ 110%
1min @ 125%
all with 1min recovery @ 65%

2x through the above with 2min extra rest @ 55%

6min @ 110% to finish

Plus warm-up and cool-down

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