Just noticed that Max HR in my Zwiift profile is "0". I guess I assumed Zwift would auto calculate this just like FTP.

How does Zwift use Max HR? (trying to determine what metrics have been off for my first 90 days of Zwifting)

Hi everyone,

I currently have a Wahoo Kickr V5 with the default Shimano HG freehub. My bike is a gravel bike with a SRAM AXS 12-speed groupset, a 10-52T cassette, and a 48T chainring.

I’m looking for the cheapest cassette option that will work with my setup without having to change or modify any components on the Kickr V5—just swapping the cassette.

Also, would my gravel bike be compatible with a Zwift Cog considering my current cassette and chainring setup?

Thanks in advance for your help!

My friend wants to do this gran fondo in Vermont with me that is supposedly one of the hardest climbs in the US. How can I train for it on zwift? https://vermontgranfondo.com/explore-the-course/

I’m struggling with the Zwift Companion app not connecting consistently. Today I did TdZ S4 and it didn’t connect at all. I made sure the app was updated before the ride, but no luck. Phone was connected to the same WiFi as the computer running Zwift. Any ideas?

Week 4 is finished, just two more weeks left in the plan. Here is the workout review of this past week.

You can checkout my previous reviews: week 1 | week 2 | week 3

The full Zwift Multisport Mixer training plan is here: https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/multisport-mixer

I didn't add my two gym strength activities this week due to time. Only did workouts from the plan so I could fit everything in between Mo-Fri. The general theme of this week was more threshold work, both in running and cycling - actually the most threshold work in any week that is part of this plan. But also two out of the usual five cycling workouts were optional 1h zone 2 free rides. I felt well and good prepared - total time needed for the workouts was even less than the week before, while still intense.

Coming week 5 appears to already be a bit of tapering? While also training for the final FTP test with some shorter best efforts intervals that need to be done - kinda exciting.

Now for this week's workouts:

1. Monday - Sub-Threshold XX #1 cycling, tough one, main work is 30 mins without recovery, but vo2max intervals instead. The last 3-4 repeats were more likely over threshold for me.. Took a gel and an espresso before starting. Same for the other threshold workouts this week.
2. Monday - 6.4k Steady Tempo run, outdoors, wasn't a tough one, since it's short
3. Tuesday - 7.9k Fast Quarters run, outdoors on track. Perfect for a classic "track tuesday" workout. But just 4x 400m is more fitting for beginners, so I added two more and did 6x 400m - most runners will do even more I expect. Felt good, while obviously it's an intense workout.
4. Tuesday - 1h steady endurance cycling, free ride marked optional, joined a pacer group again for this to keep it steady and farm XP. No screenshot.
5. Wednesday - 40/20's Into Threshold cycling, unfortunately Zwift lost connection to the trainer on the very last power threshold interval. I did still finish it "blind" though. Tough workout for me, since you go into a 10 min interval with close to FTP effort after having built up some lactate with the 40/20's. So the 10 min recovery inbetween was very welcome by me!
6. Wednesday - 4.1k Short & Sharp run, outdoors, besides the 4x 100m fast intervals there really isn't anything to it. And the intervals are super short.
7. Thursday - 13k Hard 2 + Hard Mid-Reps run, outdoors, this is the toughest running workout of the whole plan. I didn't really manage to get to threshold heart rate for the final two intervals, but certainly did for the rest - felt really good once it was all finished though!
8. Thursday - 1h steady endurance cycling, free ride marked optional again, joined a pacer group again for this to keep it steady and farm XP. No screenshot.
9. Friday - Threshold Block #1 cycling, new workout for this plan. It's basically a 20 min interval (like the classic FTP test) at close to FTP with 4x 1min short recovery breaks at super low cadence of 65. Didn't manage a lower cadence than 70 for those recovery intervals. The thought alone of needing to do this with at least 110% FTP for 20 min for my FTP test at the end of this plan is not something I look forward to at this point though - we'll see how the best effort work planned for the coming week works out. In my head I think that it's "easier" to do ramp tests for FTP. But maybe the classic test is more "real" and good for mentail training as well.

