Zwift and Indoor Racing and Training
Love Zwift racing?
Whether you are a year-round Zwift or indoor rider or a use it as a winter training tool, Source Endurance can help you maximize your fitness and w/kg to perform your best.
How our Zwift coaching is different
Zwift racing and other indoor racing programs is different from outdoor racing and therefore the training should reflect those differences. Our coaches utilize tools within these indoor programs in your daily training to maximize your efficiency and training so you are ready to smash come race-day. Source Endurance incorporates a variety of tools to keep things engaging and effective for an overall quality training program including Pace Partners, specific QOM/KOM efforts, custom erg mode interval workouts, and knowledge of Zwift and other indoor app courses.
Maximizing your Zwift and Indoor Riding Set Up & Weight Cutting for Zwift Racing
Zwift Specific Training Plans
Zwift Racing and other virtual racing is here to stay. You've probably tried a couple as you're Zwift-curious and you've realized that Zwift racing is HARD! In hindsight, duh. It makes sense that a short race will be brutally hard.
So here you are, wanting to race Zwift but not wanting to get embarrassed. The author of this training plan, Adam Mills, MSED, RCEP has worked with athletes who have held top rankings in North American and who have raced the first UCI Zwift Cycling Esports World Championships. As such we've analyzed countless Zwift races and files. This training plan has been developed with those lessons in mind. Enjoy and good luck!
Utilizing Indoor Training Apps for Coaching
Source Endurance launched a free guide titled Utilizing Indoor Training Apps for Coaching, written and designed by Colorado-based senior coach Zack Allison. This guide evaluates the smart trainer and all the apps and tools that have come in its wake. Designed with cycling and triathlon coaches in mind, it is also beneficial for the devoted self-coached athlete. Coaches are eligible to get Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
2021: Adjusting goals and event predictions
COVID-19 has changed so much in our day-to-day lives. As the vaccine is distributed, we have a glimmer of hope again and a potential cycling event calendar on the horizon. We are seeing the event calendar move back to a condensed summer and fall season and we are mentally prepared for event formats to change as needed. What does this mean for your cycling training and your season? SE Coach Zack Allison shares his predictions.
Virtual eRacing: Let’s Talk About Weight Cutting
The rapid rise of bicycle racing in virtual environments has led us to an interesting moment in time, where we are witness to the real-time emergence of an entirely new sport, a sport that will increasingly face the need to develop a set of systems and practices that reflect its unique identity, distinct from the pavement and trails of its roots.
Performance Improvement and Pitfalls in Weight Cutting for Virtual eRacing
“That rider is cheating at e-racing (Zwift)!” seems to be a common utterance among virtual e-racers (Zwift, RGT, Rouvy, Bkool, FulGaz) regardless of what platform they’re using. Without a doubt every platform has cheating issues that they’re working hard to remedy and I’m sure there is significant progress being made. However, the rider could simply have executed a weight cutting regimen and is enjoying a significant performance boost. Weight cutting for e-racing is something new to the game but not really new to many sports like Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Wrestling and Juj Jitsu.
Weight Cutting for Cycling E-Racing
With weigh-ins becoming part of the sport, we are now forced to approach the topic of weight manipulation and strategies such as cutting weight and weight loss more than we have in the past. Whether athletes perform weight cuts (short term weight loss by dehydration and loss of water weight) or choose to lose body weight longer term (in the form of fat or lean mass) to favor their watts/kg ratio, coaches and athletes should be aware of the benefits and risks associated with these methods.
Weight Cutting for Cycling E-Racing: The Webinar
This webinar is with SE coach Kristen Arnold MS, RDN, CSSD who is also a Registered Dietitian specializing in sports nutrition. Learn more about her here. If you'd like to take on weight cutting with guidance, she's your person.
Utilizing Indoor Training Apps for Coaching, Part 1
Cycling has evolved immensely in the last 8 years. Gone are the days of riding the rollers in a damp basement. Now is the time of the smart trainer. We can ride virtually, with ERG mode, with Virtual Reality, delivering precise resistance levels accurate of our metabolic zones, while riding in front of a screen, still in a damp basement. With all these new tools, there’s not one authority on what they all do and there’s not an unaffiliated view of each tool and its ability to provide actionable data to a coach from an athlete. This presentation seeks to review and evaluate the most comprehensive available apps, hardware, software, and training tools to best deliver an overall fitness package to a cycling athlete of any ability level.
Utilizing Indoor Training Apps for Coaching, Part 2
Cycling has evolved immensely in the last 8 years. Gone are the days of riding the rollers in a damp basement. Now is the time of the smart trainer. We can ride virtually, with ERG mode, with Virtual Reality, delivering precise resistance levels accurate of our metabolic zones, while riding in front of a screen, still in a damp basement. With all these new tools, there’s not one authority on what they all do and there’s not an unaffiliated view of each tool and its ability to provide actionable data to a coach from an athlete. This presentation seeks to review and evaluate the most comprehensive available apps, hardware, software, and training tools to best deliver an overall fitness package to a cycling athlete of any ability level.
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