Did 2 shorter rides today (and a cool down) and now I’m sitting at 299. And the live ride schedule blows for the next two days (as far as times go based on my schedule) so I’m gonna do this weeks Ben climb ride as my 300th probably friday AM around 7:15/7:30 eastern if anyone wants to join.
Power zone challenge starts up again Monday.
Excellent suggestion, guis. I don’t know what it was, but I murdered my previous PR by 30. First 400 output. Even though that was by far the most effort I’ve given, I’m slightly concerned my bike might need calibrated. It’s odd to beat your PR by 30 in the same week, right?
Not necessarily.
For myself, I’ve found that climb rides are usually higher output rides and if you felt like you gave a bit more on top of that the 30 kJ increase checks out.
It works really well. Wish it had weighted ends that could help it stay in place better.
What is the power zone challenge, where can i find it? Power Zone rides are slowly becoming my favorite, I like the challenge of keeping the bar in the range and helps me focus.
I’m growing addicted to this thing. I’ve been on it 5 days in a row since I got it. With winter, kids at home, and nothing else going on I just want to go do it again.
For those that seemingly power their homes via pedaling…is there an actual “recovery ride” class I’m not finding or do you just go do one of the beginner ones and not worry about pushing it?
For recovery I like either the Low Impact Rides which come in a lot of different lengths and there are 5 and 10 minute Cool Down rides. Just filter classes by class type Low Impact
I try to do a 5-10 minute cool down ride after any ride. If you filter the class length to 5 or 10, almost all of the rides are recovery. Low Impact rides are essentially capped at 50 resistance and stay in the saddle.
I also mix in 2 long recovery rides each week - power zone endurance work as well.
There’s a Ben Aldis 20 minute ministry of sound “chill out” ride thats pretty mellow that I’ve enjoyed. Great for a Sunday after too much wine Saturday night too
Go to powerzonepack.com - it may be too late to sign up for the Challenge that starts next week but hope not. It’s a good way to get a schedule set up for you each week.
But even if you can’t get on a team, if you sign up you can see the challenge and do the rides.
Edit: I think
Did everyone notice they launched Stacking classes today? I did it just with the warmup, ride and cool down, but it would be good for the hardcore folks who are stacking climbs and low impacts and what not. It worked really well. You still have to say “Go to next class in Stack” so it doesn’t jump you there until you are ready. Nice improvement.
I will say it would be even cooler if you could do this from the app so I could prep my ride for tomorrow the night before.
My wife told me this was dropping today. As someone who always does a warm up, class, cool down and post-ride stretch this will definitely come in handy.
What @greebs said! This one is closed out but a new one will start up probably for April/may.
Probably a long shot, but anyone in here have hip issues, or have had surgery on their hip? I had FAI (femoral acetabular impingement) arthroscopic surgery a couple years ago. I’ve been noticing a bit of the same hip pain and sort of weakness/instability that I haven’t felt in about a year, and wondering if it is due to my increased peloton activity these days.
Anybody suffer hip pain from going hard on the Peloton? Am I just riding with the seat too low or something?
I did see this and am psyched. You can do it from web so maybe just go to the website on your phone instead of app to stack in advance!
Really excited for this!!
My hips are fine but I’m a bit alert to all of this as my daughter had adolescent hip dysplasia and had surgery last year on it. The post ride stretches (the figure 4’s in particular) help, and I know there are Yoga and Stretching for Hips (Denis and Hannah C, I think) who focus on that area. Hope the pain goes away.
From things that I have read, one of the negative impacts of riding a bike is it limits your hip mobility. One thing I have done to try to help with my hip mobility is the Beginner Yoga Flow for hips. Now I haven’t had the issues you referenced above, so it might be a little uncomfortable/painful for you. I am certainly not a trainer or physical therapist.
Here is one for example: Peloton
There are a lot of fit and technique issues that can impact hip and knee pain for cyclists. Seat high/low, too far forward/back, your cleats angles so your foot is pronated/supinated, etc…
Here’s a long video from 2016 that could help: Peloton Bike Setup | By Christine D'Ercole - Peloton | Facebook
Yep, that worked! All set for tomorrow 
