and people find all their wayward shots. I’d easily be a + if someone found all my shots for me.
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Did my first bike bootcamp - the 45m one with Jess Sims. Definitely plenty of time to switch shoes in between, she starts stretching (down dogs, worlds greatest stretch) to give people time. I didn’t feel rushed at all.
First impressions of the Bike+ are also good. It’s a bunch of small fixes, but they add up - quicker to adjust seat height and position, better screen/sound, etc… The new resistance system is nice, and the auto-follow is good for things like hill intervals. The GymKit integration with Apple watch is really cool too. If our bike wasn’t 4+ years old, would I upgrade? Probably not, but I’m happy with it.
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I absolutely agree there is a bit of variance between bikes. That said, I don’t think peddling at the same metrics will be necessarily produce the same KJ results. Weight and stroke efficiency play an important role too.
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Good to hear about the boot camps—I love Jess’s workouts and was excited to see her teaching bike boot camps.
Bonus: she’s hawt. I’m a sucker for the athletic girl next door.
I’m being sarcastic. There’s some variance in the bikes, but there’s more variance in fitness and skill levels.
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Hooooooo boy that was tough. I thrive in long hard efforts so this was right up my alley. Did a 10 mile run early this morning and then this as my hard effort today. Just a tad off my ftp effort.
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Does weight play a role in your output? I figured if two people were pedaling the exact same at the same resistance, their output should theoretically be the same.
yes.
Weight plays a role in the output you can put out, but two people at the same resistance and cadence put out the same power (assuming the calibration is the same).
But for example, me at 155 and a fit guy at 200, he’s gonna put out more raw power. At 85 cadence he’ll be able to hold a higher resistance. But on a real bike going up a hill I’ll have a huge advantage and go up faster even at a lower wattage cuz he’s dragging 45 more pounds up the hill. It why the riders who are good on flats and tracks are much bigger, they need the raw output because on flat ground there’s not a big weight penalty.
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Oh yea, I get that. I thought you were saying whatever someone registered as their weight played a role in their output number.
It does but I don’t have a good source at hand. But I have heard MW talk about it while teaching. There is a metric called power to weight ratio that the people who go reaaaaaaaal deep into PZ training will use to compare their results versus people they compete with on same rides.
No, your weight is not a power component.
What he says is what i said above. What it boils down to is 300 watts for a 150lb person is better than 300 watts for a 250lb person.
I’m riding 3x a week now (30/45m) but I stretch every day. During the winter when I hit PZ season it’s 4x a week. This winter I’m thinking 3 PZ a week + boot camp + emmacore
When I hit that #NLURefuge tag and kick it into gear, knowing I’m about to use my weight advantage in to generate more raw power in a Peloton showdown.
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This is true, but it’s a separate measurement from output. Which all means that if we all rode at the same cadence and resistance, we’d all have identical outputs - but our power/weight ratio would be different because we all weigh different amounts. And it’s why some of you monsters can ride at 90 cadence and 65 resistance and I … aspire to be a monster one day
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And a couple hours later my quads are locking up! More water and the foam roller me tonight! 
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There could be some differences between bikes at the same resitance / cadence based on how they are calibrated on thy dyno, but it should be normalized on effort to generate an output.
Took a bike boot camp class this morning and really enjoyed it. In the winter I tried doing this on my own (5 minute bike warm up, 15-20 minute full body strength, 10-15 minute tabata it HIIT ride, cool down, stretch). It’s way easier to just have the strength as part of the ride!
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