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For some reason on the trainer I'm getting better power by sprinting sitting than standing. I have a very high cadence spring so maybe that's why it's easier sitting?. Is it legit to spring sitting inside or I should just focus on the sprint standing while holding the drops?

A small part of the reason I ride is to help with weight loss (though I am somewhat of a believer in the mantra that to a certain point exercise calories burned simply don't matter). I did a two hour ride today and ate a small breakfast and then did 400 cals of tailwind. It's a bummer though that before even really starting the day, I'm already a 1/3 through my daily calories. Anyone else wrestle with this?

Hi,

First post here. Been thinking of getting into virtual riding, usually XC ski in winter but snow hasn't been cooperating. Can get a Tacx Flux S setup for thru axle for $450 CAD locally. Worthwhile to buy in 2025? Trying to keep this as budget friendly as possible.

Tks in advance.

Hitting 4.3 and 4.4 over twenty minutes in races, always confident of taking a podium spot if in Cat B race but what is the general threshold for moving up or are cats dead its all about Zwif5 Racing Score? Just for balance, I do enter some Cat A races but back in Cat B races I have been accused of sandbagging which I get but I am showing as Cat B on zwiftpower.

Today I took part in a race where all categories started together -- something that I only realized after the race! I'm a decent climber so apparently I was able to follow a bunch of cat B riders on the first climb, and then stayed with them for the remainder of the race.

The whole time I believed I was racing for 20th place since there was a big group ahead of us, so you can imagine my surprise when the results showed that I had won, with a whopping 2 minutes ahead of the second rider.

In a way I'm pretty thrilled about this, but isn't it also a bit of a weird system? Apart from 2 hills this course was flat as a pancake, so I feel like I lucked out by dropping my entire category 10km (out of 55km) into the race and then wheelsucking with riders that are of another league.

Certainly not complaining today, just wondering what others think.

Are Zwift user IDs in the order that we signed up? I signed up way early and I have an ID in the mid 300s, then quite for 10 years and started up again in July last year. They seem to have preserved my old rides and just fired up the old account. I saw a discussion where people were saying the ID had 6 to 7 digits in it now! Having a low ID is totally worthless for signaling virtue, but I was just curious.

In the Tour de Zwift this week - the climbing stages - there is a lot of talk about the crazy "Lead-ins" and I'm not sure I understand what the issue is. Are people complaining that a lead-in should be the equivalent of a warm-up and they are too hard?

I've done all three courses and I think the main talk was about the short one where the lead-in (that's the blue marked section right?) was all the way up to the first summit.

I get that it's a bit odd that a lead-in/warm-up would continue to the summit but what difference does it really make? What's the purpose of a defined lead-in in an event such as TdZ?

Are people not warming up before the actual start and expecting to get their warm-up AFTER the start?

Are you a button masher? A selective giver, or just a taker?

Edit - I’m an unabashed button masher.

I receltly switched from a Tacx flow smart trainer to a wahoo kickr with zwift cog, but on my wahoo trainer my average power is about 20-30 watts less than it was on my tacx trainer. Anyone else with the same problem?

The last 2yrs I've hardly sat on any of my bikes (except the mtb for commuting). A back injury, a bout of depression and a couple of minor procedures and the weight piled on. About 2st extra. Fired up my Zwift account again and wow do I feel better even after just a week and a half. Not looking for sympathy or kudos, just saying how much I'm enjoying getting back into it.

Hope you're all enjoying your Sunday.

Well I can see why people see Zwift as life-changing. My 90ish day update: 10/31/24 - 111kg - 130 FTP 2/1/25 - 101kg - 234 FTP Stopped losartan BP meds - now 125/60 in morning. Morning heart now 57 bpm before any activity. 160W is 122bpm in Zone 2- 57 years old. 177cm so I am still obese, looking forward to being over weight. :-) Scared myself with spiking heart rate during FTP. So gonna focus on Zone 2. See if morning heart rate and 160W rate will reduce in a month or two. Was taking an iron supplement, but have stopped that, not sure why I started. Seemed to make sense at the time. Was looking to 300W target, but I think I’ll focus on weight for a while, and power later. Shooting for 10 hours per week in the saddle. Ride on!! :-) Declan O’Connor USA on Zwift