Fair play putting down those watts. Your bike on the trainer does seem to move around a bit, do you think youre there any watts through that to gain if you could stabilise it? Ive always wondered how much my bike moves when im sprinting standing
My bike moves because it's on a rocker plate. :-) I much prefer out of the saddle work with more natural side to side movement vs the unnatural movement you get with a static setup. Are there watts to gain? Debatable. I tend to think you can make more watts with a rocking setup, since your upper body can pull the bike against your downstroke leg, effectively increasing power by recruiting more muscles. (That's why people sprint out of the saddle outdoors, after all...)
It would! The hard part for me is putting out maximal power both with and without a plate. It takes me some riding to get used to riding with or without one... different sprint technique for sure.
On the Zwift Academy 2024 Pro Potential Prologue workout/test, Zwift put in a 1 minute free ride interval and then some text about getting into the right gear and preparing for the sprint right before the 30 second unbounded free-ride test sprint. That was a very elegant way to setup the test interval and make sure people could nail it. That same 1-minute unbounded interval and instruction before the first 15 second would be welcome here. I'll end up doing exactly what you did and taking it off ERG at the tail end of that first 3-minute interval but this would be better handled if they setup the workout with that same brief 1-minute free-ride section right before that first test interval as they did before. At least the second two 15-second intervals have free-ride before them here so that's something.
Did you manualy turn off ERG mode in the part before the freeride? I did the ride with the Zwift Click but it dit not show the gears when I entered the 15sec freeride. Thanks
I was wondering if it releases you from ERG mode 10 seconds before the free ride where it says “start increasing your cadence” In your first test you tabbed straight into the section, so missed the ‘lead in’ sector
I found this session a complete waist of time due to no free ride lead in before the sprints and waaaay too much unproductive ride time. Can't remember the last time I was so cold on my trainer!
💯. Need a 15 sec freeride block before the sprint block to find the right gear and cadence!
Yup!
Fair play putting down those watts. Your bike on the trainer does seem to move around a bit, do you think youre there any watts through that to gain if you could stabilise it? Ive always wondered how much my bike moves when im sprinting standing
My bike moves because it's on a rocker plate. :-) I much prefer out of the saddle work with more natural side to side movement vs the unnatural movement you get with a static setup. Are there watts to gain? Debatable. I tend to think you can make more watts with a rocking setup, since your upper body can pull the bike against your downstroke leg, effectively increasing power by recruiting more muscles. (That's why people sprint out of the saddle outdoors, after all...)
Nice power Eric. Looks like this workout might be good one to test power levels with and without the rocker plate as a comparison.
It would! The hard part for me is putting out maximal power both with and without a plate. It takes me some riding to get used to riding with or without one... different sprint technique for sure.
On the Zwift Academy 2024 Pro Potential Prologue workout/test, Zwift put in a 1 minute free ride interval and then some text about getting into the right gear and preparing for the sprint right before the 30 second unbounded free-ride test sprint. That was a very elegant way to setup the test interval and make sure people could nail it.
That same 1-minute unbounded interval and instruction before the first 15 second would be welcome here. I'll end up doing exactly what you did and taking it off ERG at the tail end of that first 3-minute interval but this would be better handled if they setup the workout with that same brief 1-minute free-ride section right before that first test interval as they did before. At least the second two 15-second intervals have free-ride before them here so that's something.
Completely agree!
Just a Zwift co-founder dropping by to inspect your bike and sprint ability... haha
Ha ha, no big deal, right?
Eric's the real deal. And his 1-minute power is 💪
Did you manualy turn off ERG mode in the part before the freeride? I did the ride with the Zwift Click but it dit not show the gears when I entered the 15sec freeride. Thanks
Yes, I manually turned it off.
I was wondering if it releases you from ERG mode 10 seconds before the free ride where it says “start increasing your cadence”
In your first test you tabbed straight into the section, so missed the ‘lead in’ sector
It doesn't release you into free ride mode until the free ride section begins.
me 496 watt 😫😫
I found this session a complete waist of time due to no free ride lead in before the sprints and waaaay too much unproductive ride time. Can't remember the last time I was so cold on my trainer!